The Premier League operator will hold a Community Shield match this weekend. Why was Manchester United chosen to play in this match?
As is well known, the new Premier League season will be rolled out next week. As is the tradition, a week before the season starts, a new season opening match titled the community shield will be held.
This match will be held at the proud stadium of the British people. For this year’s Community Shield, Manchester City and Manchester United were chosen to compete.
Why were these two teams chosen to play in the community shield? Check out the explanation below.
The reason Manchester City and Manchester United were chosen to play in the Community Shield is because the two teams were the two champion teams last season.
The Community Shield always brings together the Premier League champions and FA Cup champions to compete. If the same team wins both trophies, then the EPL champion and EPL runner-up will meet.
Manchester City is the defending Premier League champion. Meanwhile, Manchester United are the FA Cup champions last season, so that’s why the two teams will meet in the 2024 Community Shield.
As two teams from the city of Manchester, both MU and City have actually met often in various events. However, they haven’t met in the Community Shield for a long time.
The last time the two teams met in this event was in 2011. At that time, MU, who were the defending EPL champions, faced Manchester City, who were the FA Cup champions.
The match was won by Manchester United with a score of 3-2. City actually took the lead thanks to goals from Joleon Lescott and Edin Dzeko, but in the second half MU was able to turn things around thanks to goals from Chris Smalling and a pair of goals from Luis Nani.
Ahead of the 2024 Community Shield match, there are some interesting notes regarding the statistics of the two teams in this event.
Manchester United is the most successful team in this event. They have won a total of 21 Community Shield trophies and no team has more trophies than them.
Meanwhile, Manchester City have always played in the Community Shield for the last three years. However, Pep Guardiola’s team was always unlucky, where they lost continuously in the three matches.
