COMMUNITY SHIELD - Chelsea vs Arsenal (Friday, August 05, 2005)

Competition: Community Shield Date: Sunday 7 August 2005 Kick Off: 3pm Last season?s first vs second square off in the Community Shield, having drawn twice in the Premiership last season 2-2 at Highbury and 0-0 at Stamford Bridge. Arsenal have signed Aleksandr Hleb from Stuttgart to fill the void left in midfield by Patrick Vieria's departure to Juventus while Chelsea have spent millions of pounds on Atletico Bilbao?s Asier Del Horno and Manchester City's Shaun Wright-Phillips. The Gunners have a reasonable success rate in this curtain-raiser, beating Manchester United 3-1 last season and Liverpool 1-0 two seasons ago but lost on penalties to United during the 2003-04 season after a 1-1 draw. It may come down to which manager takes the match the more seriously. Chelsea have two players for each position, but Arsene Wenger may opt to rest some of his more senior players for the Premiership kick off next weekend. SoccerBetting.info Prediction: Text SBI to 80508 (costs £1.50) to receive this tip or take out a subscription. Posted by SoccerBetting.info @ 5:52 PM << Home