Arsenal Vs Chelsea: Community Shield Preview

Bengaluru, August 6: Premier League winners Chelsea and FA Cup holders Arsenal meet for the third time in five games in a rematch of the 2015 Community Shield, which Arsenal won 1-0 at the Wembley, London.

The loss for then premier league winners, Chelsea, two years ago heralded to bigger pains, as Chelsea's title defense collapsed spectacularly. That's the reason for Conte and his team to avoid a loss and end with such potential fate.

The Chelsea head coach already made his intentions clear, and will certainly be hoping for a performance closer to Chelsea's 3-0 friendly win last month than Chelsea's 2-1 FA Cup final loss two months ago.

Live telecast on Sony Network's Sony TEN 2 on Sunday (August 6) at 6.30 PM IST. Also live on the Sony LIV app for free streaming.

Watch @ChelseaFC take on @Arsenal in the FA Community Shield match! Catch the action live on SONY TEN 2 and SONY TEN 2 HD on Sunday at 6:30! pic.twitter.com/VWka53CT9E

— SPN- Football (@SPN_Football) August 6, 2017

Arsenal team news: The usual names are already on the injury list, with Santi Cazorla and Jack Wilshere long term absentees, now joined by Gabriel Paulista and Francis Coquelin, while Alexis Sánchez returned to training only this week is a doubtful starter. New signings Alexandre Lacazette and Sead Kolašinac are in line for their competitive debuts.

Predicted line-up: (3-4-3) Cech; Holding, Koscielny, Monreal; Bellerin, Xhaka, Ramsey, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Ozil, Sanchez; Lacazette

Chelsea team news: Chelsea's squad lacks depth and with Eden Hazard and Tiemoué Bakayoko both expected to be out for at least a month, the problems will continue, unless more signings arrive or they actually start blooding in the youth. Conte is likely to start most of the tried and true names in all the familiar positions. Pedro and Álvaro Morata the club record signing also face late fitness tests.

Predicted line-up: (3-4-3) Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill; Moses, Fabregas, Kante, Alonso; Willian, Pedro; Batshuayi