Manchester City da Arsenal sun shirya don fafatawa a Community Shield ta 2026 a Millennium Stadium a Cardiff ranar Lahadi, inda masu riƙe da FA Cup ke neman nasara ta farko da suka taɓa samu kan Gunners a wannan gasa.

Sabunta hamayya ta tsoho

Wasan ya maimaita bugun 2023, wanda Arsenal suka lashe ta hanyar bugun fanariti ƙarƙashin Mikel Arteta kan ƙungiyar Pep Guardiola. Tarihi a fili yake a gefen Gunners — Arsenal sun buga da City sau uku a Community Shield kuma sun ci nasara a kowane lokaci.

Haduwarsu ta farko ta kasance a 1934, inda Arsenal suka yi nasara da 4-0 da ƙarfi. Suka koma haduwa a 2014, inda manufar Santi Cazorla, Aaron Ramsey, da Olivier Giroud suka tabbatar da nasara mai sauƙi ta Arsenal 3-0. A kwanan nan, a 2023, Gunners sun sake cin nasara — wannan karon ta hanyar bugun fanariti 4-1 bayan wasan ya ƙare 1-1. City, to, suna bin tarihi a Cardiff.

Hoton shirye-shiryen kafin kakar wasa

Arsenal na Arteta suna shiga wasan tare da shirye-shirye na gauraya. Bayan nasara a bayan ƙofofin da aka rufe kan MK Dons, Gunners sun ci nasara guda daya kawai a cikin wasannin abokantaka huɗu na hukuma, kodayake Borussia Dortmund da Como duk an doke su ta hanyar bugun fanariti. Wannan ba shi da kyau kafin wasan hukuma.

City sun kai Cardiff ta hanyar lashe gasar karshe ta FA Cup ta 2026 kan Chelsea. Sabon manajan Enzo Maresca ya kula da lokacin da ba a ci nasara ba kafin kakar wasa ga Citizens — ban da bugun fanariti — tare da nasarori na baya-baya nan 3-1 kan K-League XI da Atletico Madrid. Omar Marmoush ya zira kwallaye biyu a waccan wasannen, yana cike wurin Erling Haaland wanda ba ya nan.

Labarun 'yan wasa

Jerin raunuka na tsaron Arsenal na ƙara duhu ga shirye-shiryensu. Jurrien Timber yana bayan fage na makonni da yawa saboda rauni a cinyar, yayin da ake tsammanin rauni na bayan William Saliba zai sa shi wajen wasa har watanni. Duk da waɗannan rasa-rasa, Arteta yana da sauran 'yan wasan sa — ciki har da waɗanda suka dawo daga aikin Kofin Duniya — kodayake Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, da Martin Zubimendi ba za su fara ba tunda ba su buga minti ɗaya a shirye-shirye ba.

An sa ran David Raya, wanda ya tsayar da bugun fanariti guda biyu a tsakiyar mako, zai fara a ƙofar gida maimakon Kepa Arrizabalaga. Sabon ɗan wasa mai darajar £75 miliyan Bruno Guimaraes kuma yana lafiya kuma yana shirye don bayyanarsa ta farko a matsayin mai farawa bayan shiga a matsayin maye gurbi kan Como.

Ga City, Haaland ya dawo wurin horon amma, kamar takwarorinsa a Arsenal, bashi da daidaituwa kuma ana tsammanin zai fara daga benci. Maresca na iya kuma kasancewa ba tare da Savinho ba, wanda ya rasa horo a wannan mako saboda rashin lafiya, da Tijjani Reijnders, wanda ke kusa da ƙaurace zuwa Saudi Pro League akan £52 miliyan. Rodri har yanzu yana baya bayan tiyatar baya, yana bar Nico Gonzalez da Mateo Kovacic su riƙe tsakiyar wasan. Sabon mai zuwa Elliot Anderson bai shirya fara ba tukuna.