Everything you need to know ahead of City's 2022/23 season curtain raiser.

WHEN AND WHERE

The Premier League Champions lock horns with FA Cup winners Liverpool in the Community Shield at Leicester’s King Power Stadium on Saturday 30 July at 17:00 UK time.

In the UK, the game will be available to watch live on ITV1, with our global TV listings at the foot of this page showing where the game is being broadcast around the world.

TEAMS

Liverpool

XI: Adrian, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Henderson, Thiago, Diaz, Salah, Firmino

SUBS: Davies, Gomez, Konate, Milner, Keita, Jones, Elliott, Nunez, Carvalho

City

XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Ake, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Mahrez, Grealish, Haaland

SUBS: Ortega Moreno, Phillips, Stones, Gundogan, Alvarez, Foden, Mbete, Palmer, Wilson-Esbrand

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The best place to follow every City game is on the official Man City app. You will not miss a beat. 

Alistair Mann will provide commentary throughout while minute-by-minute text updates are available in our Matchday Centre, starting at 15:00.

For those with push notifications turned on, you’ll get alerted as soon as the teams are announced and any goals go in.  

And our Matchday Live show will begin just before 16:00 (UK), ready to give you the team news first.

The Matchday Live team will then reconvene for a quick half-time debrief before a more in-depth post-match verdict, including their reaction to the full-time thoughts of Pep Guardiola and time permitting, one of our players.

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The guests will also answer viewer questions throughout the broadcast, with audience participation actively encouraged on Matchday Live. To get in touch, send a WhatsApp to: +447537186538.

Highlights from the match can be found from noon the following day, while a full-match replay will also be available with a CITY+ subscription.

TACTICS

4-3-3 for City today, with Erling Haaland the focal point in attack.

Ederson starts in goal, with his distribution a vital aspect of City’s build-up play.

Ruben Dias, who captains the side, will form a centre-back partnership with Nathan Ake.

Kyle Walker starts on the right-hand side, with Joao Cancelo on the left. Two of the finest attacking full-backs in world football, their desire to get forward and supplement attacks will be key for City.

Rodrigo will play as the holding midfielder, with the energy of Bernardo Silva and guile of Kevin De Bruyne just ahead of him. It’s a midfield containing a perfect blend of attributes.

Riyad Mahrez will play on the right of City’s attack, with Jack Grealish, so impressive in the US, on the right, and Haaland will play as a central striker. Grealish and Haaland will be looking to continue the linkup play they produced in the win over Bayern Munich in Green Bay.  

Haaland provides City with a significant physical presence through the middle, but in his pre-match press conference Pep Guardiola made it clear he expects his strikers to drop deep and get on the ball. 

After a summer of change for City, this could be a very exciting season. 

PREVIOUS MEETING

City fell at the semi-final stage of the FA Cup after a 3-2 defeat to Liverpool at Wembley in April.

The Reds established a commanding half-time lead, thanks to Ibrahima Konate’s header and a double from Sadio Mane.

Guardiola‘s men scored almost immediately after the restart through Jack Grealish and Bernardo Silva tapped home in stoppage time to make it 3-2.

But Liverpool held on during a frantic period of added time to book their spot in the Final, where they edged out Chelsea on penalties.

City defeated the Merseysiders in the 2019 Community Shield, winning 5-4 on penalties after Joel Matip had cancelled out Raheem Sterling’s opener.

LAST TIME OUT

Haaland’s first City goal 12 minutes into his debut clinched victory over Bayern Munich in the second of two pre-season fixtures in the United States of America.

On a night of remarkable weatherin Green Bay, Wisconsin, the game was delayed for 15 minutes due to an electrical storm and then paused just after Haaland’s opener.

Despite the interruption, Guardiola‘s men held out for our second win of two, having also defeated Club America 2-1 in Houston, Texas.

Liverpool have played three friendly games, falling to a 4-0 defeat to Manchester United before earning victories against Crystal Palace (2-0) and RB Leipzig (5-0).

We have met the Merseysiders on 220 occasions competitively, winning 58 of those fixtures, and are unbeaten in eight of our last 10 games against them.

