Premier League: Pre-season Friendlies Review – 1st August 2024

Club football is in full swing and we have a pre-season friendlies review look at how the Premier League sides are getting on.

Players are starting to get back in shape for the beginning of the new campaign. Depending on the club, they head to places with better climatic conditions than at home to ease the players in, or to places with harsher climates so the players could hit the ground running when the season kicks in.

It also gives managers the opportunity to blend new players into the team, try out different tactics or help players adapt to a new manager and his techniques.

Commercial aspects for top flight sides can be the main reason for the tours. The team is in a place where they want to increase the fanbase, regardless of the climate and/or conditions and made to play high-profile friendlies which are of absolutely no use, as the only purpose they fulfil is filling the stadiums. Despite the torrential rain, bad condition of the pitch, efforts were made till the last minute to make sure the match happened.

Right, time to take a look at the Premier League pre-season friendlies review…

Team K League 3-4 Tottenham

Team K League team: Hyeon-Woo Jo (In-Jae Hwang 46), Jun Choi (Jae-Hee Jeong 46), Seung-Wook Park (Marko Tuci 46), Jin-Seop Park (Italo Barcelos 46), Myung-Jae Lee (Wanderson 46), Ho-Yeon Jeong (Oberdan 46), Do-Young Yun (Mun-Ki Hwang 46), Dong-Gyeong Lee (Matej Jonjic 46), Seung-Woo Lee (Anderson Oliveira 46), Min-Kyu Joo (Stanislav Iljutcenko 46), Yang Min-Hyeok (Cesinha 46).

Spurs team: Vicario (Austin 46), Pedro Porro (Spence 63), Royal (Spence 72), Davies (Devine 63), Donley (Abbott 63), Sarr (Skipp 46), Gray (Bissouma 63), Bergvall (Maddison 46), Kulusevski (Lankshear 63), Son (c) (Werner 63), Johnson (Moore 63). Substitutes (not used): Whiteman, Gunter, Hall, Solomon, Scarlett, Veliz.

Goals: Team K League – Iljutcenko 52, 54, Oberdan 81; Spurs – Kulusevski 29, Son 38, 45+2, Lankshear 67.

Yellow card: Team K League – Anderson.

Referee: Jong-Hyeok Kim.

Venue: Seoul World Cup Stadium.

Attendance: 63,395.

A seven-goal thriller at the Seoul World Cup Stadium 🔥

Highlights: Team K League 3-4 Spurs 🎥 pic.twitter.com/PU0TGNIxu8

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) July 31, 2024

Urawa Red Diamonds 1-4 Newcastle

Newcastle United: Nick Pope (Odysseas Vlachodimos 62), Tino Livramento (Alfie Harrison 71), Emil Krafth, Dan Burn (c) (Cathal Heffernan 79), Lewis Hall, Sean Longstaff (Jamie Miley 46), Joe Willock (Miguel Almirón 46), Joelinton, Jacob Murphy (Jay Turner-Cooke 71), Harvey Barnes (Trevan Sanusi 62), Alexander Isak (Ben Parkinson 62).

Subs not used: John Ruddy.

Man City 2-2 Barcelona (1-4p)

Man City XI: Ederson (C) (Ortega Moreno 46’), Lewis, Phillips, Gvardiol (Doyle 66’), Wilson-Esbrand (Mbete 75’), Kovacic (Wright 66’), O’Reilly (Susoho 66’), McAtee (Fatah 66’), Bobb (Hamilton 75’), Grealish (Heskey 84’), Haaland (Perrone 46’)

Subs: Carson, Simpson Pusey, Katongo, Galvez, Oboavwoduo, Ndala, Mfuni, Samuel, Knight

Barcelona XI: Pena (Astralaga 61’), Araujo (Toni Fernandez 46’) Lenglet (C) (I. Martinez 75’), Torre (Darvich 61’), Victor (Lewandowski 61’), Bernal, Roque (Quim Junyent 46’), Fort (A. Valle 46’), Dominguez (Romeu 75’), Martin (Cuenca 75’), Casado (Balde 75’)

Subs: Guille Fernandez, Unai, Mika Faye, Alexis Olmedo, Kochen

Coventry 3-0 Everton

Goals: Ellis Simms 21’, Ephron Mason-Clark 62’, Victor Torp 75’

Yellows: Dwight McNeil

Attendance: 17,439 (2,838)

Coventry team: Oliver Dovin (GK), Luis Binks (71’ Latibeaudiere), Bobby Thomas, Jack Rudoni (77’ Betjemann), Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (74’ Tavares), Jamie Allen (C) (82’ Howley), Ellis Simms (63’ Obikwu), Ephron Mason-Clark (63’ Palmer), Jake Bidwell (71’ Dasilva), Milan van Ewijk (71’ Liam Kitching), Josh Eccles (63’ Torp).

