It’s an early opportunity for Pep Guardiola’s squad to add more silverware after yet another historic season in 2023/24.
City have played in the traditional curtain-raiser on 15 occasions, lifting the Shield six times.
Ahead of the game, we take a look back at our previous victories in the showpiece occasion…
1937
City qualified for the game, then known as the Charity Shield, as league champions after scoring 107 goals on our way to our first title.
FA Cup winners Sunderland were our opponents for the match which was played at Maine Road.
Among the players lining up for the Blues were goalkeeper Frank Swift, centre half Bobby Marshall, and Eric Brook, who was the Club’s record goalscorer for nearly eight decades before he was overtaken by Sergio Aguero.
Peter Doherty and Alec Herd were on target for Wilf Wild’s side as we collected the Shield for the first time with a 2-0 victory.
But it would be the high point of a disappointing season as City were relegated to the second division the following year.
1968
After a defeat in the 1956 Charity Shield, City had to wait more than three decades before winning it for a second occasion.
Champions for a second time, City started the season in emphatic style with a 6-1 victory over FA Cup winners West Bromwich Albion.
Bobby Owen and Francis Lee both hit braces, with Neil Young and a Graham Lovett own goal in sun-drenched rout which was again played at Maine Road.
It remains the joint highest margin of victory in its 115-year history.
We would play at Wembley later in the season when we won the FA Cup with a 1-0 victory over Leicester City setting us on the way to our first European success.
1972
Our third victory saw us beat Aston Villa 1-0 at Villa Park with Lee scoring the only goal of the match from the penalty spot.
It was not the customary clash between the Division One champions and FA Cup winners with Derby County and Leeds United declining to play.
City accepted an invitation to feature after finishing fourth in the league and faced Villa, who were the Division Three title winners.
It was also a notable occasion for the fact that City were able to make two substitutions with Derek Jeffries and Ian Mellor coming on.
2012
Having won the 2012 Premier League title in the most incredible finish ever with Sergio Aguero’s late goal, Roberto Mancini’s started the following season with a 3-2 Community Shield win over Chelsea.
Trailing to Fernando Torres’ opener, City hit back hit back with three goals in 12 minutes from Yaya Toure, Carlos Tevez and Samir Nasri, before Ryan Bertrand’s late consolation.
Though it was now traditional for Wembley Stadium to host the contest, this game was played at Villa Park to avoid clashing with the London Olympics.
2018
Chelsea were the opponents again six years later when Guardiola collected the Shield for the first time.
After claiming the title by a record 100 points, the Premier League champions faced Maurizio Sarri’s FA Cup winners back at Wembley.
Aguero took his tally to 200 goals for the Club when he scored each half of a 2-0 victory as we claimed the first of four domestic trophies in the 2018/19 season.
It was also the first City appearance for Riyad Mahrez following his move from Leicester City in the summer.
2019
City defended the trophy with a penalty shootout victory over Liverpool at Wembley following a 1-1 draw.
In celebration of our 125th anniversary season, we wore a special commemorative kit with a classic light blue design inspired by the Club’s history.
Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp had faced each other twice before in the German Super Cup – the equivalent when they were managing Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga.
Rodrigo made his debut for the Blues and Raheem Sterling put City ahead in the 12th minute but we shortly after Leroy Sane suffered a knee injury that ruled him out for much of the season.
After a spectacular goalline clearance from Kyle Walker, Joel Matip headed in an equaliser for Liverpool to take the game to a penalty shootout.
Claudio Bravo was the hero, saving from Georginio Wijnaldum to give City a 5-4 win after successful spot-kicks from Ilkay Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Gabriel Jesus.
