Arsenal cruise to win over SC Neusiedl

Arsenal continued their pre-season preparations by recording another comfortable victory as they beat SC Neusiedl 4-0 in Austria.

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Theo Walcott opened the scoring for Arsenal

The Gunners entered the game on the back of a 4-0 win over Barnet and a 3-0 victory at Sturm Graz, and their confidence was evident as they opened up a 2-0 lead before the break thanks to goals from Theo Walcott and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas.

Half-time subsistute Marouane Chamakh was then brought down in the area by Markus Dombi and got his first goal since joining from Bordeaux as he converted the penalty, and Carlos Vela rounded off the scoring with a chipped effort in the 65th minute.

Fulham ended their Swedish tour with a 0-0 draw against Malmo.

Fulham had the chance to take the lead on five minutes when Bobby Zamora was fouled in the area by Guillermo Molins, but Danny Murphy fired the ensuing penalty wide.

Both sides then had a number of chances to break the deadlock, although Fulham were on top for the bulk of the game, but they had to settle for a goalless draw.

Sunderland were defeated 2-0 by Benfica in Albufeira with Oscar Cardozo and Carlos Martins getting the goals for the Portuguese champions.

Andreas Weimann grabbed a brace to help Aston Villa defeat Walsall 2-1 at Banks's Stadium.

The visitors, who lost James Collins with an injury in the third minute, took the lead when Weimann headed in from John Carew's cross, and he pounced on a loose ball after the break for his second. Alex Nicholls pulled a goal back but it wasn't enough for the League One side.

Premier League new boys West Brom suffered the first defeat of their pre-season campaign as a goal from Dean Shiels saw them lose to Championship side Doncaster at Keepmoat Stadium.

Midfielder Chris Brunt, who signed a new contract earlier on Tuesday, headed the Baggies' best chance wide.

Blackpool were another top-flight side to suffer defeat as they went down 1-0 against Crewe at Gresty Road.

Shaun Miller got the only goal after connecting with Ryan Donaldson's flick-on, with Seasiders keeper Matt Gilks being forced to make a string of saves as the hosts created the better chances.

At the Madejski Stadium, a penalty from Gylfi Sigurdsson and a strike from Michail Antonio helped Championship side Reading beat Wolves 2-1, Dave Jones pulling a goal back for the visitors.

Elsewhere, Stoke suffered a 1-0 defeat at Derby. Chris Porter headed home in the eighth minute from a Gareth Roberts cross and Stoke were unable to find an equaliser.