- Manchester United And City Go Head To Head Again – Community Shield Betting Preview
The new season is finally here and the traditional curtain raiser for the English top flight football season is here. It’s the Premier League champions Manchester City versus FA Cup winners Manchester United.
While many will still debate the relevancy of Community shield trophy, it still promises to be exciting as it always is whenever the blue and red side of Manchester clashes.
Manchester City and United are coming into this game on the back of a summer tour of the United states. Manchester City only won 1 game all pre-season, while Manchester United won 2 and lost 3 times in 5 pre-season matches.
United boss Erik ten Hag will be looking to start this season the same way he ended 2023/24 – By beating Manchester City in a final at Wembley.
Manchester United – Team News
Out – Leny Yoro, Rasmus Hojlund, Tyrell Malacia
Doubtful – Luke Shaw, Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof, Aaron Wan Bissaka
Predicted lineup – Onana; Dalot, Evans, Martinez, Amass; Casemiro, Mainoo; Amad, Fernandes, Rashford; Zirkzee
Manchester City- Team News
Out – Rodri, Phil Foden, Kyle Walker, John Stones.
Doubtful – N/A
Predicted lineup – Ortega; Lewis, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol; Kovacic, De Bruyne; Bobb, Bernardo, Grealish; Haaland
Stats
- This is the fourth year in a row that Manchester City has reached the Community Shield, but they haven’t won it in any of the previous three years (2021, 2022, or 2023). Only Manchester United has a similar record, going four straight years without winning the Community Shield from 1998 to 2001.
- This will be the third time Manchester United and City clash in this competition – Manchester United have won both previous matchups, 1-0 in 1956 and 3-2 in 2011.
- Both Manchester City and Manchester United have finished as runners-up in the Community Shield nine times each. If either team loses this year, they will set a record for the most second-place finishes, with ten.
- This is the eighth time in the history of the Community Shield that the match has been a repeat of the previous season’s FA Cup final, after 1957 (Man Utd v Aston Villa), 1977 (Man Utd v Liverpool), 1985 (Everton v Man Utd), 1986 (Everton v Liverpool), 1988 (Liverpool v Wimbledon), 2007 (Man Utd v Chelsea) and 2017 (Arsenal v Chelsea).
- In the last eight times the Community Shield has been played between the Premier League champions and the FA Cup winners, the FA Cup winners have won the match seven times. The only exception was when Manchester City beat Chelsea 2-0 in 2018.
Betting Tips
Both Teams To Score
BTTS looks like a solid bet for this match. This option has proved profitable in recent Manchester derbies. BTTS on this game is at 1.58 on Sportybet
Over 2.5 Goals
This is one the most reliable bet for this game. Each of the last 7 meetings between this two clubs has yielded at least 3 goals. An over 2.5 pick for this game is at 1.51
Anytime Goalscorer
Erling Haaland has been directly involved in nine goals in six games against United (6G,3A). However, he has yet to score or assist in four matches at Wembley Stadium. Odds on Erling Haaland to score at Wembley on Saturday is at 1.83.
Marcus Rashford has scored 6 times against Manchester City. The only teams he has scored more against are Leicester City (8 goals) and Liverpool (7 goals). Odds on Marcus Rashford to score for anytime is at a tempting 4.98
Score Prediction
| Home | Score | Away | Odds | Outcome |
| Man City | 3 – 1 | Man United | 11.50 |
