Season Opener
Soccer Predictions
Time: Sunday 6th August, 4pm GMT
The Football Association Community Shield serves as an annual fixture in English football, taking place at Wembley Stadium. The match features a showdown between the winners of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup. In the event that the Premier League champions are also the FA Cup winners, their opponents become the runners-up of the league. To football fans in England this is like the Premier League heads up as the tie takes place generally a week before the season openers.
Arsenal vs Manchester City
Picks:
Man City Win @8/11
City Win & BTTS @9/4
Foden to score anytime @13/5
While Arteta put out an experimental lineup for the Emirates Cup, Arsenal were second best for large portions of the first half against Monaco, and defensive deficiencies have plagued the Gunners all season long.
Man City have struggled to keep clean sheets themselves and should make easy work of Arteta’s men as they have done in the past, especially with concerns over De Bruyne’s fitness providing an unwelcome distraction, but the treble winners ought to upset the Community Shield apple cart to add title number seven to their trophy case.
Arsenal predicted starting 11:
Ramsdale; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Tomiyasu; Odegaard, Rice, Partey; Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli
Manchester City predicted starting 11:
Ederson; Walker, Dias, Akanji; Stones, Rodri; Silva, Kovacic, Foden, Grealish; Haaland
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