🕟 Kick Off: 19:30 BST 🏟️ Venue: Emirates Stadium 📺 UK Broadcaster: Arsenal YouTube Channel 🙎🏻♂️ Referee: 🤷🏻 🔴 Arsenal Team News: Jurriën Timber (Fitness): Ruled Out. Had minor surgery in the summer which has kept him out of all of our pre season games. No timeline has been provided for his return. William Saliba:Long term injury. Saliba is set for months on the sideline following a back issue he has been dealing with for a while. ⚽ Arsenal Form: 🟥🟥🟩🟧🟩 🔵 Como Team News: Como have a fully fit squad. ⚽ Como Form: 🟧🟩🟩🟩🟧 ⚔️ Head-to-Head: N/A 📖 Match Facts: This is the first meeting of Arsenal and Como in any capacity; the teams have never faced off against each other. ✍🏼 Pre-Match Ramblings Arsenal take on Cesc Fabregas' Como side in their last chance to get ready for the Community Shield against Man City in Wales this weekend in a midweek evening game at The Emirates. With a now full cohort back at Arsenal following the World Cup, we should hopefully begin to see some better football ahead of our title defence. Bruno G should now hopefully be ready to see some minutes for his new team, and I imagine new boy Tzolis will continue to start on the left. Martin Odegaard returned to action at the weekend with a 30 minute stint, a pattern we have seen a lot of this summer when it comes to players returning from the World Cup - I would hope to see the Captain get more than half an hour tomorrow. Following some nasty rumours around him, Myles Lewis Skelly will be staying at Arsenal beyond this summer (I was never worried...), and it will be interesting to see how he looks when paired with a more experienced body in midfield such as Bruno. Our group of Rice, Zubimendi, Myles, and Bruno looks very exciting, and hopefully tomorrow we get to see a selection of what it can offer us for the first time. Fabregas will return to The Emirates as Head Coach and minority owner of Como hot off the back of an unprecedented season in charge of the Italian side which saw them finish in fourth place, securing a Champions League position, ahead of the likes of Juventus and AC Milan. One wonders what the reception will be like given his proclivities toward the end of his Arsenal career, and subsequent run as a Chelsea player. https://anditsarsenal.com/2026/08/11/arsenal-vs-como-12th-august-2026-pre-season-friendly-match-preview/   submitted by   /u/Mahoganychicken [link]   [comments]