Arsenal vs Villarreal prediction 06.08.2025 | Club Friendlies
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- Competition: Club Friendlies
- Date: 6th August 2025
- Kick-off: 18:00 UK / 19:00 CEST
- Venue: Emirates Stadium
Arsenal will welcome La Liga side Villarreal to the Emirates on Wednesday evening for a friendly match. The Gunners are aiming to end their pre-season campaign with a victory. For Villarreal, it will mean a lot to them if their first win of the preseason came on English soil. According to the bookmakers, Mikel Arteta's team are favourites to win this match. However, Villarreal cannot be underestimated, given their strong track record against Arsenal. Our Arsenal - Villarreal prediction brings you everything you need to know ahead of the fixture.
vs Head to Head (H2H) stats
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Arsenal
0 : 0
Villarreal
Europa League
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Villarreal
2 : 1
Arsenal
Europa League
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Arsenal
3 : 0
Villarreal
Champions League
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Villarreal
1 : 1
Arsenal
Champions League
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Villarreal
0 : 0
Arsenal
Champions League
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Arsenal
1 : 0
Villarreal
Champions League
The two sides have faced each other four times since 2009, with three of those meetings being in the Champions League and two in the Europa League. Each side won one game, while two ended in a draw. There wasn't much entertainment when you look at the goals, as two of those games ended with under 2.5 goals.
Arsenal team overview
Arsenal ended last season with back-to-back Premier League victories, but this was not enough to end their league title drought.
The board has recruited new players in an attempt to go again next season, notably signing Swedish forward Viktor Gyökeres from Sporting CP and Christian Norgaard from Brentford.
The team's pre-season results have been mixed, with two narrow wins and a 1:0 defeat to fellow Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur in Hong Kong last week.
Gabriel Jesus missed all three friendlies due to a cruciate ligament injury, and Wednesday’s game comes too soon for him. Riccardo Calafiori is also in the Gunners’ treatment room, dealing with a knee injury.
Last matches of
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Arsenal
0 : 1
Tottenham Hotspur
Club Friendlies 1
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Arsenal
3 : 2
Newcastle United
Club Friendlies 1
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Arsenal
1 : 0
AC Milan
Club Friendlies 1
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Southampton
1 : 2
Arsenal
Premier League
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Liverpool
2 : 2
Arsenal
Premier League
lineup
Goalkeeper
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1
David Raya
Defenders
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4
Ben White
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2
William Saliba
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15
Jakub Kiwior
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49
Myles Lewis-Skelly
Midfielders
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8
Martin Ødegaard
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16
Christian Nørgaard
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41
Declan Rice
Forwards
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7
Bukayo Saka
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29
Kai Havertz
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11
Gabriel Martinelli
Villarreal team overview
Villarreal had a strong run in the final month of the 2024–25 campaign, winning six league matches in a row, and securing a place in the Champions League.
The Yellow Submarines have not quite managed to replicate that form during pre-season, with the team still without a win after four matches.
Their first two friendlies were highly entertaining, resulting in 3-3 and 2-2 draws against Basel and St Gallen respectively.
Marcelino García Toral's side then suffered a 1-0 defeat to Sporting CP, before drawing again in their most recent match against Leeds United last weekend.
Last matches of
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Leeds United
1 : 1
Villarreal
Club Friendlies 3
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Sporting CP
1 : 0
Villarreal
Club Friendlies 3
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Villarreal
4 : 2
Sevilla
La Liga
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Villarreal
3 : 0
Leganes
La Liga
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Girona
0 : 1
Villarreal
La Liga
lineup
Goalkeeper
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13
Diego Conde
Defenders
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8
Juan Foyth
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5
Willy Kambwala
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26
Pau Navarro
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24
Alfonso Pedraza
Midfielders
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18
Pape Gueye
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14
Santi Comesaña
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10
Dani Parejo
Forwards
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11
Ilias Akhomach
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22
Ayoze Pérez
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19
Nicolas Pépé
Prediction
With the Emirates Cup final just three days after Wednesday’s game, Mikel Arteta is not expected to field his strongest starting eleven. Even so, the Gunners have a strong enough squad to beat Villarreal, who have not won any of their four pre-season games. As meetings between the two sides are not usually very entertaining, I am backing the under 2.5 goals option.
Three reasons we expect under 2.5 goals in this game
- Four of the last six meetings between Arsenal and Villarreal ended with under 2.5 goals.
- None of the last two games of Villarreal produced more than two goals.
- Three of the last five games of Arsenal ended with under 2.5 goals.
Main prediction -
Under 3.5 goals
Best Odds:
Megapari
1.61
