Arsenal V Villarreal: Preview, Line-Ups and Stats

Although it was just a pre-season friendship, the loss will rank with Arteta and the club’s fans.

They hope to recover back against a side of Villarreal who have yet to win in the pre-season as they build for the new La Liga campaign.

Their last game was a 1-1 draw at the Premier League New-Boys Leeds on Saturday.

Arteta will be hoping that Arsenal can collect more misery on yellow submarines and emerge some of the defects they have shown against Spurs.

Gyokeres came out of the bank but had some time to impact the game as Arsenal again showed a little more cutting.

After the game, Arteta said: “I am very happy with what I have seen in most of the things we have done but we have lost something you know at certain moments, that precise, that moment that unblakes the result and the moment I change the result, and I will win the match, and the level,

After Villarreal, Arsenal takes on Athletic Bilbao at the end of the week and Arteta is hoping that these two fixtures will overcome their preparation for their league opener in Manchester United a week on Sunday.

He added: “I’m very positive, everything I saw gives me a lot of encouragement and we are in front of what I was expecting in many areas. Even though the result of the evening (against Tottenham) gives you a taste, I think it will be very positive too.

“We have two big games in the Emirates to finalize the preparation and be ready for Old Trafford.”

Team news for Arsenal v Villarreal

It can be armed with a new look taking on Villarreal. Gyokeres should start while a summer fellow sign Noni Madueke may debut after missing the Asian tour as he was still recovering from the Chelsea campaign at the World Cup club.

However, hosts have some injury trouble.

Gabriel and Jurrien Timber are out while Riccardo Calafiori is doubtful after missing the game against Spurs due to a knee injury. Leandro Trossard was injured against Spurs and is unlikely to be risked.

Thomas Party is expected to sign for Villarreal this week but the former Arsenal midfielder, who will appear in the Westminster Magistrates Court today after being charged with five charges of rape and one of sexual assault, will not be on board in time for a controversial return to Emirates.

Another former gunner, Nicolas Pepe, will play.

Santiago Mouriño on the right debuted in Leeds and is set up to hold his place on the II.