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Community Shield (6.30pm)
The traditional Wembley season opener, against FA Cup winners Arsenal, comes just 34 days after the end of the extended league season.
Centre-back Virgil van Dijk will be fit despite suffering a head injury in Tuesday's friendly against Salzburg, but right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold may not feature due to a minor injury.
Captain Jordan Henderson, midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and defender Joel Matip all remain sidelined.
Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno is back in training after a knee injury and could start, with defender William Saliba expected to make his debut.
Liverpool's Wembley wait - the stats
The traditional Wembley season opener, against FA Cup winners Arsenal, comes just 34 days after the end of the extended league season.
Centre-back Virgil van Dijk will be fit despite suffering a head injury in Tuesday's friendly against Salzburg, but right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold may not feature due to a minor injury.
Captain Jordan Henderson, midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and defender Joel Matip all remain sidelined.
Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno is back in training after a knee injury and could start, with defender William Saliba expected to make his debut.
Liverpool's Wembley wait - the stats
- Arsenal and Liverpool will meet in the Community Shield final for a fourth time (previously in 1979, 1989 & 2002), with the Merseyside club winning the first two such encounters and the Gunners winning the most recent meeting in 2002 (1-0).
- Liverpool and Arsenal will meet at Wembley for the first time since the 1989 Community Shield, which Liverpool won 1-0 courtesy of a first-half Peter Beardsley strike.
- This will be the latest date a Community Shield final has been staged since Bolton Wanderers beat Wolves on 6 October 1958 (4-1).
- Arsenal have won seven of their last nine Community Shield appearances, including each of the last three in a row.
- Arsenal ended a 10-game winless run against Liverpool in all competitions, beating them 2-1 at the Emirates in July - the Gunners will be aiming to win back-to-back matches against them for the first time since September 2012.
- Excluding league games, Liverpool have won just one of their last seven matches at Wembley (D3 L3) and remain winless since a 2-1 victory against Merseyside neighbours Everton in the 2012 FA Cup semi-final (D2 L2 since).
- Excluding league games, Arsenal have lost just one of their last 12 matches at Wembley (W9 D2), a 3-0 defeat to Man City in the 2018 League Cup final.
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored a brace in each of his last two appearances at Wembley for Arsenal (vs Man City & Chelsea) - only Alexis Sanchez (5) has scored more goals for the Gunners at Wembley Stadium than the Gabon international (4 - level with Aaron Ramsey).
- Liverpool's Sadio Mane made his debut in English football against Arsenal in September 2014 (for Southampton) - since then, he has only scored more goals against Crystal Palace (9) in all competitions than against the Gunners (6).
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2:30 pm
Venue: Wembley Stadium
Women's Community Shield: WSL champions Chelsea take on FA Cup holders Man City
Emma Hayes guided Chelsea to FA Cup glory over Arsenal at Wembley in 2018
Chelsea manager Emma Hayes says "it never gets old" leading a team out at Wembley Stadium as they prepare for Saturday's game against Manchester City in the Women's Community Shield.
Women's Super League champions Chelsea will face FA Cup holders City in the first of two matches on Saturday.
The men's game between Liverpool and Arsenal follows in the first Community Shield double-header.
It will also be the first contest in the women's competition since 2008.
Manchester City boss Gareth Taylor added: "We have to take our hats off to the FA for producing these two big games back-to-back, particularly as we are unable to have supporters there."
The game will be shown live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and online from 12:15 BST on Saturday, with commentary also available on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Manchester City completed a domestic cup double by beating West Ham at Wembley in 2019 to lift the FA Cup for a second time in three years.
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2:30 pm
Venue: Wembley Stadium
Women's Community Shield: WSL champions Chelsea take on FA Cup holders Man City
Emma Hayes guided Chelsea to FA Cup glory over Arsenal at Wembley in 2018
Chelsea manager Emma Hayes says "it never gets old" leading a team out at Wembley Stadium as they prepare for Saturday's game against Manchester City in the Women's Community Shield.
Women's Super League champions Chelsea will face FA Cup holders City in the first of two matches on Saturday.
The men's game between Liverpool and Arsenal follows in the first Community Shield double-header.
It will also be the first contest in the women's competition since 2008.
Manchester City boss Gareth Taylor added: "We have to take our hats off to the FA for producing these two big games back-to-back, particularly as we are unable to have supporters there."
The game will be shown live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and online from 12:15 BST on Saturday, with commentary also available on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Manchester City completed a domestic cup double by beating West Ham at Wembley in 2019 to lift the FA Cup for a second time in three years.
Women's Community Shield: WSL champions Chelsea take on FA Cup holders Man City
Women's Super League champions Chelsea take on FA Cup holders Chelsea in the first Women's Community Shield since 2008 at Wembley Stadium.
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FULL-TIMEAlso today
2:30 pm
Venue: Wembley Stadium
Women's Community Shield: WSL champions Chelsea take on FA Cup holders Man City
Emma Hayes guided Chelsea to FA Cup glory over Arsenal at Wembley in 2018
Chelsea manager Emma Hayes says "it never gets old" leading a team out at Wembley Stadium as they prepare for Saturday's game against Manchester City in the Women's Community Shield.
Women's Super League champions Chelsea will face FA Cup holders City in the first of two matches on Saturday.
The men's game between Liverpool and Arsenal follows in the first Community Shield double-header.
It will also be the first contest in the women's competition since 2008.
Manchester City boss Gareth Taylor added: "We have to take our hats off to the FA for producing these two big games back-to-back, particularly as we are unable to have supporters there."
The game will be shown live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and online from 12:15 BST on Saturday, with commentary also available on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Manchester City completed a domestic cup double by beating West Ham at Wembley in 2019 to lift the FA Cup for a second time in three years.
Women's Community Shield: WSL champions Chelsea take on FA Cup holders Man City
Women's Super League champions Chelsea take on FA Cup holders Chelsea in the first Women's Community Shield since 2008 at Wembley Stadium.
Chelsea 2-0 Man City
A deserved win in the end for Chelsea, who missed a boatload of chances but scored twice after Jill Scott's red card for City.
The Community Shield is back for women's football and the reigning WSL champions have won it.
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They proved you right. 5-4 on penalties