2018 FA Community Shield: Chelsea - Manchester City at Wembley, London (UK) on Sunday 05/08/2018

Manchester City FC (Premier League), the 2017-18 English champions, and Chelsea FC, the 2017-18 FA Cup winners, will play each other for the 2018 FA Community Shield at Wembley Stadium (90,000 capacity) in London, UK, on Sunday 05/08/2018 (kick-off at 15:00 local time, 16:00 CET). The match will be broadcast live on the pay-TV channel BT Sport 1 in the UK.

Chelsea and Manchester City faced each other in the 2012 edition of the competition with a 3-2 victory for Manchester City at Villa Park (42,785 capacity) in Birmingham on Sunday 12/08/2012, kick-off at 13:30 local time, 14:30 CET (traditionally, the Community Shield begins at 15:00, but the match was played on the final day of the London 2012 Summer Olympics, and therefore started at 13:30). The 2012 Community Shield was broadcast live in the UK on ITV1.

The last time that Manchester City participated in the Community Shield after a World Cup was in 2014 (Arsenal FC - Manchester City 3-0, at Wembey Stadium, Sunday 10/08/2014, kick-off at 15:00 local time, 16:00 CET). The match was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BT Sport.

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