Last season was one of the most successful for Arsenal in the 21st century. The Gunners became English champions for the first time since 2004, beating their main rival Manchester City by seven points. The team advanced to the Champions League final, where they lost to PSG only in a penalty shootout. The situation was similar in the English League Cup - in the final at Wembley, Mikel Arteta's team lost to Manchester City (0:2).
In the off-season, the main acquisitions were Christos Tsolis, who transferred from Brugge for 40 million euros, as well as Bruno Guimaraes, for whom 87.5 million euros were paid to Newcastle. There were rumors about Vinicius's transfer from Real Madrid, but in the end, the winger remained in the Madrid camp. In the Emirates pre-season Cup, the Londoners lost to Borussia Dortmund with a score of 2:3.
Como has rapidly broken into the elite of Italian football. After finishing in 10th place in 2025, the team jumped to fourth place and won the fight for a place in the Champions League from Milan, who finished fifth. The guests are led by Arsenal legend Cesc Fabregas, who instilled in the team a combination football that brings excellent results. Now the Spanish specialist will try to beat the club in which he shone as a player in a friendly match. In the off-season, they managed to acquire Alvaro Morata from Milan and Chalobah from Chelsea, for whom they had to pay 30 million euros.
Arsenal is not doing very well in August. In three friendly matches, they managed to beat only Girona, which was eliminated from the Spanish Primera. After that, the club lost to Betis (1:3) and Borussia Dortmund (2:3). At the same time, Como is showing excellent results and has not lost in the regular season so far this offseason. We think that the Italians will be able to impose competition on the winner of the Champions League in a friendly match.
Our betting tip is an Asian handicap (+1) on Como in 2.05
The bet is an accurate score of 2:3
The teams finished their last matches with this score
The Total "Como"betis more than 1.5 goals
The hosts have conceded three goals in the last two matches.
Arsenal and Como went their separate ways in a 4-4 friendly. Mikel Arreta's students played attacking football, but could not hold the advantage until the final whistle. Moreno Longo's men responded in kind, equalizing the score in the final minutes.
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