Substitutes: Ben Wilson (GK), Brad Collins (GK), Jay Dasilva, Liam Kitching, Joel Latibeaudiere, Victor Torp, Fabio Tavares, Jack Burroughs, Ryan Howley, Kasey Palmer, Elliot Betjemann, Justin Obikwu, Kai Andrews, Aidan Dausch.

Everton team: Virginia, Coleman (78′ Dixon), Holgate, Keane, Young (78′ Campbell), Harrison, Garner, Iroegbunam, McNeil [Y:67′], Ndiaye (46′ Doucoure), Calvert-Lewin (59′ Beto).

Subs not used: Crellin, Tyrer, Welch, Whitaker, Onyango, Metcalfe, Armstrong, Okoronkwo, Maupay.

Estrela da Amadora 3-1 Brentford (BCD)

Brentford: Valdimarsson (Cox HT); Ajer (McManus 80), Collins (Zanka HT), Ji-soo, Frederick (Booth 80); Damsgaard (Yarmoliuk HT), Nørgaard (Janelt HT, Konak 65), Jensen (Peart-Harris HT); Schade (Yogane 80), Wissa, Mbeumo (Morgan 80)

⚽ Mathias Jensen

Our pre-season trip to Portugal ended with defeat to Primeira Liga side Estrela da Amadora in a behind-closed-doors friendly earlier today ⤵

— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) July 30, 2024

Oxford United 2-0 Southampton

Oxford United: Cumming, Kioso (Long 45), Moore (c) (Thorniley 62), Brown (Golding 62), Bennett (Leigh 62), Vaulks (McEachran 45), Brannagan (McGuane 62), Goodrham (El Mizouni 62), Rodrigues (O’Donkor 62), Trialist (Goodwin 62), Harris (Sibley 62).

Goals: Harris (35’), Rodrigues (42’).

Saints: McCarthy (c), Bree (Sugawara 60), Edwards (Harwood-Bellis 60), Wood (Bednarek 60), Taylor (Stephens 60), Charles (Smallbone 60), Manning (Downes 60), Amo-Ameyaw (Aribo 60), Alcaraz (Armstrong 45), Kamaldeen (Edozie 36), Mara (Dibling 23).

Referee: Gavin Ward.

Attendance: 5,273 including 1,473 away

The goals from last night #oufc pic.twitter.com/8zCvTFWjZD

— Jack 🜲 (@oxf_jack) August 1, 2024

Chelsea 3-0 Club America

Chelsea’s starting XI: 1 Robert Sanchez; 24 Reece James (C), 5 Benoit Badiashile, 4 Tosin Adarabioyo, 27 Malo Gusto; 45 Romeo Lavia, 22 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, 18 Christopher Nkunku; 11 Noni Madueke, 38 Marc Guiu, 7 Raheem Sterling

Substitutes: 12 Filip Jorgensen for Sanchez 46, 8 Enzo Fernandez for Dewsbury-Hall 46, 10 Mykhailo Mudryk for Sterling 63, 29 Wesley Fofana for Badiashile 63, 19 Armando Broja for Guiu 63, 16 Lesley Ugochukwu for Lavia 63, 40 Renato Veiga for James 63, 21 Ben Chilwell for Gusto 71, 41 Angelo for Nkunku 83, 32 Tyrique George for Madueke 83

Unused substitutes: 13 Marcus Bettinelli, 47 Lucas Bergstrom, 50 Eddie Beach, 34 Josh Acheampong, 17 Carney Chukwuemeka

Goals: Nkunku 3 (pen), Guiu 21, Madueke 79

Bookings: Lavia 23, Nkunku 66, Madueke 90

Club America’s starting XI: 1 Luis Angel Malagon, 3 Israel Reyes, 14 Nestor Araujo, 31 Igor Lichnovsky, 18 Cristian Calderon, 6 Jonathan Dos Santos, 20 Richard Sanchez, 28 Erick Sanchez, 7 Brian Rodriguez, 24 Javairo Dilrosun, 21 Henry Martin (C)

