Liverpool are hot favourites to pick up the season's opening piece of silverware against Crystal Palace but past history suggests Sunday's Wembley tussle could be tighter than expected.
Five of the last eight Community Shield matches have ended up being decided by a penalty shootout.
And for those suggesting the competitors tend to be more evenly matched, don't forget Leicester upset Manchester City the last time there was a supposed gulf in class.
Even though Liverpool supporters always travel in numbers, Palace will be roared on by their fanatical local followers, who could make the London clash feel close to a home fixture.
We feel 3/1 for a draw at the end of normal time offers plenty of value for the first of our Community Shield betting tips.
Community Shield Betting Odds
Result | Odds | Chance |
|---|---|---|
Crystal Palace | 4/1 | 20% |
Liverpool | 11/20 | 64.5% |
Draw (90 minutes) | 3/1 | 25% |
Liverpool are the favourites for this game at 11/20 in the match betting market to win in 90 minutes. Last season's FA Cup winners Crystal Palace find themselves as 4/1 underdogs (90 minutes) ahead of this year's Community Shield showpiece. Meanwhile, the draw after 90 minutes is a 3/1 chance.
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How to Watch
How to watch the Community Shield
Sunday's game between Palace and Liverpool is live on TNT Sports, with the match kicking off at 3pm BST.
Head-to-Head
Crystal Palace vs Liverpool head-to-head record
Liverpool predictably hold the upper hand overall, with 36 wins from 65 meetings, compared to 15 victories for Palace, but the Eagles have held their own in recent years.
Over the past three seasons, the Reds have prevailed just twice from six Premier League encounters, with Palace coming out on top once and three of those games being drawn.
Only one of those fixtures featured more than two goals, and that was when Liverpool snatched a stoppage-time winner to triumph 2-1 at Selhurst Park in December 2023 after Palace had been reduced to 10 men while leading 1-0.
Total Goals Betting Tip
That makes Evens for under 2.5 goals in the Community Shield a percentage pick.
Community Shield Total Goals
Form Guide
Community Shield form guide
Liverpool finished last season 10 points clear at the top of the Premier League table, moving alongside arch-rivals Manchester United on 20 titles, and the Reds certainly haven't rested on their laurels.
Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Florian Wirtz was snapped up in a blockbuster transfer which could end up being worth a British-record fee of £116million.
Eintracht Frankfurt forward Hugo Ekitike is another big-money buy at £79m, while Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong and Giorgi Mamardashvili are other notable additions - and the chase for Newcastle striker Alexander Isak could yet eclipse all of those deals!
There have been some significant departures as well, but Liverpool will be pleased with their form in pre-season friendlies following victories over Stoke, Yokohama FM and Athletic Bilbao, although there was a 4-2 loss to AC Milan in Hong Kong.
Community Shield First Goalscorer
Palace invariably spend the summer transfer window being hunted rather than hunters and this time around there has been plenty of speculation over playmaker Eberechi Eze and defender Marc Guehi.
Oliver Glasner will just get on with things, though, and friendly wins over Millwall and Crawley were followed by competitive warm-up matches with Mainz and Augsburg.
The Eagles finished 31 points adrift of Liverpool in the league last term but drew 1-1 at Anfield after a narrow 1-0 defeat by the Reds at Selhurst Park.
They were unbeaten in their final eight fixtures and earned a spot in this contest by lifting the FA Cup, crushing Aston Villa 3-0 at Wembley in the semis and edging out Manchester City 1-0 in the decider.
To Lift The Trophy Betting Tip
The Eagles are a tempting 9/4 to belie their underdog status once more and lift this trophy as well.
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