Premier League: Pre-season Friendlies Review – 28th July 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…

28 July – West Ham 1-3 Wolves

Wolves | Bentley, Doherty (Lima 63), Mosquera (Dawson 63), Toti (S Bueno 73), Ait-Nouri (H Bueno 63), Lemina (Bellegarde 63), Cundle (Doyle 63), Sarabia (Guedes 63), Chiquinho (R Gomes 63), Cunha (Hwang 30)(Rawlings 78), Strand Larsen (Chirewa 63).

West Ham | Fabianski (Foderingham 64), Coufal (Kodua 45)(Casey 81), Aguerd (Earthy 76), Mavropanos (Zouma 45), Cresswell (Kilman 45), Soucek (Orford 45), Ward-Prowse (Irving 64), Potts (Emerson 45), Kudus (Marshall 64), Ings (Guilherme 45), Cornet (Antonio 64).

Wolves boss Gary O’Neil said: On a positive performance and result: “It was a good evening. The performance was excellent, I thought we were dominant, good with the ball, good without the ball. The centre backs did well in the four, moving away from the five we were a lot last year. We coped well, so pleased. A good outing for us. I said to the players that I’m really proud because they’ve worked so hard for three weeks and to see it come together this evening was pleasant.

“We’ve worked hard, so to see a lot of it come out was pleasing. Of course, there are false positives in there because West Ham won’t have prepared it like a real game and won’t have seen us like that before. It’ll be much tougher than that once teams know what we’re doing, but a great start point.”

West Ham head coach Julen Lopetegui: “Unfortunately it happened today, but in the end we could play. We had to wait, but it was not only for us, but for Wolves too and in the end the most important thing was that we played 90 minutes more.

“It was a big demand of course, and we are aware that we have to work very hard in the next three weeks to be ready for the start of the Premier League and OK, let’s see.

“Today, Wolves were better and they deserved to win. We have to do a lot of things but despite the fact we have a lot of new players and a lot of Academy players, it is not an excuse.

“I think that we have to improve in a lot of things with and without the ball, so we have a lot of work to do in front of us.

“We have to do a lot better and a lot of much better things to win the matches, so that’s why I told the players the demands will be higher and we have to try to translate this in the next three weeks.

“We have to analyse this match with calmness, but always knowing that sometimes this is not a bad thing that this happens in the pre-season, because I want us to know more about our needs, and for us to know we have to align and work together for the first match in the Premier League that is more or less in three weeks.”

28 July – Arsenal 2-1 Man Utd

LINE-UPS: FIRST HALF

Arsenal: Hein; White, Timber, Heaven, Zinchenko; Odegaard, Jorginho, Nwaneri; Nelson, Jesus, Trossard.

United: Onana; Wan-Bissaka, Yoro (Bennett 35), Maguire, Amass; Casemiro, Collyer; Amad, Mount, Rashford; Hojlund (Hannibal 16).

LINE-UPS: SECOND HALF

Arsenal: Hein; White (Nichols 63), Timber (Magalhaes 63), Heaven (Kiwior 46), Zinchenko (Lewis-Skelly 63); Odegaard (Havertz 71), Jorginho (Partey 63), Nwaneri (M’Hand 46); Nelson (Martinelli 71), Jesus (Nketiah 71), Trossard (Vieira 63).

United: Onana; Scanlon, Fish, Evans, Murray; Oyedele, Eriksen; Antony, McTominay, Sancho; Wheatley.

Subs not used: Heaton, Vitek, Fletcher, Mather.

Attendance: 62,486.

Goals: Hojlund 10 | Jesus 26, Martinelli 81.

Penalty scorers: McTominay, Evans, Eriksen, Sancho | Vieira, Martinelli, Gabriel.

Successful Saturday at SoFi Stadium 🙌

📺 Enjoy the highlights of our pre-season win over Manchester United 👇 pic.twitter.com/fXwSN2cyNa

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) July 28, 2024

28 July – Columbus Crew 4-1 Aston Villa

Aston Villa: Gauci (Zych 46), Nedeljković (Cash 46), Feeney (Carlos 46), Torres (Digne 46), Moreno (Maatsen 63), Bailey (Kesler Hayden 63), Barkley (Dendoncker 63), Barrenechea (Onana 63), Iling Jr (Philogene 46), Rogers (Buendía 63), Archer (Dobbin 63).

Subs: Wright, Bogarde.

“We’re in pre-season and we played against a team who were very focused and played very well,” Villa boss Unai Emery said. “And they pressed us in some moments.

