Chelsea and Arsenal battle it out in the FA Community Shield Final
Kick-Off – 1:00 PM (BST)
Venue – Wembley Stadium, London
Referee – Bobby Madley
The London rivals will meet at the ‘Home of Football’. The Gunners are chasing their 15th title whereas, The Blues will be chasing their 5th title.
The FA Community Shield serves as a curtain-raiser for the new English season. It is played annually between the winners of the Premier League and the FA Cup.
The revenue from the Community Shield is given to the 124 clubs that competed in the FA Cup. Some of the proceeds from the Community Shield are given to the charities around England.
Team News
Alexis Sanchez has returned to London and has been training with his Arsenal team-mates. But the Chilean might not be a starter and instead could come on later as a substitute. He missed most of the pre-season.
Another player, Shkodran Mustafi who played in the Confederations Cup and is enjoying a long break than the rest of the squad will not be a starter probably.
Francis Coquelin should not be a part of this game due to injury. Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey should be playing Sunday’s game.
Possible Arsenal XI : Cech, Koscielny, Bellerin, Monreal, Kolasinac, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Xhaka, Ramsey, Ozil, Iwobi, Lacazette.
Chelsea will not be having the services of Eden Hazard due to injury. Pedro also should not be featuring in the game due to injury.
Fabregas and N’Golo Kante are expected to be part of this game. Alvaro Morata is another player who should be seen in the team on Sunday.
But new signing Tiemoue Bakayoko is unlikey to be playing due to injury.
Possible Chelsea XI : Courtois, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Cahill, Fabregas, Kante, Alonso, Moses, Willian, Morata, Batshuayi.
Prediction
It should be a good game. Both teams will be looking to start the new season on a high. Although a Chelsea win is more likely considering they beat Arsenal in recent July’s pre-season friendly.
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