2016 FA Community Shield

2016 FA Community Shield

Leicester City Manchester United 1 2
Report
Date	7 August 2016
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Player of the Match	Eric Bailly (Manchester United)
Referee	Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)
Attendance	85,437
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The 2016 FA Community Shield (also known as the 2016 FA Community Shield supported by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 94th FA Community Shield, an annual English football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup. The match was contested by 2015–16 FA Cup winners Manchester United, and Leicester City, champions of the 2015–16 Premier League. It was held at Wembley Stadium a week before the Premier League season kicks off. Manchester United won the match 2–1 with goals from Jesse Lingard and Zlatan Ibrahimović, either side of a goal from Leicester striker Jamie Vardy.

Background

Leicester City qualified as champions of the 2015–16 Premier League. They won the title after then-second place Tottenham Hotspur drew 2–2 to Chelsea in Stamford Bridge on 2 May 2016. It was their second FA Charity/Community Shield, after the 1971 edition, where they defeated Liverpool 1–0.

Manchester United qualified as winners of the 2015–16 FA Cup. They defeated Crystal Palace 2–1 after extra time on 21 May 2016 to win their 12th title (shared record with Arsenal). It was their 30th FA Charity/Community Shield, winning a record 20.

The previous match between the two sides was a 1–1 draw at Old Trafford on 1 May 2016. Anthony Martial scored for United in the eighth minute, while Leicester captain Wes Morgan equalised nine minutes later.

Manchester United manager José Mourinho returned to the Community Shield for the second straight year, after managing for Chelsea in the 2015 FA Community Shield.

Match

Details

Leicester City

Man Utd

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 16:00 BST	Leicester City	1–2	Manchester United	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 85,437 Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)
	Vardy  52'	Report	Lingard  32' Ibrahimović  83'

1 Kasper Schmeichel 17 Danny Simpson 40' 63' 6 Robert Huth 89' 5 Wes Morgan (c) 28 Christian Fuchs 80' 26 Riyad Mahrez 10 Andy King 55' 62' 4 Danny Drinkwater 11 Marc Albrighton 46' 20 Shinji Okazaki 46' 9 Jamie Vardy 75' Substitues: 21 Ron-Robert Zieler 2 Luis Hernández 63' 15 Jeffrey Schlupp 80' 22 Demarai Gray 46' 24 Nampalys Mendy 62' 7 Ahmed Musa 46' 23 Leonardo Ulloa 89' Manager: Claudio Ranieri

1 David de Gea 25 Antonio Valencia 3 Eric Bailly 71' 17 Daley Blind 23 Luke Shaw 69' 16 Michael Carrick 61' 27 Marouane Fellaini 14 Jesse Lingard 63' 10 Wayne Rooney (c) 87' 11 Anthony Martial 70' 9 Zlatan Ibrahimović Substitues: 20 Sergio Romero 5 Marcos Rojo 69' 8 Juan Mata 63' 90+3' 21 Ander Herrera 61' 22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 90+3' 28 Morgan Schneiderlin 87' 19 Marcus Rashford 70' Manager: José Mourinho

Man of the Match: Eric Bailly (Manchester United) Assistant referees: Stephen Child (Kent) Lee Betts (Norfolk) Fourth official: Bobby Madley (West Yorkshire)

Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to six may be used.

See also

• 2016–17 Premier League
• FA Community Shield

External links

• The Community Shield at The Football Association