Community Shield Final: Crystal Palace vs Liverpool - Preview

The 2025 FA Community Shield will see Crystal Palace take on Liverpool at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. This traditional curtain-raiser to the English season brings together the FA Cup winners and the Premier League champions for one final pre-season showdown. Crystal Palace will make their first-ever Community Shield appearance after a Historic FA Cup win over Manchester City last season. Under manager Oliver Glasner, the Eagles have shown they can compete with England’s elite. Palace come into the game with confidence but also as underdogs. Liverpool return to Wembley as Premier League champions, looking to win the Community Shield for the 17th time. That would move them level with Arsenal and just behind Manchester United in the all-time rankings. Manager Arne Slot has made big summer moves, bringing in Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, Hugo Ekitike, and Milos Kerkez.

Stats&Facts

• Crystal Palace are competing in the Community Shield for the very first time.
• Winning the Community Shield would make Palace the first new team to lift the trophy since Aston Villa in 1981.
• Liverpool have appeared in around 24 Community Shield finals, securing the trophy 16 times and losing six.
• The upcoming Shield match will mark the 67th in total meeting between these clubs. Liverpool won 37 games, while the Eagles secured 15 victories.
• Liverpool won 8 of their last 9 visits to Selhurst Park.

Team News

Adam Wharton , Marc Guehi, and Nathaniel Clyne have already returned to the Palace squad after recovering from injury. They are likely to start tomorrow, but Chadi Riad and Cheick Doucoure are still out of the Squad . As for Liverpool, captain Virgil van Dijk is a doubt due to not being 100% fit for the match. All new signings of Liverpool have played a few minutes already, and Florian Wirtz, Ekitike, and Kerkez are expected to start against Crystal Palace. Possible Lineup for Crystal Palace: Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Wharton, Lerma, Mitchell; Sarr, Mateta, Eze Possible Lineup for Liverpool: Mamardashvili; Frimpong, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Ekitike

Prediction: Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool

Liverpool’s experience in big games gives them an edge. Palace will push hard and could make it close, but the Reds’ attacking depth might be too much. Liverpool's new signings can make the difference tomorrow, but we expect a competitive match at Wembley.

Betfair Odds

Crystal Palace: 5.36 Draw: 4.23 Liverpool: 1.58 Visit BFB247 to get real-time Betfair Odds and an exclusive 2.5% commission on winning bets!