“Even when we were playing in control of the game and creating chances, their transition was good and they deserved to win.

“But we are working now for our structure again, trying to get better with the players we add in this season.

“And with the tactical work, mixing players, we are doing it.

“Of course, the result is not good but, for us, now the result is not the most important.

“Most important is to build a team, get information about the players and this was the first match for some players, and they played well. Even losing, they played well.

“Onana and Maatsen, Dobbin, the goal scored by Archer was important as well.

“I am happy with the work we are doing. Of course, we want to be competitive, even in pre-season and not concede a result like this.”

27 July – Man City 2-3 AC Milan

City XI: Ederson (C) (Carson 78’), Susoho (Wilson-Esbrand 46’), Simpson Pusey (Katongo 46’), Doyle, Lewis, Perrone (Phillips 46’), O’Reilly (Wright 66’), McAtee (Fatah 66’), Bobb, Grealish (Gvardiol 78’), Haaland (Hamilton 46’).

Subs: Ortega Moreno, Kovacic, Ndala, Galvez, Oboavwoduo, Mbete, Heskey, Mfuni, Samuel, Knight.

AC Milan XI: Torriani, Calabria (C) (Musah 81’), Tomori (Thiaw 69’), Gabbia (Kalulu 69’), Terracciano, Florenzi (Pobega 40’), Bennacer (Liberali), Chukwueze (Nasti 69’), Loftus-Cheek (Bakoune 81’), Saelemaekers (Pulisic 81’), Colombo (Jimenez 69’).

Subs: Jovic, Raveyre, Maldini, Sportiello, Nava, Cuenca, Adli, Torriani.

Referee: Serhij Bojko (UKR).

Goals: 19′ Haaland (MC), 30′ and 34′ Colombo (M), 55′ McAtee (MC), 78′ Nasti (M).

Booked: 73′ Saelemaekers (M).

27 July – Chelsea 1-4 Celtic

Chelsea’s starting XI: 1 Robert Sanchez; 24 Reece James (C), 5 Benoit Badiashile, 29 Wesley Fofana, 6 Levi Colwill; 45 Romeo Lavia, 17 Carney Chukwuemeka, 18 Christopher Nkunku; 11 Noni Madueke, 38 Marc Guiu, 10 Mykhailo Mudryk.

Chelsea substitutes: 4 Tosin Adarabioyo for Fofana 46, 16 Lesley Ugochukwu for Chukwuemeka 46, 7 Raheem Sterling for Mudryk 46, 39 Andrey Santos for Lavia 67, 27 Malo Gusto for James 67, 41 Angelo for Madueke 79, 47 Lucas Bergstrom for Sanchez 80, 40 Renato Veiga for Colwill 80, 32 Tyrique George for Guiu 86

Chelsea unused substitutes: 50 Eddie Beach, 34 Josh Acheampong, 21 Ben Chilwell, 19 Armando Broja

Celtic team: Schmeichel (sub: Sinisalo 73), Ralston (sub: Donovan 73), Carter-Vickers (sub: Welsh 56), Scales (sub: Lagerbielke 73), Taylor (sub: Anderson 65); O’Riley (sub: Johnston 73), McGregor (sub: Lawal (73), Hatate (sub: Holm 73); Forrest (sub: Yang 65), Kyogo, (sub: Turley 73), Maeda (sub: Palma 35).

27 July – Vissel Kobe 2-3 Tottenham

Vissel Kobe squad: Maekawa, Kuwasaki, Kikuchi, Thuler, Hatsuse (c), Ohgihara, Iino, Ideguchi, Yamauchi, Muto, Osako. Substitutes: Arai, Takayama, Obi, Yamakawa, Honda, Homma, Terasaka, Yamada, Iwanami, Sasaki, Hidaka, Hamasaki, Patric, Tominaga.

Tottenham: Vicario (Austin 46); Porro (Spence 64), Royal (Phillips 64), Gray (Abbott 64), Davies (Donley 46); Sarr (Devine 64), Bissouma (Bergvall 46), Maddison (Skipp 46); Kulusevski (Lankshear 65), Son (c, Solomon 58), Johnson (Moore 58). Substitutes (not used): Gunter, Hall, Scarlett, Veliz.

Goals: Vissel Kobe – Osako 10, Patric 62; Spurs – Porro 16, Son 47, Moore 86.

Yellow cards: Vissel Kobe – Kikuchi; Spurs – Phillips.

Referee: Futoshi Nakamura.

Venue: Japan National Stadium, Tokyo.

Attendance: 54,255.

