Chelsea and Manchester City will play out the unofficial curtain raiser when the two sides meet at Wembley for the Community Shield on Sunday.
As FA Cup winners, Chelsea will put their wits against the Premier League champions with the first trophy of the campaign at stake.
The game will be an early test to see how far they have come in the short time that Maurizio Sarri has been in charge of the club.
Here is the starting XI we think he might choose.
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