2018 FA Community Shield

2018 FA
Community Shield

Chelsea Manchester City 0 2
Report
Date	5 August 2018
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Player of the Match	Sergio Agüero (Manchester City)
Referee	Jon Moss (West Yorkshire)
Attendance	72,724
Weather	28 °C (83 °F)
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The 2018 FA Community Shield will be the 96th FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the title holders of the Premier League and FA Cup. It will be held at Wembley Stadium on 5 August 2018. The match will be played between Manchester City, champions of the 2017–18 Premier League and the 2017–18 FA Cup winners, Chelsea. It will kick off at 3pm and will be broadcast live on BT Sport.

Background

This will be Maurizio Sarri's first competitive match in charge of Chelsea and on the flip side it will be Pep Guardiola's second cup final as the manager of City after they won the 2018 EFL Cup Final by beating Arsenal (then managed by Arsène Wenger) 3–0 also at Wembley Stadium.

Chelsea are looking to win the FA Community Shield for the first time since 2009 when they beat Manchester United 4–1 on penalties. They have failed to win any of their last four appearances in the competition. However, Manchester City have won their last two matches at Wembley, both in 2017–18 – beating Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 in April and Arsenal 3–0 in the EFL Cup Final in February, they haven't won three consecutive matches at Wembley since March 1970.

Match

Details

5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) 15:00 BST	Chelsea	0–2	Manchester City	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 72,724 Referee: Jon Moss (West Yorkshire)
		Report	Agüero  13', 58'

Chelsea

Man City

GK 1 Willy Caballero RB 28 César Azpilicueta (c) CB 30 David Luiz CB 2 Antonio Rüdiger LB 3 Marcos Alonso CM 4 Cesc Fàbregas 60' CM 5 Jorginho CM 8 Ross Barkley RF 11 Pedro 79' CF 29 Álvaro Morata 69' LF 20 Callum Hudson-Odoi 59' Substitutes: GK 59 Marcin Bułka DF 21 Davide Zappacosta DF 27 Andreas Christensen MF 6 Danny Drinkwater 60' MF 15 Victor Moses 79' MF 22 Willian 59' FW 19 Tammy Abraham 69' Manager: Maurizio Sarri

GK 1 Claudio Bravo RB 2 Kyle Walker CB 5 John Stones 90+4' CB 14 Aymeric Laporte 87' LB 22 Benjamin Mendy CM 20 Bernardo Silva CM 25 Fernandinho (c) CM 47 Phil Foden 76' RF 26 Riyad Mahrez 68' CF 10 Sergio Agüero 80' LF 19 Leroy Sané 45' Substitutes: GK 31 Ederson Moraes DF 4 Vincent Kompany 80' DF 30 Nicolás Otamendi 87' MF 8 İlkay Gündoğan 45' MF 55 Brahim Díaz 76' MF 81 Claudio Gomes 90+4' FW 33 Gabriel Jesus 68' Manager: Pep Guardiola

Man of the Match: Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) Assistant referees: Adam Nunn (Wiltshire) Eddie Smart (West Midlands) Fourth official: Paul Tierney (Lancashire) Reserve assistant referee: Dan Cook (Hampshire) Video assistant referee: Stuart Attwell (West Midlands) Assistant video assistant referee: Andrew Halliday (Army)

Match rules 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out (ABBA) if scores level Seven named substitutes Maximum of six substitutions

External links

• Match report at BBC.co.uk