Stepping up our preparations with a win in Japan! 🇯🇵

Highlights: Vissel Kobe 2-3 Spurs 🎥 pic.twitter.com/3fcvTe2XdX

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) July 27, 2024

27 July – Liverpool 1-0 Real Betis

Liverpool: Kelleher (Jaros, 46), Endo (Morton, 46), Szoboszlai (Bajcetic, 63), Salah (Blair, 63), Jones (Nyoni, 30 (Koumas, 73)), Elliott (Doak, 63), Tsimikas (Beck, 63), Carvalho (Gordon, 63), Van den Berg (Chambers, 63), Quansah (Phillips, 63), Bradley (Stephenson, 63).

Unused substitute: Nallo.

Attendance: 42,679

27 July – Crawley Town 3-6 Crystal Palace

Crawley: Wollacott (GK), Conroy, Anderson, Darcy, Hepburn-Murphy, Quitirna, Kelly, Mukena, Williams, Flint, Malone.

Subs: Shiek, Trialist, Barker, Roles, Dacosta, Adeyemo, Faal, Mullarkey, Papadopolous, Khaleel.

Palace: Johnstone (GK), Clyne, Richards (Holding, 60), Andersen (Umeh, 60), Riad (Ward, HT), Mitchell, Hughes, Doucouré (Ahamada, HT), Rak-Sakyi (Ayew, 60), Edouard (Schlupp, 60), Kamada (Ebiowei, 85).

Sub not used: Matthews (GK).

Attendance: 5,002 (1,397 away)

27 July – Southampton 3-1 Montpellier

Saints: McCarthy, Sugawara (Bree 63), Edwards (Harwood-Bellis 45), Bednarek (Wood 45), Taylor (Manning 63), Downes (c) (Charles 63), Smallbone (O’Brien-Whitmarsh 63), Aribo (Alcaraz 63), Kamaldeen (Amo-Ameyaw 45), Dibling (Mara 45), Edozie (Robinson 63).

Saints goals: Kamaldeen (4’), Dibling (45’), Harwood-Bellis (55’).

Saints yellow card: Downes.

Montpellier goal: Khazri (52’).

Montpellier yellow card: Barres.

27 July – Hull City 0-2 Newcastle

Hull City: Pandur; Coyle (C) (Fleming 65’), Jones (Ashbee 89′), McLoughlin (Smith 84′), Jacob (Drameh 46’); Slater, Simons (Furlong 89′), Ömür (Vaughan 84′); Longman (S. Hall 89′), Estupiñán (Seri 62’), Giles (Tinsdale 80’).

Sub Not Used: Foster.

Newcastle United: Pope (Vlachodimos 73’); Livramento (Harrison 62’), Krafth, Burn (C), Lewis (Emerson 73’); L. Hall (Charlton 84′), Joelinton (Turner-Cooke 62’), Miley (Stanton 79’); Murphy (Munda 73’), Isak (Parkinson 62’), Barnes (Sanusi 62’).

Subs Not Used: Ruddy, Kuol, Heffernan, Thompson.

Attendance: 13,670 (4,500* away)

27 July – Salford 2-1 Everton

27 July – Ipswich 1-2 Fortuna Dusseldorf

27 July – Fulham 6-1 Watford

⚽️ Lukić (pen)
⚽️ Muniz
⚽️ Iwobi
⚽️ Raúl
⚽️ Stansfield
⚽️ Pajaziti

More minutes in the legs for the boys at Motspur Park this lunchtime. 😎

— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) July 27, 2024

26 July – Leicester 0-1 Palermo

26 July – Nott’m Forest 0-1 Elche

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28 July – Verdy 2-4 Brighton

Yankuba’s second goal in Japan! 🤩💫 pic.twitter.com/hiBtTZob03

— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) July 28, 2024

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 v Liverpool (Philadelphia)
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 v RB Leipzig (New Jersey)
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
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 v Club America (Atlanta)
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 v Wolves (Maryland)
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 v Coventry (A)
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 v Arsenal (Philadelphia)
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 v Barcelona (Orlando)
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 v Real Betis (San Diego)
4 Aug v Liverpool (South Carolina)

Newcastle United
20 July – Newcastle 3-1 Unterhaching
27 July – Hull City 0-2 Newcastle
31 July v Urawa Red Diamonds (Saitama)
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 v Oxford United (A)
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 v Team K League (Seoul)
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 v Crystal Palace (Maryland)
3 Aug v RB Leipzig (Miami)
10 Aug v Rayo Vallecano (H)