Arsenal vs Betis 1-3 - All Goals & Highlights 2026

Fans have made the journey across the Irish Sea, so many Irish supporters of the Gunners too. It promises to be a very special occasion Damien. Yeah it's an incredible occasion for pre-season friendly, it just shows you the reach of Arsenal Football Club, how big they actually are that they can fill out the Aviva Stadium for pre-season friendly. Check on the teams for you then. England's World Cup foursome, Messi, Rice, Saka, Ezer and Madueke are still on leave. We're underway, Arsenal in the yellow attacking the goal away to our left-hand side. This is on the move already, it's Havertz trying to pick a pass, he's found it and Jockeles hit dramatically inside the six-yard box by Pessis. Barely played a minute and Arsenal could already be one to the goal. Valles did enough initially and then it's helped on its way by stretched. Arsenal probing, Ranieri's ball in. It's going to be a big season for Mosquera at centre-back with that injury that Gary referenced. There'll be many targets as it's touched in, it's an easily play. That's Pablo Garcia, decent effort pushed away by Kepa, bit of a wobble in that shot too but just a sign of his ability. Yeah it all came from a throw-in over on that right-hand side, it was fired inside to Jockeles, he was on his heels, I don't think he was expecting it. Pessis intercepted it and set themselves on an attack. This is the first corner of the game, missed by Kepa, chance to the back post and he's hammered home by Riquelme and Real Pessis take the lead. It's awful defending by Arsenal who scored so many goals themselves last season with set pieces and they're undone with one here. Arsenal nil, Real Pessis one. Kepa's fuming, he wants a free kick and I don't think he's going to get it. All given away carelessly by the goalkeeper and did he then foul Solas? Not according to the referee, he didn't, it's another teased opportunity that Arsenal have been unable to grasp. What has the goalkeeper seen there? It's not like Solas filled that passing lane, just passed it straight. Leaving it for Manieri to have a go, four in the wall, Pavlo Fornelz with the shots from Diossa, it's two-nil Pessis now and the gloom deepens for Mikel Arteta and Manuel Pellegrini in the opposite technical area, can't believe what he's seeing here. If the first goal was opportunistic, the second is an absolute cracker from Nelson Diossa. The Uruguayan thumped it with great to come through even without some of their biggest stars. Downman, he's got away from Frank Garcia, probably for the first time tonight. Good pass for Solas, needs to hit it now and by the time he did, Pavlo Garcia was in the way, better from Arsenal though. Great challenge from Pavlo Garcia, first of all, really, really great work, great to see the overload that the boss had gotten in pre-season friendly to get back. But it's an awful error from, he just missed it completely as he tried to flap it away. Arsenal gifted a route back into the game, it's Arsenal one, Real Betis two. I'd just be curious to, Betis at any point last season, watch Arsenal, just realise he's run offside there, he has a chance to bend that run. It's an advantage, Mikel might just have a shot there, didn't catch it cleanly, but Kepa was moving to his left initially and had to move his feet quickly. Even Hazard, even Havertz is up and under there. Perez just looks like he has paced out his run and he will have a crack. Straight to De Ossa and now it's Pavlo Garcia, brings the save out of Kepa once more. Slow from Havertz and Careless and it's 3-1 and it's so, so easy. It's so, so easy and Pavlo Fornal has just passed it into the bossom corner and again it's a self-inflicted wound by Arsenal. They've got themselves back in the game and with half-time just around the corner, they're now two behind again. It's pretty comfortable thus far for the Spanish outfit and they lead the game there. Yeah, Pavlo Fornal, Pavlo Garcia, sorry. He's found a cross, plenty up there for Arsenal, it won't quite drop for them and it's hacked away by Facundo Bernal and that is made for Real Betis. Isco there, number 22, the vastly experienced former Spanish international, 34 years of age. An early corner kick in this second half, Fabio Veras, short section for goalkeeper Alvaro Velas, managed to get this. Something very difficult to Arsenal, not breaking line. Garcia is with him, it's not a bad cut back, it's Isco, still half a chance here for Betis as Isco. I think they're trying to straighten their own, it doesn't seem to want to, but he thought he had good possession and he cancelled it. Despite his protestations, he was ahead of the... A cross to Pavlo Garcia, Vela is in on the axe and Isco really should have made it four, went for the cheeky backheel, didn't get a hold of it and Melie is able to make a save. It's been a sweeping move for Betis, all the way from the goalkeeper here, it's things out to Riquelme and they just retained possession. Julien did just enough but here come Real Betis again, Isco looking for Fran Garcia. He will be delighted. Beating the offside trap here, Martinelli, looks for Gabriel Jesus and he's put it wide. Which we saw so good at, leave Bellerin for dead, but seems to have taken on a little bit more bite in the last couple of years. For Betis, Riquelme with a chance for number four, but I'm sure if we look at the stats tonight in terms of possession... More and more of the top players come back into the frame as Del So tries again. Gabriel Jesus was in, Llorente got across smartly and did enough. Everyone was spelt of what moves. A real feather in their cap. Yeah, I think there's a whole host of Spanish teams, just that top tier down from Atletico Real and Barca, when you look at the likes of Villarreal, Valencia, Betis.