TV LISTINGS

You can see which channel you need to tune in to, depending on where you are in the world, with this handy table from livesoccertv.com below.

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Angola SuperSport Variety 4SuperSport MaXimo 1DStv NowSuperSport GOtv Select 2Supersport Grandstand ROASuperSport Premier League ROA
Anguilla ESPN CaribbeanESPNPlay Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda ESPN CaribbeanESPNPlay Caribbean
Argentina Star+
Aruba ESPN CaribbeanESPNPlay Caribbean
Austria DAZN
Bahamas ESPN Caribbean
Barbados ESPN CaribbeanESPNPlay Caribbean
Belgium Play SportsEleven Sports 1 Belgium
Belize ESPN NorteESPN Caribbean
Benin Supersport Grandstand ROASuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport Variety 4SuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport MaXimo 1
Bermuda ESPN Caribbean
Bolivia Star+
Botswana SuperSport Variety 4SuperSport MaXimo 1Supersport Grandstand ROASuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport GOtv Select 2DStv Now
Brazil Star+NOW NET e ClaroGUIGOESPN
British Virgin Islands ESPNPlay CaribbeanESPN Caribbean
Brunei beIN Sports 1 ThailandbeIN Sports Connect
Bulgaria Diema Sport 2Play Diema Xtra
Burkina Faso DStv NowSuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport Variety 4Supersport Grandstand ROASuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport MaXimo 1
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Canada Sportsnet WorldSportsnet World NowSportsnet Now
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Cayman Islands ESPNPlay CaribbeanESPN Caribbean
Central African Republic Supersport Grandstand ROASuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport MaXimo 1SuperSport Variety 4SuperSport GOtv Select 2
Chad SuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport MaXimo 1DStv NowSupersport Grandstand ROASuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport Variety 4
Chile Star+
Colombia Star+
Comoros SuperSport Variety 4SuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport Premier League ROASupersport Grandstand ROASuperSport MaXimo 1
Congo SuperSport Variety 4Supersport Grandstand ROASuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport MaXimo 1DStv NowSuperSport GOtv Select 2
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Costa Rica ESPN NorteStar+
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Cuba ESPN CaribbeanESPNPlay Caribbean
Czech Republic Nova Sport 1
Denmark Eurosport Player Denmarkdiscovery+Canal 9 DenmarkViaplay Denmark
Djibouti SuperSport MaXimo 1DStv NowSupersport Grandstand ROASuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport Variety 4SuperSport Premier League ROA
Dominica ESPNPlay CaribbeanESPN Caribbean
Dominican Republic Star+ESPNPlay CaribbeanESPN CaribbeanESPN Norte
Ecuador Star+
El Salvador Star+ESPN Norte
Equatorial Guinea DStv NowSuperSport MaXimo 1Supersport Grandstand ROASuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport Variety 4
Eritrea SuperSport Variety 4Supersport Grandstand ROASuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport Premier League ROADStv NowSuperSport MaXimo 1
Estonia Viaplay Estonia
Ethiopia Supersport Grandstand ROASuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport Premier League ROADStv NowSuperSport Variety 4SuperSport MaXimo 1
Finland Elisa Viihde ViaplayV Sport Premium
France beIN Sports 1beIN SPORTS CONNECTFree
Gabon SuperSport MaXimo 1DStv NowSuperSport Variety 4SuperSport Premier League ROASupersport Grandstand ROASuperSport GOtv Select 2
Gambia DStv NowSuperSport MaXimo 1SuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport Variety 4Supersport Grandstand ROASuperSport GOtv Select 2
Germany DAZN
Ghana SuperSport MaXimo 1SuperSport Premier League ROASupersport Grandstand ROASuperSport Variety 4DStv NowSuperSport GOtv Select 2
Greece Cosmote Sport 1 HD
Grenada ESPN CaribbeanESPNPlay Caribbean
Guadeloupe ESPN CaribbeanESPNPlay Caribbean
Guatemala ESPN NorteStar+
Guinea SuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport Variety 4SuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport MaXimo 1DStv NowSupersport Grandstand ROA
