Overview
- The FA Community Shield kicks off at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, August 10 at 3 pm BST with live coverage on TNT Sports 1 from 2 pm.
- Managers Arne Slot and Oliver Glasner will make their first competitive appearances in the Shield as they begin their campaigns.
- Liverpool will hold a pre-match moment of silence to honour Diogo Jota and Andre Silva in their first competitive game since the July tragedy.
- The match is classified as a friendly in the FA Handbook so tied games proceed directly to a penalty shootout with no extra time.
- Liverpool’s summer rebuild features club-record signing Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike, while Palace have signed only Walter Benitez and Borna Sosa as they pursue a Court of Arbitration for Sport appeal over UEFA’s Europa League exclusion.