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Los Angeles will play host to Arsenal's next pre-season fixture against Barcelona, with the La Liga champions providing high-quality opposition for the Gunners.
Arsenal's pre-season has yielded mixed results do far, with Mikel Arteta reshaping his squad ahead of the new season and a return to the Champions League. New signing Declan Rice has slotted into the midfield, with Jurrien Timber also having made an impact following his arrival.
So far in the US, Arsenal have beaten the MLS All-Star team 5-0 before a loss to Manchester United brought the Gunners back down to earth.
They will play Barcelona on Wednesday, with the Catalan side managed by Xavi having not yet played in pre-season following the cancellation of their opening pre season fixture against Juventus.
The match will be played in the state of the art SoFi Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Rams and owned by Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke. A crowd of up to 70,000 will be expected for the match, with a close contest expected between two sides who will look to play attractive football.
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When is Arsenal vs Barcelona?
The match in kicks off at 3.30am UK time (7.30pm local time) on Wednesday, July 26.
How to watch Arsenal vs Barcelona
The match can be watched live on desktop live on Arsenal.com, mobile devices or the Arsenal app by for £4.99 - however, on the day of the match prices will rise to £6.99.
Team news:
Oleksandr Zinchenko and Mohamed Elneny are both injury doubts for Arsenal, but are the only ones who may miss out with Arteta having a large pool of players to call upon.
For Barcelona, new signings Ilkay Gundogan and Oriol Romeu could feature after joining up with the squad, but injured Inigo Martinez will miss out.