2025 FA Community Shield

2025 FA Community Shield

Crystal Palace Liverpool 2 2
HT:1–2 Report Crystal Palace won 3–2 on Penalties
Date	10 August 2025
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Player of the Match	Alisson Becker (Liverpool)
Referee	Chris Kavanagh (Manchester)
Attendance	82,645
Weather	27 °C (80 °F) Humidity:33% Wind:1 mph
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The 2025 FA Community Shield was the 103rd FA Community Shield, an annual association football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. It was played at Wembley Stadium in London on 10 August 2025, and featured the 2024–25 Premier League winners Liverpool and the 2024–25 FA Cup winners Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace beat Liverpool 3–2 on penalties after a 2–2 draw inside regular time, winning their first Community Shield title.

Background

Main article: 2024–25 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Main article: 2024–25 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool and Crystal Palace qualified for the 2025 FA Community Shield as the winners of the 2024–25 Premier League and the 2024–25 FA Cup, respectively. It will be the 67th meeting between the two sides, and the first appearance for Crystal Palace in a Community Shield match, after they earned their first ever major trophy in winning the FA Cup. Liverpool have previously appeared in 24 Community Shield matches, winning 16 titles (sharing 5 of which), and appearing most recently in the 2022 edition, where they beat Manchester City 3–1 at the King Power Stadium.

Match

Summary

Liverpool took an early lead in the 4th minute when Hugo Ekitike scored from close range. Crystal Palace equalised in the 17th minute through a Jean-Philippe Mateta penalty, awarded after a foul in the box. Jeremie Frimpong restored Liverpool's advantage in the 21st minute with a cross-shot, but Crystal Palace levelled again in the 77th minute when Ismaïla Sarr converted from an incisive through-ball.

With the score tied 2–2 at full time, the match went to a penalty shootout. Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson saved from Alexis Mac Allister and Harvey Elliott, after Mohamed Salah had missed the target. Justin Devenny converted the winning penalty as Crystal Palace triumphed 3–2 in the shootout, securing their first-ever Community Shield title in their inaugural appearance in the fixture.

Details

10 August 2025 15:00 BST	Crystal Palace	2–2	Liverpool	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 82,645 Referee: Chris Kavanagh (Manchester)
	Mateta  17' (pen) Sarr  77'	HT:1–2 Report	Ekitike  4' Frimpong  21'
		Penalties
	Mateta Eze Sarr Sosa Devenny	3–2	Salah Mac Allister Gakpo Elliott Szoboszlai

Crystal Palace

Liverpool

GK 01 Dean Henderson CB 26 Chris Richards CB 05 Maxence Lacroix CB 06 Marc Guéhi (c) 94' RM 02 Daniel Muñoz CM 20 Adam Wharton 85' CM 18 Daichi Kamada 29' LM 03 Tyrick Mitchell 79' RW 07 Ismaïla Sarr LW 10 Eberechi Eze CF 14 Jean-Philippe Mateta Substitutes: MF 08 Jefferson Lerma 85' DF 17 Nathaniel Clyne MF 19 Will Hughes 29' FW 21 Romain Esse FW 22 Odsonne Édouard DF 24 Borna Sosa 79' GK 44 Walter Benítez MF 55 Justin Devenny 94' DF 59 Rio Cardines Manager: Oliver Glasner

GK 01 Alisson Becker RB 30 Jeremie Frimpong CB 04 Virgil van Dijk (c) CB 05 Ibrahima Konaté 43' LB 06 Milos Kerkez 84' CM 17 Curtis Jones 71' CM 08 Dominik Szoboszlai RW 11 Mohamed Salah 87' AM 07 Florian Wirtz 84' 44' LW 18 Cody Gakpo CF 22 Hugo Ekitike 71' Substitutes: MF 03 Wataru Endo 71' MF 10 Alexis Mac Allister 71' FW 14 Federico Chiesa MF 19 Harvey Elliott 84' GK 25 Giorgi Mamardashvili DF 26 Andy Robertson 84' MF 42 Trey Nyoni FW 50 Ben Doak FW 73 Rio Ngumoha Manager: Arne Slot

Man of the Match: Alisson Becker (Liverpool) Assistant referees: James Mainwaring (Lancashire) Wade Smith (Manchester) Fourth official: Tony Harrington (Durham) Reserve assistant referee: Akil Howson (Leicestershire and Rutland) Video assistant referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire) Assistant video assistant referee: Nick Hopton (Derbyshire)

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

Match Stats

Overall	Crystal Palace	Liverpool
Goals scored	2	2
Total shots	14	12
Shots on target	4	5
Ball possession	40%	60%
Corner kicks	5	2
Fouls committed	5	13

External links

• The FA Community Shield at The Football Association
• Match report at BBC.co.uk