Community Shield: Chelsea vs. Manchester United starting lineups

Chelsea v Man Utd

Teams
Chelsea	Man Utd
1 Petr Cech (G)	(G) Edwin Van der Sar 1
22 Tal Ben Haim (D)	(D) Wes Brown 6
6 Ricardo Carvalho (D)	(D) Patrice Evra 3
3 Ashley Cole (D)	(D) Rio Ferdinand 5
2 Glen Johnson (D)	(D) John O'Shea 22
10 Joe Cole (M)	(D) Mikael Silvestre 27
5 Michael Essien (M)	(D) Nemanja Vidic 15
8 Frank Lampard (M)	(M) Michael Carrick 16
15 Florent Malouda (M)	(M) Ryan Giggs 11
12 John Mikel (M)	(M) Cristiano Ronaldo 7
24 Shaun Wright-Phillips (M)	(S) Wayne Rooney 10

Ferguson had said that he was going to shelter the young'uns for the first couple games and use them sparingly. He held true to that as both Anderson and Nani are out of the line-up. It looks a 5-3-1, but it will most likely operate as a 4-4-2 as both Patrice Evra and Wes Brown will push forward on the right and left sides at times. It looks like Frank Lampard's hurt toe was immensely exaggerated as he will be starting in this match-up. Other surprise is NO John Terry, instead Glen Johnson who last year spent his time with Portsmouth. Florent Malouda will look to have an immediate impact in hopes of solidifying a starting spot. John Mikel will help Lampard man the middle as Michael Ballack is out with injury.

More interesting than the line-ups are the substitutes for each team (Chelsea's on the left, Man Utd's on the right):

Substitutes
23 Carlo Cudicini (G)	(G) Tomasz Kuszczak 29
40 Henrique Hilario (G)	(D) Phillip Bardsley 26
39 Harry Worley (D)	(D) Gerard Pique 19
19 Lassana Diarra (M)	(M) Chris Eagles 33
9 Steve Sidwell (M)	(M) Darren Fletcher 24
14 Claudio Pizarro (S)	(M) Lee Martin 30
17 Scott Sinclair (S)	(M) Luis Nani 17

No Anderson for Man Utd which means he must be nursing a little bit of a knock. Chris Eagles seems to always be on the bench up until the start of the season, when they eventually concede that there is nothing better to do than send him out on loan. Some young'uns for the Red Devils - Gerard Pique (a first-team defender in a year's time or so) and Lee Martin (solid attacking mid). Philip Bardsley is the Glen Johnson of Manchester United - having spent time on loan much of the past two years. For Chelsea - Claudio Pizarro - who is probably itching to get in this game, will sit first. Same with Sidwell. The young'uns to watch for Chelsea, though, are Scott Sinclair who has already shown a lot of promise and Harry Worley. I do find it funny that Jose Mourinho has thrown two more goalkeepers on the bench as it seems a little excessive - but then I remember last year's Chelsea/Reading clash and the injuries to Cech and Cudicini which led to John Terry being thrown in goal.

Happy watching.