Football season has is back. and Premier League Champions Chelsea face FA Cup winners Arsenal in the season opener.
Chelsea are without Eden Hazard, who has a broken ankle, and new signing Tiemoue Bakayoko who is still rehabilitating a knee injury in preparation for the start of the league season next weekend.
Victor Moses starts as his red card from the FA Cup final against the Gunners won’t apply in this fixture, and Pedro returns from a nasty blow from David Ospina in a recent friendly between these two sides to start.
Here are the full team line-ups for Chelsea vs Arsenal (kick off at 02:00 pm BST):
CHELSEA:
Chelsea team: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill (c); Moses, Fabregas, Kante, Alonso; Willian, Batshuayi, Pedro. #CommunityShield pic.twitter.com/R7w3EFvwtV
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) August 6, 2017
ARSENAL:
The team news is in…
Here’s how we line up for #AFCvCFC pic.twitter.com/86Ud7raraq
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) August 6, 2017