In a repeat of last season’s FA Cup final, Manchester United faced rivals Manchester City to fight for the first silverware of the 2024/25 campaign in the Community Shield.
MUN vs MCI Match Details
Date: Saturday, 10 August 2024
Time: 15:00 (BST), 19:30 (IST)
Venue: Wembley Stadium, London
MUN vs MCI Match Preview
Despite suffering their worst ever Premier League campaign by finishing eighth, Manchester United had a celebratory end by denying their noisy neighbors Manchester City a domestic double with a 2-1 success against them in the FA Cup final. The triumph evidently saved Erik ten Hag’s job and the Dutch will be managing the club for a third straight season, now under the new era of Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS. With some positive changes made including key signings in the summer window, the Red Devils are hoping to return back to the glory days. However, the start of the preseason has not been that promising with just two wins and three defeats including a 3-0 defeat to Liverpool in the last game of the USA tour. Returning to England, Ten Hag’s side will hope to recover quickly from the loss in the Community Shield facing their city rivals once more. United will be desperate to win in their 31st Shield match and the first since 2016 to be in a confident position ahead of starting the new Premier League campaign against Fulham at Old Trafford next week. It will also extend their record of lifting the title on 22 occasions.
Even though Manchester City lost their defence of the FA Cup and the Champions League of their historic treble last year, Pep Guardiola's men created a record of winning four successive Premier League title and a seventh crown in eight seasons. The team secured the title on the final day of the season beating Arsenal to it again and will be looking to carry their dominance by picking up a seventh Community Shield in history on Saturday. City will also be able to seek revenge of their loss three months ago having picked up their form with a 4-2 friendly win over Chelsea in the last match. The City failed to win in their previous three but Erling Haaland bagging a hattrick in the victory should boost confidence for the team. The Premier League champions is also strenghtened by some of the first team players making a return in the match. Winning the Community Shield will break the duck of not winning it in their last three years and also losing in the only two meetings in this competition against Manchester United.
MUN vs MCI Predicted Lineups
Manchester United
Onana; Dalot, Evans, Martinez, Amass; Casemiro, Mainoo; Amad, Fernandes, Rashford; Zirkzee
Manchester City
Ortega; Lewis, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol; Kovacic, De Bruyne; Bobb, Bernardo, Grealish; Haaland
MUN vs MCI head-to-head (Community Shield)
Played - 2
MUN won - 2
MCI won - 0
MUN vs MCI Dream11 Match Prediction
Both teams have a preseason to forget but Manchester City coming in form ahead of the clash and certain fitness concern in Manchester United camp might give the former an upper hand. We predict a 2-1 win for Pep Guardiola's side.
MUN vs MCI Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Erling Haaland
Vice-captain Picks: De Bruyne, Bruno Fernandes
MUN vs MCI Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Onana (Cr - 8)
DEF: Akanji (Cr - 8), Dias (Cr - 7.5), Gvardiol (Cr - 8)
MID: Fernandes (Cr - 9), De Bruyne (Cr - 8.5), Rodri (Cr - 8.5), Silva (Cr - 8.5)
FW: Zirkzee (Cr -7), Haaland (Cr - 9), Rashford (Cr - 8)
Vice-captain: De Bruyne
Captain: Erling Haaland
