Community Shield: Manchester City vs Leicester City | Match Preview and Prediction

Manchester City and Leicester City will compete for the season's first trophy, the Community Shield on Saturday at Wembley stadium. Sportco provides a prediction, H2H analysis and team news ahead of the big clash today. 

Community Shield: Match Details

Teams: Manchester City vs Leicester City
Date: 08 August 2021
Location: Wembley stadium
Timing: 5:15 pm (BST)

Leicester claimed their first-ever FA Cup after blanking Chelsea a 1-0 while Man City finished top of the premier league to claim the premier league trophy. 

Leicester's pre-season performance has been mediocre, however, they managed to secure a 3-2 victory against Villarreal to give themselves a major boost for their match against Man City. 

Manchester City has triumphed in all their pre-season friendlies and will be confident when they face Leicester.

Manchester City vs Leicester City: Head-to-Head

Both the teams have shared soil 19 times and Man City has been ascendant in their head-to-head games, with 13 wins, losing four, and drawing two.

Manchester City Form Guide: W-W-W-L-W

Leicester City Form Guide: W-D-L-L-L

Manchester City vs Leicester City: Predicted XI

Leicester City Predicted XI (4-3-3): Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Wilfred Ndidi, Caglar Soyuncu, Ryan Bertrand, Youri Tielemans, Boubakary Soumare, Dennis Praet, Ayoze Perez, Jamie Vardy, Harvey Barnes

Manchester City Predicted XI (4-3-3): Zack Steffen, Joao Cancelo, Ruben Dias, Nathan Ake, Benjamin Mendy, Ilkay Gundogan, Fernandinho, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Riyad Mahrez, Samuel Edozie, Bernardo Silva

Manchester City vs Leicester City: 2021 Community Shield Prediction

For Leicester, this will not be a walk in the park as they suffered a huge blow after Wesley Fofana's horrific injury during the match against Villarreal. The defense will have a huge task in front of them when they face Man city's resolute attack. 

Manchester City has world-class players at the moment and a great depth, so losing a player will be the least of their concerns.

Sportco Prediction: Manchester City to win by 2-0 against Leicester City to win the Community Shield.