Liverpool and Manchester City will continue their rivalry with a meeting in the Community Shield on Saturday. The two played out incredible games last season combining for a total of 13 goals. Will we see another classic in Leicester?
Bookmaker 10bet has the odds at 2.05 for the high-scoring trend to continue in the match-up with both teams scoring and over 2.5 goals.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: July 29th, 8:30 A.M. (EST)
Liverpool are looking to win the Community Shield for a 16th time while City are going for a seventh triumph. Pep Guardiola’s men are playing in the game for a second consecutive year and will try to make up for last season’s 1-0 loss suffered against Leicester City.
Many see this match as a glorified friendly, but these are the two top teams in the nation that look set for another fierce title fight and an early-season victory over a big rival would be a nice little boost before the league campaign starts and things get serious.
City are clearly the team to beat again in England after adding Erling Haaland to the squad. There have been a couple of notable departures as well over the summer, but Haaland is an immense talent and City likely won’t miss Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling much.
Haaland has scored a goal per game in recent seasons and he could easily boost his strike rate even further at City where he gets to play with world-class teammates. He’s ruthless inside the box and exactly the type of player City missed last season.
Liverpool are slowly moving towards a new era with Sadio Mane having left for Bayern and Roberto Firmino also possibly heading for the exit. Jürgen Klopp has bet big on Darwin Nunez and it will be fascinating to see how he does in a competitive game against a top team.
The Uruguayan forward has so far received mixed reviews for his performances over the preseason, but he completely crushed it for Benfica last season and Liverpool rarely misses in the transfer market.
The Reds won the last head-to-head clash between the two teams when Mane scored a brace in a FA Cup victory in April, but City are clearly the dominant side in the match-up. Liverpool have managed just two wins from the last 10 games against Guardiola’s team and City last lost consecutive games to Liverpool in 2018.
