Arsenal vs Manchester City: Full lineups confirmed for FA Community Shield final 2026

The Arsenal vs Manchester City match will decide the first trophy of the English football season.

Arsenal will face Manchester City in the FA Community Shield final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Sunday, August 16, 2026. Both sides, who were the best two teams in the Premier League last season, will have a chance to grab the first silverware of the English football season at the start of the 2026-27 campaign.

Mikel Arteta ended Arsenal’s 22-year wait for a Premier League title, clinching the league last season with 85 points. The Gunners also finished as runners-up in the UEFA Champions League, marking one of the most successful seasons in the North London club’s history.

The Gunners will have the chance to add another trophy to their cabinet. Arteta has won the Community Shield an impressive four times – twice as a player and twice as a manager. Interestingly, two of those wins have come against City.

Tonight’s Manchester City team is one in transition. Long-time head coach Pep Guardiola has departed, and Enzo Maresca has overseen a summer of change. The Cityzens clinched three Community Shields under Guardiola.

It remains to be seen if Maresca is up to the task against Arteta, who is currently the longest-serving head coach in the Premier League.

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Arsenal vs Manchester City Lineups

Arsenal

Starting XI: David Raya (GK); Ben White, Cristhian Mosquera, Gabriel Magalhaes, Riccardo Calafiori; Martin Odegaard, Bruno Guimaraes, Myles Lewis-Skelly; Noni Madueke, Kai Havertz, Christos Tzolis.

Bench: Kepa Arrizabalaga (gk), Piero Hincapie, Declan Rice, Eberechi Eze, Martin Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, Bukayo Saka, Max Dowman, Viktor Gyokeres.

🔴 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 ⚪️Mikel names a strong starting XI 👊🤝Presented by @deel pic.twitter.com/bckDyMazRo

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) August 16, 2026

Manchester City

Starting XI: Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK); Abdukodir Khusanov, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O’Reilly; Mateo Kovacic, Elliot Anderson; Antonie Semenyo, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku; Erling Haaland.

Bench: Geronimo Rulli (gk), Marc Guehi, Matheus Nunes, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Rico Lewis, Nico Gonzalez, Rayan Cherki, Jack Grealish, Omar Marmoush.

Your Community Shield line-up! ​​💪🩵XI | Donnarumma, Khusanov, Dias (C), Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Kovačić, Anderson, Semenyo, Foden, Doku, HaalandSUBS | Rulli, Guéhi, Marmoush, Cherki, Nico, Grealish, Aït-Nouri, Nunes, Lewis🤝 @etihad pic.twitter.com/8sHVbhC3pw

— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 16, 2026

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