Man City vs Arsenal LIVE: Stream FREE, TV channel, team news for Community Shield at Wembley Stadium – latest updates

MANCHESTER CITY take on Arsenal this afternoon in the Community Shield at Wembley, and both sides will be pining to win their first piece of silverware so early in the season.

City won the Treble last season and pipped Arsenal to the league with a handful of games to go, so the Gunners will be out for revenge before the Premier League returns next week.

• Start time: 4pm BST
• TV/Live stream: ITV1/ITVX
• Arsenal XI: To follow
• Man City XI: To follow

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Team news

Man City are missing just one player from the XI that started the Champions League final victory over Inter Milan – Gundogan.

The German joined Barcelona at the end of the season after his contract expired – with new man Kovacic expected to come in for him.

Arsenal’s £105m man Rice will go straight into the Gunners’ midfield for Granit Xhaka – who has left for Bayer Leverkusen – with Havertz also expected to start.

Oleksandr Zinchenko has struggled for minutes during pre-season due to an injury, meaning new signing Timber could be utilised as a makeshift left-back.

Predicted line-ups

Man City

How Man City are expected to line up against Arsenal

Arsenal

How Arsenal are expected to line up against Man City

SunSport prediction

Man City had Arsenal’s number last season as they beat them 4-1 home and away in the Premier League – while also knocking them out of the FA Cup.

But Arteta’s men will be fired up for this one as they look to prove they are still title challengers despite a dismal end to the campaign.

So expect this one to be an entertaining, competitive affair – with Man City still edging it.

Man City 3-2 Arsenal (AET)

When is the Community Shield?

• The Community Shield will take place on Sunday, August 6th.
• Kick off will be at 4pm BST.
• Wembley Stadium will play host.

What TV channel is the Community Shield on?

• The Community Shield will be broadcast live on ITV 1.
• Coverage will begin at 3:15pm BST.
• Mark Pougatch will be joined by Roy Keane and Emma Hayes to present the Community Shield on ITV 1.

How do I live stream the Community Shield FREE?

• You can live stream the Community Shield for FREE via the ITVX website/app.
• The ITVX app can be downloaded for FREE onto your mobile or tablet.
• Alternatively, you can keep up to date with all the action by following SunSport’s live blog.