All you need to know about FA Community Shield 2023 between Manchester City and Arsenal

 All you need to know about FA Community Shield 2023 between Manchester City and Arsenal

FA Community Shield (Source: Twitter)

Manchester City will lock horns with Arsenal in the 101st FA Community Shield game which will take place on Sunday, August 6 at the Wembley Stadium. In the last season, which is 2022-23, the Blues became the second Premier League side to complete a treble after their local rivals Manchester United. The ‘Cityzens’ won the English Premier League, FA Cup, and the UEFA Champions League. Where on one side City will eye for their seventh title, on the other side Arsenal would be looking for their ninth title in this competition.

“The situation that we are in, we finished (last season) two weeks later than Arsenal and we start (this season) two weeks later. So, we are not in the best way. We struggle to restart every season but it’s fine, and hopefully our mentality can help us to be there and compete,” Guardiola was quoted as saying at Reuters ahead of their Community Shield fixture.

Arsenal have bought a really good player: Pep Guardiola

The Gunners have bought big players in the summer transfer window. They have signed players like Declan Rice from West Ham for ã105 million, Kai Havertz from Chelsea for ã65 million, and Jurrien Timber from Ajax for ã38 million. While speaking about Arsenal’s summer transfers, Pep opined that hey have bought great players in the transfer window.
“Rice decided to go to Arsenal, I wish him all the best. He is a really nice guy, for the England team he is important. Arsenal have bought a really good player. They didn’t buy players to make the squad bigger, they have bought starting players. I could not expect anything different,” Guardiola asserted.

Date and Time:

The match f between Manchester City and Arsenal will be played on Sunday, August 6. The match will kick start at 03:00 PM (GMT); 08:30 P.M. (IST) at Wembley Stadium.

Form:

Arsenal (in all competitions): W-W-L-W-D

Manchester City (in all competitions): L-W-W-W-W

Head to Head:

Matches: 185

Arsenal: 86

Manchester City: 56

Draw: 43

Predicted Lineup:

Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Aaron Ramsdale, Jurrien Timber, Gabriel, WilliamSaliba, Ben White, Declan Rice, Thomas Partey, Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz

Manchester City (4-1-3-2): Ederson Moraes, Aymeric Laporte, Ruben Dias, John Stones, Kyle Walker, Rodri, Jack Grealish, Bernardo Silva, Phill Foden/ Kevin De Bruyne, Erling Haaland, Julian Alvarez.

Live Streaming:

India: Sony Sports Network

UK: ITV and STV

USA: ESPN+

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