As the start of the 2024/25 English Premier League season quickly approaches, clubs are starting to take part in friendly matches on a much more regular basis as they look to get the best preparations ahead of the campaign.
Two of these games are set to take place in the USA on Thursday morning when Arsenal play fellow Premier League side Bournemouth and Chelsea take on Wrexham, who are getting ready for their EFL League One season after back-to-back promotions.
In this article, we’re going to take a closer look at these matches and pick out our top tips and booking codes:
Arsenal vs Bournemouth
After another unsuccessful title challenge, Arsenal are coming into their pre-season American tour hoping to build a solid foundation of results and performances to take into the beginning of the campaign.
This fixture against Bournemouth will be Arsenal’s first of pre-season, leaving them as one of the last teams to start their schedule with a majority of other Premier League sides already underway.
While Bournemouth are one of those sides, having drawn 1-1 with Wrexham in their pre-season opener, we believe Arsenal will field a strong side as Mikel Arteta looks for his team to start on a positive note. For that reason, we believe the Gunner’s will narrowly win this first pre-season match-up.
Arsenal to win & over 2.5 goals, 2.20 – 6TNFMT6
Chelsea vs Wrexham
Chelsea are also yet to start their pre-season with Thursday match against Wrexham set to be their first of a busy schedule that will see them play Manchester City, Real Madrid and Inter Milan among others.
This game against newly-promoted League One opposition could be the perfect starting point for new Blues boss Enzo Maresca to deploy and test his system and tactics on this Chelsea side.
Wrexham may have secured a solid 1-1 draw with Premier League opposition in their first friendly, drawing with Bournemouth, but Chelsea will be a completely different challenge for Phil Parkinson’s men.
We expect Maresca will name a strong side for a majority of this game as he attempts to get his players used to a new system and tactics, which should lead to a Blues victory.
Chelsea to score over 2.5 goals, 1.55 – 6TNG27L
Overall Booking Code:
6TNFXF7 – Book Here