Guinea-Bissau SuperSport Variety 4DStv NowSupersport Grandstand ROASuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport MaXimo 1
Haiti ESPNPlay CaribbeanESPN Caribbean
Honduras Star+ESPN Norte
Iceland Stöð 2 Sport 2
Indonesia beIN Sports Connect IndonesiaVidiobeIN Sports 1 Indonesia
Ireland The ITV HubUTVITV 1 UKSTV Scotland
Israel Sport 4
Italy DAZN
Jamaica ESPNPlay CaribbeanESPN Caribbean
Japan DAZN
Kenya SuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport MaXimo 1Supersport Grandstand ROADStv NowSuperSport Variety 4
Laos beIN Sports 1 ThailandbeIN Sports Connect
Latvia Viaplay Latvia
Lesotho SuperSport MaXimo 1SuperSport Premier League ROASupersport Grandstand ROADStv NowSuperSport Variety 4SuperSport GOtv Select 2
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Luxembourg Eleven Sports 1 Belgium
Madagascar SuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport Variety 4DStv NowSuperSport MaXimo 1Supersport Grandstand ROA
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Mali SuperSport MaXimo 1SuperSport GOtv Select 2Supersport Grandstand ROASuperSport Variety 4SuperSport Premier League ROADStv Now
Martinique ESPNPlay CaribbeanESPN Caribbean
Mauritania Supersport Grandstand ROASuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport MaXimo 1SuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport Variety 4DStv Now
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Mayotte SuperSport MaXimo 1SuperSport Variety 4SuperSport Premier League ROASupersport Grandstand ROASuperSport GOtv Select 2
Mexico ESPN MexicoStar+
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Montserrat ESPN CaribbeanESPNPlay Caribbean
Mozambique DStv NowSupersport Grandstand ROASuperSport Variety 4SuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport MaXimo 1SuperSport Premier League ROA
Namibia DStv NowSuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport MaXimo 1SuperSport Variety 4Supersport Grandstand ROASuperSport Premier League ROA
Netherlands Antilles ESPN Caribbean
Nicaragua Star+ESPN Norte
Niger Supersport Grandstand ROADStv NowSuperSport Variety 4SuperSport MaXimo 1SuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport Premier League ROA
Nigeria SuperSport Variety 4SuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport Premier League NigeriaSuperSport MaXimo 1DStv Now
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Panama Star+ESPN Norte
Paraguay Star+
Peru Star+
Philippines beIN Sports 1 HDbeIN Sports Connect Philippines
Poland Eleven Sports 1 Poland
Portugal Sport TV1Sport TV2Sport TV Multiscreen
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Scotland STV Player
Senegal SuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport Variety 4Supersport Grandstand ROASuperSport GOtv Select 2DStv NowSuperSport MaXimo 1
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Spain DAZN
Sudan SuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport GOtv Select 2DStv NowSupersport Grandstand ROASuperSport Variety 4SuperSport MaXimo 1
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Sweden V Sport PremiumViaplay Sweden
Switzerland DAZN
Tanzania SuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport Variety 4SuperSport MaXimo 1DStv NowSuperSport GOtv Select 2Supersport Grandstand ROA
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Togo SuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport Variety 4DStv NowSuperSport Premier League ROASupersport Grandstand ROASuperSport MaXimo 1
Trinidad and Tobago ESPN CaribbeanESPNPlay Caribbean
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Uganda SuperSport GOtv Select 2SuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport Variety 4DStv NowSupersport Grandstand ROASuperSport MaXimo 1
United Kingdom UTVSTV ScotlandSTV PlayerITV 1 UKThe ITV Hub
United States ESPN+
Uruguay Star+
Venezuela Star+
Zambia Supersport Grandstand ROASuperSport MaXimo 1SuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport Variety 4SuperSport GOtv Select 2
Zimbabwe Supersport Grandstand ROASuperSport MaXimo 1SuperSport Premier League ROASuperSport Variety 4DStv NowSuperSport GOtv Select 2

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