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Follow all the action from Dublin as Arsenal and Chelsea meet in their final International Champions Cup game
Arsenal and Chelsea meet in their final International Champions Cup game in Dublin as their new managers look to hone their sides ahead of the new season.
Unai Emery's Arsenal beat Paris Saint-Germain 5-1 last week and look to be in good shape as they approach what is a Premier League baptism of fire against Manchester City on 12 August.
Maurizio Sarri's Chelsea face City on Sunday in the Community Shield, so the Italian will be keen to get his side atuned to his style of play as soon as possible.
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Hello, and welcome along to our live coverage of this match between Arsenal and Chelsea, who meet in their final International Champions Cup game in Dublin as their new managers look to hone their sides ahead of the new season.
Unai Emery's Arsenal beat Paris Saint-Germain 5-1 last week and look to be in good shape as they approach what is a Premier League baptism of fire against Manchester City on 12 August.
Maurizio Sarri's Chelsea face City on Sunday in the Community Shield, so the Italian will be keen to get his side atuned to his style of play as soon as possible.
Kick-off 8.05pm BST, team news coming soon.
And for some pre-match reading, here's Luke Brown on why this match matters more than you might think:
The teams!
Arsenal: Cech, Bellerin, Mustafi, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Elneny, Ramsey, Guendouzi, Mkhitaryan, Aubameyang, Ozil
Subs: Leno, Chambers, Holding, Mavropanos, Maitland-Niles, Nelson, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Nketiah and Lacazette
Chelsea: Caballero, Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Rudiger, Alonso, Jorginho, Fabregas, Barkley, Pedro, Hudson-Odoi, Morata
Subs: Bulka, Green, Zappacosta, Ampadu, Christensen, Emerson, Moses, Drinkwater, Loftus-Cheek, Bakayoko, Piazon, Abraham
Arsenal have named a noticeably strong starting eleven, with Unai Emery sticking with the 4-2-3-1 that worked so well against Paris Saint-Germain.
But this time Aaron Ramsey will be used in a more advanced role, with Mohamed Elneny partnered with youngster Matteo Guendouzi in defensive midfield.
The summer signing had an impressive game against PSG, although it’s unlikely the likes of Jorginho and Cesc Fabregas will give him as much time to dwell on the ball as a half-interested Adrien Rabiot.
Callum Hudson-Odoi has been handed another chance to impress for Chelsea ahead of the start of the new season.
The teenager was one of Chelsea's better players against Inter Milan last week, only to immediately learn he was unlikely to feature this season.
‘I don’t know if they will play this season in the Premier League,’ Sarri said of Hudson-Odoi and team-mate Ethan Ampadu. ‘But I know that these names will be very famous in the next years.'
He starts in a front three alongside Spain internationals Pedro and Alvaro Morata.
Still a fair few empty seats ahead of kick-off...
Perhaps unsurprisingly, this game hasn't sold anywhere near as well as Liverpool's clash with Napoli here this weekend.
The players come out to a horrific piece of 90s techno pop and it's almost time for kick-off.
Both sides wearing their home kits: Chelsea in all blue, Arsenal in red and white.
The game kicks off!
Arsenal vs Chelsea in Dublin. What a time to be alive.
4 min: Fabregas has a thwack at goal, which is tipped over by Petr Cech. In a timewarp that would have been Arsenal shooting against Chelsea.
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