Line-ups revealed: Neny starts with Arsenal against Chelsea

CAIRO – 6 August 2017: Arsene Wenger, Arsenal’s manager, picked the Egyptian international midfielder Mohamed al-Neny in the starting line-up ahead of their match against Chelsea FC on August 6.

Wenger will start with Arsenal’s new player Lacazette in order to make sure that he adapted well with the team before the start of the Premier League next week.

Wenger will start with a 3-4-3 formation consisting of the following players:

Goalkeeper: Petr Cech
Defenders: Rob Holding (right), Per Mertesacker (center), Nacho Monreal (left)
Midfielders: Hector Bellerin (right), Mohamed al-Neny and Granit Xhaka in the middle, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (left)
Strikers: Danny Welbeck (right), Alexandre Lacazette (middle), Alex Iwobi (left)

The team news is in…

Here’s how we line up for #AFCvCFC pic.twitter.com/86Ud7raraq

— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) August 6, 2017

On the other hand, Chelsea’s manager Antonio Conte will start with a 3-4-3 formation consisting of the following players:

Goalkeeper: Thibaut Courtois
Defenders: Cezar Azpilicueta (right), David Luiz(middle), Gary Cahill (left)
Midfielders: Victor Moses (right), Cesc Fabregas and N'Glo Kante in the middle, Marco Alonso (left)
Strikers: Willian Borges da Silva (right), Michy Batshuayi (middle), Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma (left)

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

The last match between Arsenal and Chelsea in the Community Shield was in 2015 and it ended with a 1-0 victory scored by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.