Liverpool and Manchester City face off today at King Power in Leicester to decide the fate of the FA Community Shield.
The Community Shield match is traditionally a preview of the new season. The national champion and national cup winner meet in this exhibition game.
Liverpool won the FA Cup last season — as well as the League Cup. City could only settle for the Premier League title.
Remarkably, City have played three fewer friendlies than their opponents this pre-season, so their form may be questionable.
The last match between these teams turned out to be when Liverpool knocked out City in the FA Cup semi-final stage (3-2). In contrast, both of their games in the Premier League last season ended 2-2 on aggregate.
The last seven games between the Reds and Cityzens have produced 28 goals, and the arrival of star strikers Darwin Nunez and Erling Haaland suggests the match at King Power Stadium could be no exception.
In the last nine clashes between Liverpool and City, each team has only managed to keep their goal locked once.
Liverpool will be without the injured Alisson, Quinn Kelleher, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Diogo Jota for this match. City’s losses are limited to defender Aymeric Laporte.