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Community Shield substitutes: How many subs can Chelsea and Man City make?
CHELSEA face Manchester City in the Community Shield at Wembley today - but how many subs can both sides make?
The Premier League champions and FA Cup winners meet in the curtain raiser for the 2018/19 season at Wembley this afternoon.
Maurizio Sarri is getting his first look at his players in a semi-professional game and couldn’t have asked for a tougher challenge.
Although the champions are likely to be far from full strength with many of their key players still recovering from the World Cup.
Jorginho will play for Chelsea after Manchester City thought he was heading to Manchester in one of the biggest plot lines for the match today.
The game is not a friendly but some of the rules are relaxed and it doesn’t count for anything for the new campaign.
How many subs can teams use in the Community Shield?
Team are allowed to name seven substitutes alongside the 11 starters in their match day squad similar to the Premier League rules.
But, where it differs is that teams are allowed to make up to six changes rather than just the regular three.
What else is different?
Well, not that much, but if the match is a draw at 90 minutes rather than extra time it will go straight to penalties.
And the shootout will be played in the ABBA format.
Who won the Community Shield last year?
Arsenal beat Chelsea in last year’s match with a 4-1 victory in the penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw.