Arsenal vs Athletic Bilbao live: Score and latest updates for pre-season friendly as Viktor Gyokeres starts

Here’s a reminder of the line-ups with kick off approaching at 5pm:

Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Rice, Odegaard, Saka, Gyokeres, Martinelli.

Athletic Club XI: Unai Simon, Areso, Vivian, Lekue, Yuri, Galarreta, Jauregizar, Inaki Williams, Unai Gomez, Nico Williams, Berenguer.

The first north London derby staged outside the United Kingdom yielded a 1-0 loss to Tottenham, with Arsenal registering a lone shot on target, which Kai Havertz directed at Guglielmo Vicario. Gyokeres was limited to the last 20 minutes, including stoppage time, as Arsenal were largely toothless.

Mikel Arteta has picked a strong line-up for today’s match and will be hoping to get some fine tuning in for his starters as Arsenal have a difficult start to the season.

These are their first five fixtures:

Should they win all of those they’ll be sitting pretty in the Premier League but the risk of disaster after five weeks is also high.

This game will make history as it is the first time Arsenal have faced Athletic Club.

They have played numerous La Liga sides in pre-season, with the first coming against Valencia in 1966 before facing Barcelona in 1973.

The youngster revealed: “Signing this contract means everything to me.

“ I see this as my first real season in men’s senior football, as part of the squad in the changing room.

“I’m so excited for what I can bring to the team, I want to help us win as much as possible and bring happiness and glory to the club. This is where I feel at home.”

Arsenal attacking midfielder Ethan Nwaneri has signed a new five-year contract which runs until 2030.

The 18-year-old scored nine goals in 37 appearances last term during his breakthrough season with the Gunners.

Mikel Arteta has made six changes to the Arsenal XI from their previous pre-season match.

Jurrien Timber, Gabriel and Riccardo Calafiori slot into the defence with Myles Lewis-Skelly, Ben White and Jakub Kiwior dropping to the bench.

The three midfielder also switch as Christian Norgaard, Mikel Merino and Ethan Nwaneri are replaced with Martin Zubimendi, Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard.

The match will be shown on Arsenal.com and the club’s official app, with a price of £4.99 if taking up the early bird offer, though the price rises to £6.99 after 9am BST on the day of the game. The match is unavailable to stream in Spain.

Arsenal XI: Raya: Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Zubimendi, Rice, Odegaard: Saka, Martinelli; Gyokeres

The match will take place on Saturday, 9 August at Emirates Stadium in London, with kick-off set for 5pm BST.