Substitutes: 30 Rodolfo Cota, 12 Jonathan Estrada, 4 Sebastian Caceres, 29 Ramon Juarez, 32 Miguel Vazquez, 197 Dagoberto Espinoza, 26 Cristian Borja, 13 Alan Cervantes, 15 Ivan Rodriguez, 8 Alvaro Fidalgo, 10 Diego Valdes, 27 Rodrigo Aguirre, 19 Illian Hernandez, 23 Emilio Lara

Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal

Goals:
Salah 13′
Carvalho 34′
Havertz 40′

TIA Man of the Match: Harvey Elliott

Attendance: 69,879

Crystal Palace 3-1 Wolves

Wolves: Bentley (King 45), Lima (Doherty 85), Dawson (Toti 73), S Buneo, H Bueno, Doyle (Lemina 73), Cundle, Chirewa (Strand Larsen 73), R Gomes (Chiquinho 45), Bellegarde (Sarabia 63), Guedes (Hwang 63).

Unused subs: Benjamin, Ait-Nouri, Mosquera, Rawlings, Fraser.

Palace: Henderson, Clyne (Kporha 45), Richards (Ward 45), Andersen (Holding 45), Riad (Jemide 45), Mitchell (Umeh 45), Wharton (Devenny 45), Hughes (Rodney 45), Kamada (Ahamada 45), Edouard (Ayew 45), Schlupp (Mathurin 45)(Agbinone 80).

Unused subs: Johnstone, Matthews.

Finish, Schluppy 👀#CPFC // #StatesideCup pic.twitter.com/S5w77GHRdU

— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) August 1, 2024

RB Leipzig 2-0 Aston Villa

Aston Villa: Olsen (Zych 30’), Cash (Nedeljkovic 61’), Carlos, Torres (Bogarde 68’), Digne (Maatsen 45’), Onana (Dendoncker 61’), Barkley (Tielemans 45’), McGinn (Barrenechea 61’), Iling Jr (Ramsey 45’ (Moreno 77’)), Rogers (Buendia 61’), Bailey (Philogene 45’).

Unused subs: Gauci, Feeney, Kesler Hayden, Dobbin, Archer.

Man Utd 3-2 Real Betis

Man Utd: Heaton, Wan-Bissaka (Scanlon 63), Maguire (Fish 46), Lindelof (Evans 46), Amass (Murray 63), McTominay (Mount 63), Casemiro (Oyedele 62), Amad (Antony 62 (Mather 86)), Eriksen (Collyer 62), Sancho (Wheatley 62), Rashford (Hannibal 63).

Subs not used: Onana, Mee, J. Fletcher.

Goals: Rashford pen. 18, Amad 24, Casemiro 31.

Real Betis: Silva (Vieites 46), Bellerin (Sabaly 69), Llorente (Bartra 69), Mendy, Perraud (Alcazar 88), Rodri (Fernandez 80), Altimira (Carvalho 69), Roca (Cardoso 46 (Lozano 88)), Avila (Juanmi 69), Ruibal (Fornals 81), Losada (Fekir 69).

Goals: Losada 15, Llorente 61.

Attendance: 26,248.

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Club-by-club matches

Arsenal
20 July – Arsenal XI 2-0 Leyton Orient
25 July – Arsenal 1-1 AFC Bournemouth (Arsenal win 5-4 on pens)
28 July – Arsenal 2-1 Man Utd
1 Aug – Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal
7 Aug v Bayer Leverkusen (H)
11 Aug v Lyon (H)

Aston Villa
17 July – Walsall 0-3 Aston Villa
20 July – Spartak Trnava 0-3 Aston Villa
28 July – Columbus Crew 4-1 Aston Villa
31 July – RB Leipzig 2-0 Aston Villa
3 Aug v Club America (Chicago)
7 Aug v Athletic Bilbao (Walsall)
10 Aug v Borussia Dortmund (A)

Bournemouth
21 July – AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Wrexham
25 July – Arsenal 1-1 AFC Bournemouth (Arsenal win 5-4 on pens)
4 Aug v Rayo Vallecano (Vitality Stadium)
10 Aug v Girona (Vitality Stadium)

Brentford
20 July – Wimbledon 2-5 Brentford
25 July – Benfica 1-1 Brentford
30 July – Estrela da Amadora 3-1 Brentford (behind closed doors)
3 Aug v Watford (A)
9 Aug v Wolfsburg (H)

