How to watch Community Shield 2026: FREE live streams, team news and TV channels for Arsenal vs Man City

Watch Community Shield 2026 FREE: Nove TV (ITA) / TVP Sport (POL) US streams: ESPN Select / ESPN via YouTube TV Unlock your stream with NordVPN (save 75%) Arsenal vs Man City kick-off: Sun, Aug 16 at 10am ET / 3pm BST The Community Shield 2026 offers a fascinating glimpse into the season ahead, as reigning Premier League champions Arsenal take on FA Cup holders Man City at the very beginning of a new cycle – a moment fans had hoped would never materialize.

Though a one-time protege of departed City boss Pep Guardiola, Enzo Maresca has witnessed a lukewarm reaction to his appointment, so he'll need to prove himself right off the bat.

Mikel Arteta, of course, was once a member of Guardiola's backroom staff too.

It's fair to say the two coaches have since taken divergent paths.

Arteta has built a hyper-physical Arsenal team that bullied its way to a first top-flight title in 22 years, winning few admirers along the way.

Set-pieces and dark arts formed a deadly one-two combination, but William Saliba's back injury and Declan Rice's ongoing fitness issues have thrown a spanner in the works.

The £75m signing Bruno Guimaraes is a ready-made replacement for Rice, while Cristhian Mosquera slots in to partner Gabriel Magalhaes.

Although Maresca's finicky methods got old very quickly at both Leicester and Chelsea, there was no doubt among the City hierarchy about his suitability to succeed Guardiola.

The sense remains, however, that the Cityzens could enter their equivalent of Man Utd's post-Alex Ferguson years.

Big-money signing Tijjani Reijnders has already been frozen out, while Maresca has big decisions to make, with both Rodri and £116m signing Elliot Anderson on the books.

Read on as we explain how to watch Community Shield 2026 between Arsenal and Man City from anywhere in the world.

Community Shield 2026 team news Arsenal team: Raya, White, Mosquera, Gabriel, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly, Guimaraes, Odegaard, Madueke, Tzolis, Havertz Subs: Arrizabalaga, Hincapie, Zubimendi, Merino, Rice, Eze, Dowman, Saka, Gyokeres Man City team: Donnarumma, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Kovacic, Anderson, Semenyo, Foden, Doku, Haaland Subs: Rulli,Guehi, Marmoush, Cherki, Nico, Grealish, Ait-Nouri, Nunes, Lewis Can you watch Community Shield 2026 for free? Yes , if you're lucky enough to live in Italy or Poland.

In the former, Nove TV will be showing the Community Shield 2026 without cost, while free-to-air TVP Sport has the rights to Arsenal vs Man City in the latter country.

In nearly every other country, the Community Shield 2026 is locked behind a paywall, but there are some free trials available.