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Arsenal v Chelsea teams: No Sanchez or Ozil, Pedro returns

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New signing Alexandre Lacazette starts for Arsenal in the Community Shield game at Wembley, but there is no Alexis Sanchez or Mesut Ozil.

For Chelsea, Pedro returns to action after suffering a facial injury during the recent friendly against Arsenal in China.

The Spaniard starts, as does Michy Batshuayi, while Alvaro Morata is among the Chelsea substitutes along with fellow summer signing Antonio Rudiger and 19-year-old midfielder Kyle Scott.

Arsenal: Cech; Holding, Mertesacker, Monreal; Bellerin, Elneny, Xhaka; Oxlade-Chamberlain; Welbeck, Iwobi; Lacazette.
Subs: Ospina, Kolasinac, Willock, Nelson, Giroud, Maitland-Niles, Walcott.

Chelsea: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill; Moses, Fabregas, Kante, Alonso; Willian, Batshuayi, Pedro.
Subs: Caballero, Rudiger, Christensen, Scott, Boga, Musonda, Morata.




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