Arsenal to face Real Betis in Dublin pre-season friendly on August 6 — kick-off 12:00 a.m. IST

Arsenal and Real Betis will meet in a pre-season friendly at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland on Thursday, August 6, with kick-off scheduled for 12:00 a.m. IST. The match will be available to stream and watch on multiple platforms in India, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Arsenal arrive as the reigning English champions and opened their pre-season with a 4-1 win over Girona, a game in which Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus and new signing Christos Tzolis found the net. Mikel Arteta is set to lead the squad into the friendly; the club signed Christos Tzolis from Club Brugge and have focused on retaining the core group that helped the Gunners reach the UCL final. The club has not been highly active in the transfer market, according to the available report.

Real Betis come into the fixture fresh from a 4-0 victory over Lyon and will compete in Champions League football this season. They are managed by Manuel Pellegrini, whose managerial resume listed in the report includes Manchester City, Real Madrid and West Ham. Real Betis made one reported addition in Fran Garcia from Real Madrid ahead of the friendly.

The report also lists several departures from Real Betis, naming Sergi Altimira, Cédric Bakambu and Ezequiel Ávila as players who have left the club. Those exits were noted alongside Betis’s incoming and outgoing transfer activity ahead of the new season.

Broadcast availability for the friendly varies by territory: in India the game can be streamed live on the FanCode app and website. Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch via the Arsenal Website and App, with Premier Sports 1 and Paramount+ also suggested as options. In the United States the match is available through the Arsenal Website and App and on CBS Sports.

Both sides enter the fixture having recorded comfortable wins in their most recent pre-season matches; the meeting in Dublin offers each team a chance to extend that positive momentum. The game at Aviva Stadium on Thursday, August 6 at 12:00 a.m. IST is scheduled to serve as one of the clubs’ final warm-up tests before the upcoming competitive campaign.