This is Liverpool’s fourth appearance in the Community Shield in the last seven years, as many as in the previous 28 years combined. They lost on penalties in both 2019 (v Man City) and 2020 (v Arsenal), before beating Man City 3-1 in 2022.
Crystal Palace are competing in their first ever Community Shield. None of the last four teams to play in the match for the first time have won the trophy, with two of those losing to Liverpool (Southampton 1976, Wimbledon 1988).
Liverpool have only outright won the Community Shield on one of the last six occasions they’ve played in the match as league champions, beating Wimbledon 2-1 in 1988.
When the match is pitted between the two teams, the FA Cup winners have beaten the league champions to the trophy in seven of the last nine Community Shield games, though cup winners Manchester United did lose on penalties to league champions Man City last year.
This is the first time Liverpool and Crystal Palace are facing off in a match at Wembley Stadium. It’s also the first Community Shield match where the two teams also faced in the final league game of the previous season since 1989 (Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal).
Crystal Palace have won just one of their last 16 meetings with Liverpool in all competitions (D3 L12), picking up a 1-0 win at Anfield in the Premier League in April 2024.
Liverpool lost 2-1 against Newcastle United at Wembley Stadium in March’s EFL Cup final. The Reds have never lost at the ground twice in the same calendar year before.
Crystal Palace have won four of their six matches at the new Wembley when used as a neutral venue, losing the others against Manchester United (2016 FA Cup final) and Chelsea (2022 FA Cup semifinal).
Mohamed Salah registered 57 goals (34) and assists (23) in 52 games in all competitions for Liverpool last season. However, since scoring against Spurs in his first appearance in October 2017, the Egyptian hasn’t registered a single goal involvement in any of his last seven games at Wembley Stadium.
Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze has been involved in 12 goals in his last 13 games for Crystal Palace in all competitions (9 goals, 3 assists), netting the Eagles’ winner in May’s FA Cup final against Man City.