Arsenal vs Chelsea: Confirmed line-ups – Contract rebel set to start alongside Gunners record summer signing
Arsenal face Premier League champions Chelsea in Beijing’s Community Shield clash at the Bird’s Nest today.
The clash will serve as a test before the London based giants take each other on again in the Community Shield next month.
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Arsenal boss will have playmaker of Turkish origin Mesut Ozil available as well as summer signing Alexandre Lacazette.
The new star duo will start alongside each other as they did in the victory over Bayern Munich.
David Ospina starts in goal which may hint he could be staying on at Arsenal over the summer despite being closely linked with a move to Fenerbahce.
Blues boss Antonio Conte heads into the match with a striker crisis.
Diego Costa has gone from hero to zero over the span of a few months and is not in the squad.
Summer signing Morata has not made the trip which leaves Michy Batshuayi to start upfront.
Conte will be also be without fellow summer signings Rudiger and Bakayoko.
Arsenal vs Chelsea: Confirmed line-ups
Arsenal XI: Ospina, Maitland-Niles, Mertesacker, Monreal, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey, Xhaka, Bramall, Ozil, Iwobi, Lacazette
Chelsea XI: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill (c); Moses, Kante, Fabregas, Alonso; Willian, Batshuayi, Pedro
