Community Shield Team News: Lacazette starts, no Sanchez in the Arsenal squad

Updated 06/08/2017 at 12:12 GMT

Arsenal and Chelsea have named strong teams for the season-opening Community Shield at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.

Alexandre Lacazette of Arsenal celebrates scoring a goal during the Emirates Cup match between Arsenal and Sevilla

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Arsenal start with summer signing Alexandre Lacazette up-front, but there's no place for Alexis Sanchez or Mesut Ozil in the matchday squad.

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Chelsea have opted to stick with last season's winning formula, with all of their summer signings left out of the starting XI. Michy Batshuayi starts over record addition Alvaro Morata.

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Arsenal have beaten Chelsea on the last two occasions the pair have met at Wembley, with the Gunners winning last season's FA Cup Final 2-1 and also picking up a 1-0 win in the 2015 Community Shield.

However, Arsene Wenger's side have beaten the Blues in just one of their last 11 Premier League meetings.

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Chelsea XI: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill (c); Moses, Fabregas, Kante, Alonso; Willian, Batshuayi, Pedro.

Arsenal XI: Cech, Holding, Mertesacker, Monreal, Bellerin, Elneny, Xhaka, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Welbeck, Iwobi, Lacazette.

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