Having spent the last 11 years of his career as a Chelsea player, Petr Cech has been handed his competitive Arsenal debut against the West Londoners in this afternoon's Community Shield at Wembley.

The £10m man will feature behind a four-man defence that has seen youngster Hector Bellerin preferred to Mathieu Debuchy at right-back.

Meanwhile, further forward, Theo Walcott has been selected as a lone striker ahead of Olivier Giroud, but there is no Jack Wilshere, who is believed to have picked up a knock.

As for Chelsea, manager Jose Mourinho has confirmed that a hamstring complaint has ruled out last season's leading goalscorer Diego Costa, which has handed a starting opportunity up front to Loic Remy.

New signings Radamel Falcao and Asmir Begovic have both been named among the substitutes, along with Brazilian playmaker Oscar.

Arsenal: Cech; Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal; Coquelin, Cazorla; Ramsey, Ozil, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Walcott
Subs: Debuchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Arteta, Giroud, Martinez, Iwobi

Chelsea: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta; Matic, Fabregas; Ramires, Willian, Hazard; Remy
Subs: Begovic, Zouma, Mikel, Oscar, Cuadrado, Moses, Falcao

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