⚽ 2024 Community Shield Match: Manchester united vs Manchester City

Manchester united and Manchester City will compete for the first trophy of the season in the community shield final today, in the traditional curtain raiser for the new season.

With the Premier League season not getting underway until next weekend, Pep Guardiola and Erik ten hag will look to strike the first blow as City and Manchester united renew their rivalry.

The match will kick off at 3pm BST

This is a thread for the community shield match between Manchester City and Manchester united Join the discussion and share your views.

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Your City side at Wembley! 🩵

XI | Ederson, Lewis, Akanji, Dias (C), Gvardiol, Kovacic, O’Reilly, McAtee, Bobb, Doku, Haaland

SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Carson, Phillips, Ake, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Savinho, Nunes, Kabore

:handshake: Etihad Airways


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Chances for both sides but no breakthrough yet at Wembley :lock:

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Alejandro Garnacho:

:small_red_triangle: Scores against City in the FA Cup final at Wembley
:small_red_triangle: Scores against City in the Community Shield at Wembley

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Bernardo Silva with the 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡 equalizer in the Community Shield.

And on his birthday no less :birthday:

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Erling Haaland’s record at Wembley:

:stadium: 5 games
:soccer: 0 goals
:dart: 0 assists

The wait continues…

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Alejandro Garnacho hit Cristiano Ronaldo’s iconic ad board celebration after scoring vs. Man City at Wembley :cold_face:

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Your FA Community Shield champions, @ManCity! :trophy:

Pep Guardiola’s side secure the trophy after a 7-6 penalty shoot out win over Man Utd

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MANCHESTER CITY WIN THE COMMUNITY SHIELD

Another one for the collection :trophy:

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Ederson on pens this season, Pep? :dart:

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Man United become the first side to finish runners-up in the Community Shield 10 times :pensive:

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Andre Onana tried to throw Erling Haaland off before his penalty vs. Man United, telling him which way he’d dive.

Haaland wasn’t fazed :sweat_smile:

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Man City have now won 18 trophies since Pep Guardiola took charge in 2016:

:trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy: Premier League
:trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy: EFL Cup
:trophy::trophy::trophy: Community Shield
:trophy::trophy: FA Cup
:trophy: Champions League
:trophy: UEFA Super Cup
:trophy: FIFA Club World Cup

That’s one every 26 matches on average.

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Oscar Bobb’s game by numbers vs. Man Utd:

5 touches in opp. box
4 crosses
4x possession won
3 chances created
1 shot
1 assist

MOTM. :trophy:

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Manchester United are the first side to finish runners-up in the Community Shield 10 times.

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1/13 - The team that won the Community Shield went on to win that season’s Premier League in just one of the last 13 campaigns (Manchester City in 2018-19). Unlucky?

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André Onana’s antics didn’t pay off in the Community Shield :point_right:

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