Arsenal vs Man City LIVE: Community Shield result, latest updates and fan reaction

Arsenal vs Man City LIVE

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The first silverware of the season is up for grabs this afternoon as Arsenal and Manchester City face off in the 2026 Community Shield. A summer of pre-season football is now a thing of the past, with the 2026/27 campaign getting underway in earnest with its traditional curtain-raiser. After a series of uninspiring friendlies, Arsenal are now expected to show their hand ahead of a first Premier League title defence since 2004/05.

City, meanwhile, have a new manager in the dugout in Enzo Maresca, who will be keen to show he has what it takes to follow the example set by Pep Guardiola over the past decade. The Community Shield has featured City in four of its last six editions, but the Manchester side do not tend to perform in this competition. They have won only seven of their 16 appearances in it.

Expect a number of competitive debuts for both sides, with Arsenal expected to utilise Christos Tzolis and Bruno Guimaraes opposite Elliot Anderson. Follow the action LIVE below with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog, featuring expert insight and analysis from Dom Smith at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.

Arsenal vs Man City latest news

Live updates

Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City

4mins: It has been all Arsenal since that excitable opening minute. Odegaard looks to loft a pass to Havertz in the box, which is cut out and City’s break is impeded as White trips Doku.

Dom Smith at the Principality Stadium

A goal made by one left-back and scored by another. What an impressively fast start by Arsenal. A huge roar as soon as it went in.

Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City

Myles Lewis-Skelly won the ball and threaded a lovely pass up to Calafiori, who made no mistake from the edge of the six-yard box. Remarkable start for Arsenal.

GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City | Calafiori '1

ARSENAL LEAD IMMEDIATELY! Calafiori bags the opener inside 30 seconds! What a start to the season!

KICK-OFF! Arsenal 0-0 Manchester City

The 2026 Community Shield is up and running!

The pomp and ceremony is all squared away now, meaning there is one thing left to do.

The football will be underway momentarily!

A brief delay as Mike Summerbee takes his sweet time shaking hands with each member of either side’s starting lineup.

Time now for the national anthem.

Here we go...

The players are making their way to the pitch. Kick-off, up next!

Team news reminder

With ten minutes to kickoff, here’s a reminder of today’s starting lineups.

Arsenal XI: Raya; White, Gabriel, Mosquera, Calafiori; Lewis-Skelly, Guimaraes, Odegaard; Madueke, Havertz, Tzolis

Man City XI: Donnarumma; Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Kovacic, Anderson; Semenyo, Foden, Doku; Haaland

Grealish back in the fold

Jack Grealish is on the bench for Man City today, with his club-level future still up in the air.

The winger has never quite hit the expected heights for City since moving for £100m from Aston Villa and spent last season on loan at Everton, where he was adored.

The Toffees are thought to be keen to take him back for another campaign, but it remains unclear whether a deal will be done before Deadline Day.