Liverpool and Crystal Palace meet in the Community Shield at Wembley.
Premier League champions Liverpool get a final tune-up for their title defence against FA Cup winners Palace.
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It promises to be an emotional day for Liverpool in their first competitive game since the death of Diogo Jota.
New signings Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike both start for the Reds, while Palace are competing in their first Community Shield.
Here’s everything you need to know about the game...
Date, kick-off time and venue
Crystal Palace vs Liverpool is scheduled for a 3pm BST kick-off on Sunday, August 10, 2025.
The match will take place at Wembley Stadium.
Where to watch Crystal Palace vs Liverpool
TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on TNT Sports 1, with coverage starting at 2pm BST ahead of the 3pm kick-off.
Live stream: TNT Sports subscribers can also catch the contest live online via the Discovery+ app and website.
Live blog: You can follow all the action on matchday via Standard Sport’s live blog, with expert analysis from Matt Verri at Wembley.
Crystal Palace vs Liverpool team news
Crystal Palace XI: Henderson; Munoz, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Mitchell; Wharton, Kamada; Eze, Sarr, Mateta
Subs: Benitez, Lerma, Clyne, Hughes, Esse, Edouard, Sosa, Devenny, Cardines
Liverpool XI: Alisson; Frimpong, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez; Szoboszlai, Jones; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Ekitike
Subs: Mamardashvili, Endo, Mac Allister, Chiesa, Elliott, Robertson, Nyoni, Doak, Mguhoma
Crystal Palace vs Liverpool prediction
Liverpool are 16-time winners of the Community Shield, with the Reds last hoisting the trophy in 2022.
Palace, meanwhile, will compete on this stage for the first time.
Community Shield first-timers haven’t fared particularly well in recent history, with each of the last four such teams losing their contest - including two of them (Southampton in 1976 and Wimbledon in 1988) to Liverpool.
Still, the Eagles can take solace in having overcome the odds to beat City and make it this far, as well as the fact that the FA Cup winners have beaten the league champions to the Community Shield in seven of the last nine matches. Liverpool, for their part, have also won the Community Shield outright only once in their last six attempts when coming in as league champions.
The game could be a close affair and will go straight to a penalty shootout - as three of the last five Community Shield matches have - if the scores are level after 90 minutes. But Liverpool, their title-winning squad minus a few figures but boosted by a raft of new signings and coming off a strong pre-season, should have enough to see things out by that point.
If they haven’t, however, Palace - who should hear the verdict of their appeal against demotion from the Europa League on Monday - might fancy their chances given their opponents have lost on each of the last two occasions when they’ve had to decide the Community Shield with spot-kicks.
Liverpool to win, 2-1.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
Palace have totted up 15 victories against Liverpool in the two sides’ competitive history, but only one of those has come in the last eight years: a shock 1-0 win at Anfield at the start of the Glasner era in April 2024.
There have been a few heavy defeats in that time, including a 0-7 thrashing at Selhurst Park in 2020, but every tie since the start of the 2022-23 season has either ended in a draw or been decided by a single goal.
The Reds, in contrast, have beaten the Eagles 37 times, and took four points away from their pair of Premier League meetings last season including a campaign-ending draw in May.
These two sides have never met at Wembley, though, so that’s one piece of history still up for grabs along with this year’s Community Shield honours.
Crystal Palace wins: 15
Liverpool wins: 37
Draws: 14
Crystal Palace vs Liverpool match odds
Crystal Palace to lift the trophy: 9/4
Liverpool to lift the trophy: 1/4
Odds via Betfair (subject to change).
