Confirmed Arsenal v Manchester City lineups

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Arsenal starting XI: Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber; Partey, Rice, Ødegaard; Saka, Martinelli, Havertz.

Arsenal substitutes: Turner, Tomiyasu, Kiwior, Holding, Tierney, Smith Rowe, Vieira, Trossard, Nketiah.

Manchester City starting XI: Ortega; Walker, Dias, Akanji; Stones, Rodri; Bernardo, Kovacic, Alvarez, Grealish; Haaland.

Manchester City substitutes: Ederson, Phillips, Laporte, De Bruyne, Gomez, Foden, Palmer, Lewis, McAtee.

Arsenal and Manchester City meet once again this afternoon as the Community Shield takes centre stage.

Mikel Arteta and Pep Guardiola have gone from close friends to major rivals in recent times.

Arsenal made a surprise push for the Premier League title last season, only for City to end up having too much.

The Gunners have re-tooled this summer in an attempt to take that next step and

Aaron Ramsdale starts in goal for Arsenal today with William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes as the centre backs ahead of him.

Jurrien Timber – one of those new signings – started at left back with Ben White featuring on the right side.

Thomas Partey starts in holding midfield with Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard further ahead of the Ghanaian.

Kai Havertz leads the line this afternoon in the absence of Gabriel Jesus, with Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli offering support from the flanks.

That means Leandro Trossard is only on the bench, joining Matt Turner, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Jakub Kiwior, Rob Holding, Kieran Tierney, Emile Smith Rowe, Fabio Vieira and Eddie Nketiah.

City will line up in what appears to be their usual 3-2-4-1 setup, starting with Stefan Ortega between the sticks.

Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias and Manuel Akanji form the back three with John Stones moving into midfield alongside Rodri.

Jack Grealish and Bernardo Silva start on the flanks with Mateo Kovacic and Julian Alvarez supporting Erling Haaland up top.

Kevin De Bruyne is only on the bench for City, joining Ederson, Kalvin Phillips, Aymeric Laporte, Sergio Gomez, Phil Foden, Cole Palmer, Rico Lewis and James McAtee.