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Footballpedia.net - English Premier League 2017/2018 season will be held. As the Premier League opener this season, will be held Community Shield party between Arsenal against Chelsea on Sunday (6/8) night.

Like the tradition of previous years, before the first week of EPL matches, the FA will hold a Community Shield match. This match will bring together two British champions of the previous season, namely Arsenal as the holder of the FA Cup trophy and Chelsea as the holder of the EPL trophy. Therefore this match will be an interesting match eagerly awaited by the fans of English football.

Meeting at Wembley later is not the first time Arsenal and Chelsea meet after 2016/2017 season ends. Both teams met in a test match in China, where at that time Chelsea beat Arsenal with a score of 3-0.

Earlier, Chelsea were also determined to avenge a 2-1 defeat in the FA Cup final, which caused them to fail to reconcile the FA Cup and EPL titles. For that match at Wembley will certainly take place hot.

During the pre-season sessions both teams showed the same obstacle, that is still not found a good game consistency. Both teams both suffered two defeats during their pre-season session this time. But the two teams are not blind about the strength of their opponent team, so it is interesting to wait for tactics like what the two coaches prepared in this fight.

In this match Arsenal coach, Arsene Wenger is rumored to have many players who can not be played in this fight. Santi Cazorla, Francis Coquelin, Jack Wilshere, and Gabriel Paulista certainly missed this match due to injury. While Shkodran Mustafi, Alexis Sanchez and Aaron Ramsey is still doubtful appear in this fight.

Wenger himself is predicted to play a 3-defender scheme in this match, where Trio Nacho Monreal, Laurent Koscielny and Rob Holding will be deployed in the defense sector. In this match Wenger will most likely again play Alexandre Lacazette as the spearhead, in which Mesut Ozil and Danny Welbeck will help behind him.

On the Chelsea side, Antonio Conte also has a number of problems on his squad. Tiemoue Bakayoko, Eden Hazard, Pedro certainly absent due to injury. The rest of the Blues players ready to be lowered in this fight.

Conte himself will most likely lower the 3-4-3 formation in this match, where Michy Batshuayi will be plotted as the main striker. Alvaro Morata is likely to be shifted to the left filling Hazard's position, while the right wing post will be filled by Willian. Bakayoko's absence will allow Conte to play duo N'Golo Kante and Cesc Fabregas as game controllers, while Thibaut Courtois will be in charge of securing their goal from Arsenal front-line attacks.

Estimated Team Players of Both Teams

Arsenal (3-4-2-1): Cech; Monreal, Koscielny, Holding; Kolasinac, Xhaka, Ramsey, Chamberlain; Ozil, Welbeck; Lacazette

Chelsea (3-4-3): Courtois; Cahill, Luiz, Azpilicueta; Alonso, Kante, Fabregas, Moses; Morata, Batshuayi, Willian

Second Team Statistics

Head to Head

22/07/17 Arsenal 0 - 3 Chelsea (Trial)
27/05/17 Arsenal 2 - 1 Chelsea (FA Cup)
04/02/17 Chelsea 3 - 1 Arsenal (EPL)
24/09/16 Arsenal 3 - 0 Chelsea (EPL)
24/01/16 Arsenal 0 - 1 Chelsea (EPL)

Arsenal's Last Five Matches

15/07/17 Western Sydney 1 - 3 Arsenal (Trial)
19/07/17 Bayern München 1 vs 1 Arsenal (ICC)
22/07/17 Arsenal 0 - 3 Chelsea (Trial)
29/07/17 Arsenal 5 - 2 Benfica (Emirates Cup)
30/07/17 Arsenal 1 - 2 Sevilla (Emirates Cup)

Chelsea's Last Five Matches

21/05/17 Chelsea 5 - 1 Sunderland (EPL)
27/05/17 Arsenal 2 - 1 Chelsea (FA Cup)
22/07/17 Arsenal 0 - 3 Chelsea (Trial)
25/07/17 Chelsea 2 - 3 Bayern München (ICC)
29/07/17 Chelsea 1 - 2 Inter Milan (ICC)

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