Brighton & Hove Albion
24 July – Kashima Antlers 1-5 Brighton
28 July v Tokyo Verdy (Tokyo)
10 Aug v Villarreal (H)

Chelsea
25 July – Chelsea 2-2 Wrexham
27 July – Chelsea 1-4 Celtic
1 Aug – Chelsea 3-0 Club America
3 Aug v Man City (Columbus)
7 Aug v Real Madrid (Charlotte)
11 Aug v Inter Milan (H)

Crystal Palace
6 July – Crystal Palace beat Sutton United
19 July – Crystal Palace 1-1 Charlton
27 July – Crawley Town 3-6 Crystal Palace
31 July – Crystal Palace 3-1 Wolves
3 Aug v West Ham (Florida)
11 Aug v Nantes (H)

Everton
19 July – Sligo Rovers 3-3 Everton
27 July – Salford 2-1 Everton
30 July – Coventry 3-0 Everton
3 Aug v Preston (A)
10 Aug v AS Roma (H)

Fulham
24 July – Fulham 4-0 QPR
27 July – Fulham 6-1 Watford
2 Aug v Benfica (Algarve)
5 Aug v Sevilla (Algarve)
10 Aug v Hoffenheim (Sinsheim)

Ipswich
20 July – Shakhtar Donetsk 0-1 Ipswich Town
27 July – Ipswich 1-2 Fortuna Dusseldorf
2 Aug v Borussia Monchengladbach (A)
3 Aug v Hoffenheim (Kufstein Arena)

Leicester
20 July – Leicester 2-1 Villarreal
23 July – Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Leicester
26 July – Leicester 0-1 Palermo
3 Aug v Augsburg (Illerstadion)
10 Aug v Lens (A)

Liverpool
19 July – Liverpool 0-1 Preston
27 July – Liverpool 1-0 Real Betis
1 Aug – Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal
4 Aug v Man Utd (South Carolina)
11 Aug v Sevilla (H)

Man City
24 July – Man City 3-4 Celtic
27 July – Man City 2-3 AC Milan
31 July – Man City 2-2 Barcelona (1-4p)
3 Aug v Chelsea (Columbus)

Man Utd
15 July – Rosenborg 1-0 Man Utd
20 July – Rangers 0-2 Man Utd
28 July – Arsenal 2-1 Man Utd
1 Aug – Man Utd 3-2 Real Betis
4 Aug v Liverpool (South Carolina)

Newcastle United
20 July – Newcastle 3-1 Unterhaching
27 July – Hull City 0-2 Newcastle
31 July – Urawa Red Diamonds 1-4 Newcastle
3 Aug v Yokohama F. Marinos (Tokyo)
9 Aug v Girona (H)
10 Aug v Stade Brestois (H)

Nottingham Forest
13 July – Chesterfield 0-3 Nott’m Forest
19 July – Sunderland 1-1 Nott’m Forest
23 July – Nott’m Forest 2-1 Millwall
26 July – Nott’m Forest 0-1 Elche
2 Aug v Villarreal (H)
8 Aug v Olympiacos (A)

Southampton
19 July – Eastleigh 1-7 Southampton
24 July – Bordeaux 2-3 Southampton
27 July – Southampton 3-1 Montpellier
31 July –  Oxford United 2-0 Southampton
3 Aug v Millwall (A)
7 Aug v Lazio (H)
10 Aug v Getafe (H)

Tottenham Hotspur
17 July – Hearts 1-5 Spurs
20 July – QPR 0-2 Spurs
27 July – Vissel Kobe 2-3 Spurs
31 July – Team K League 3-4 Spurs
3 Aug v Bayern Munich (Seoul)
10 Aug v Bayern Munich (H)

West Ham United
15 July – Ferencvaros 2-2 West Ham
20 July – Dagenham & Redbridge 0-1 West Ham
28 July – West Ham 1-3 Wolves
3 Aug v Crystal Palace (Florida)
10 Aug v Celta Vigo (H)

Wolverhampton Wanderers
15 July – Como 1907 0-1 Wolves
20 July – Wolves 3-0 Bristol City
28 July – West Ham 1-3 Wolves
31 July – Crystal Palace 3-1 Wolves
3 Aug v RB Leipzig (Miami)
10 Aug v Rayo Vallecano (H)

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