A look at where the two teams are at ahead of the new season.

Premier League champions Chelsea face FA Cup winners Arsenal in the FA Community Shield at Wembley on Sunday (live on BT Sport 1, 2pm kick-off).

The game will be used to gauge how both teams are shaping up ahead of the new campaign.

Plenty has happened since both teams signed off last season, not all of it necessarily good news.

Transfers

There have been murmurings Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte has not been happy with the speed of their activity or the number of acquisitions but £120million spent on Monaco midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko, Roma defender Antonio Rudiger and Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata, with Manchester City’s Willy Caballero brought in as back-up goalkeeper, looks to have strengthened their spine. Several players have departed, most notably midfielder Nemanja Matic, captain John Terry and second-choice goalkeeper Asmir Begovic, while alienating striker Diego Costa may yet prove costly. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger’s business has not been expansive but the £45million arrival of Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette is significant. Schalke left-back Sead Kolasinac is the other signing but central defence and midfield have not been strengthened. Of more concern is the worries about the future of last season’s top scorer Alexis Sanchez and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, with both reported to be keen on leaving.

Pre-season record

It may not have gone our way tonight, but thanks for sticking with us 👊#ArsenalinBeijing pic.twitter.com/mth6FoPOSB — Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) July 22, 2017

Conte’s side already have a slight psychological advantage over the Gunners having beaten them 3-0 in a friendly in Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium – and that was without any of their new signings. A 3-2 defeat to Bayern Munich and 2-1 loss to Inter Milan have followed with Chelsea’s famed defensive stability yet to kick in. The Gunners have had a longer pre-season with six matches already in the bag, starting with comfortable wins over Australian sides Sydney FC and Western Sydney Warriors followed by a last-gasp 1-1 draw with Bayern. That defeat to Chelsea came before a resounding 5-2 win over Benfica on home turf at the Emirates Cup with Lacazette scoring his second of pre-season in the 2-1 defeat to Sevilla.

Key battles

Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante and Arsenal’s Granit Xhaka battle for the ball (Barrington Coombs/Empics)

David Luiz v Alexandre Lacazette

Chelsea’s centre-half re-established his reputation as a top-class defender in the middle of a back-three last season and faced Lacazette a handful of times during his short spell at Paris St Germain. Arsenal’s France international appears suited to English football but has to prove it quickly.

N’Golo Kante v Granit Xhaka

Two midfield enforcers with very different tales to tell. Kante continued to excel following his move from Leicester while Xhaka was anything from a disappointment to a liability in his first season.

Alvaro Morata v Mohamed Elneny

Not only has Morata a hefty price tag to justify but he also has to vindicate Conte’s decision to dispense with Costa, who scored 20 league goals last season (the same as Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero). Morata’s quality is, however, not in question and he may have an easy introduction against makeshift centre-back Mohamed Elneny with Wenger intending to utilise the Egypt international, who did not shine in his preferred midfield position last season, in defence.

Charity/Community Shield history

VIDEO: Watch how @Arsenal celebrated winning the Community Shield from pitch side: https://t.co/5V2uzfPtUb — Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) August 2, 2015

Chelsea: 4 victories (1955, 2000, 2005, 2009). Runners-up 1970, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015.

Arsenal: 13 victories (1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2015). 1 one shared title (1991). Runners-up 1935, 1936, 1979, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2005.