We simulated Liverpool vs Man City to get a Community Shield score prediction

Premier League winners Manchester City face FA Cup winners Liverpool in the Community Shield on Saturday as Pep Guardiola's side look to win their first trophy of the season.

Man City have strengthened their squad with Erling Haaland, Kalvin Phillips and goalkeeper Stefan Ortega joining the club, with City still in the market for a left-back following the departure of Oleksandr Zinchenko. Marc Cucurella has been a priority target for Guardiola, but it appears negotiations between City and Brighton have hit a stumbling block.

City qualified for the Community Shield as the Premier League winners following their dramatic comeback against Aston Villa on the final day of last season to secure the league. As always, the Premier League winners will face the FA Cup winners, meaning City will face Liverpool after their penalty shootout victory over Chelsea in last season's competition.

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Haaland is expected to lead the line for City after making his Man City debut in pre-season, whilst new signings Phillips and Julian Alvarez are also available. Phil Foden, Ilkay Gundogan and John Stones are all doubts after not joining the pre-season tour, whilst Aymeric Laporte is guaranteed to be absent following an injury he picked up a the end of last season.

So, what will the final score be? We used FIFA 22 to get a score prediction for Man City against Liverpool on Saturday and this is what happened.

We used Kick-Off mode in FIFA 22, but didn't select a team to control, we then selected the teams and watched the match play out by itself, to give us a score prediction. Note that as EA Sports' latest FIFA game FIFA 23 doesn't release until September, this simulation