Match Details.
Crystal Palace have won the Community Shield for the first time in their 119-year history, after drawing 2-2 with Liverpool and triumphing 3-2 on penalties at Wembley.
Liverpool have now failed to win the Community Shield for the third time in four attempts, their worst run in the competition since losing three straight between 2002 and 2006.
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Highlights.
Liverpool conceded 2 goals in the Community Shield despite facing only 1.08 expected goals (xG), their highest overperformance by an opponent in the fixture since 2022 (3 goals conceded from 1.5 xG vs Manchester City).
Crystal Palace Dean Henderson has now saved 2 penalties in the shootout, his highest tally in a single match for the club. While also denying Liverpool in key moments during normal time. He’s now the first Palace goalkeeper to save multiple penalties in a Wembley shootout, following in the footsteps of his heroics in the 2025 FA Cup final.
For a third consecutive season, the Community Shield has been won by the side that conceded first (Arsenal v Man City in 2023, Man City v Man Utd in 2024 & Crystal Palace v Liverpool in 2025 – all winning on penalties).
Curtis Jones completed all 53 of his passes today for Liverpool against Crystal Palace, the best 100% completion rate of any player on record (since 2004-05) in a Community Shield final.
Jeremie Frimpong is the first defender to find the net on his debut for Liverpool since Virgil van Dijk in January 2018.
None of the last five Community Shield winners have gone on to win the Premier League title in the same season, and just one of the last 14 have done so – Manchester City in 2018-19.
Liverpool Hugo Ekitiké has now scored 1 goal this season, his highest tally in the competition for a season so far. While also contributing to build-up play in the second goal. He’s now the quickest debutant scorer in the Community Shield since 2019 (3 minutes 48 seconds), following Luis Suarez’s record in 2011.
Sources: ThisIsAnfield, TheGuardian, Opta, SportingNews
