Leicester vs Man City LIVE: Community Shield result, final score and reaction today

9 mins: Manchester City are starting to show off their impressive footballing talents. Riyad Mahrez gives the ball to Joao Cancelo who floats a lovely ball into the box. Ferran Torres comes across Daniel Amartey and chests the ball down to Gundogan. Gundogan has the chance to shoot if he can control the ball but his first touch is a poor one and the ball rolls away towards Schmeichel.

6 mins: Sam Edozie wins a free kick about 25-yards out from goal for Man City. Gundogan and Mahrez both stand over the ball and it’s the German who takes it. He whips the shot around the wall and finds the target. Kasper Schmeichel skips to his right before diving across and palming the ball over the goal. Good save!

3 mins: Ilkay Gundogan clatters into James Maddison as the ball is fed up to the Leicester playmaker. Maddison goes down theatrically and the Foxes are awarded a free kick.

The free kick is sent out to Harvey Barnes on the left before they switch the play to the right. Caglar Soyuncu controls the ball before slotting it into the box for Wilfred Ndidi. He attempts to cut it back into the middle but can’t find a teammate and City clear the danger.

Kick off: Both teams kneel before kick off and Leicester get the game underway. It’s played back to their defence before a diagonal ball out to the right wing is kicked straight out of play.

The team make their way out onto the pitch at Wembley. The national anthem is sung. Kick off is next.

Mahrez faces his old club

Riyad Mahrez has played against Leicester City six times since leaving the Foxes for Manchester City in 2018, with the Algerian registering two goals and two assists in five starts against his former club over this period.

Man City have lost just two of their last 12 games at Wembley with eight wins and two draws. Both those defeats have come in consecutive FA Cup semi-final appearances in 2020 vs Arsenal, and 2021 vs Chelsea.

Vardy’s Wembley record

Jamie Vardy has scored half of Leicester’s eight goals at the ‘new’ Wembley Stadium. However, he’s been on the losing side in all three games in which he’s found the net at Wembley for the Foxes.

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers is set to be the first British manager to take charge of a side in the Community Shield since David Moyes’ Manchester United beat Wigan 2-0 in 2013.

Guardiola turns to youth

18-year-old Sam Edozie makes his debut appearance for Manchester City as he gets the nod from Pep Guardiola up top today. Fellow academy graduate Cole Palmer also starts for City as they look to lift the Community Shield.

Ferran Torres plays his first game since the summer break and Jack Grealish starts on the bench with Guardiola looking to secure him some minutes later in the game.

Guardiola speaks to ITV

Man City boss Pep Guardiola spoke to ITV before kick and there’s no surprises for guessing who was the main topic of conversation.

“We will see if Jack Grealish plays today.” said Guardiola, “Jack is the perfect age and hopefully he can help us for the next five, six years.

“We have a lot of players coming back late. Next few days, some of these come back. Some players are isolated.”

Community Shield success for Man City

Man City have won the Community Shield in three of their last four appearances in the match, as many as they had in their previous eight, won three, lost five.

Excluding 2019 (when Manchester City appeared as double winners), the FA Cup winners have won the Community Shield in five of the last six campaigns, with the exception being Man City’s 2-0 win over Chelsea in 2018.