Saturday Football Tips: Shots on Mahrez & Vardy in Community Shield

Leicester v Man City
Saturday 7 August 17:15 BST kick-off

Premier League curtain raiser, glorified friendly, first trophy of the season – however you described the Community Shield it still brings huge excitement as it signifies the start of new top-flight campaign.

Champions Man City face FA Cup winners Leicester at Wembley and although Jack Grealish is highly unlikely to figure Pep Guardiola’s side are still big favourites to kick-off the campaign with a trophy.

It’s always a tough game to get a handle on as you never quite know where teams are in terms of fitness, and guessing the team selections is never ease at the best of times – let alone when Guardiola is in charge of a game where you can make six subs.

The games are usually quite tight with three of the last four going to penalties after 1-1 draws; only one of the last six has seen over 2.5 goals while four of the last five has seen both teams score.

Brendan Rodgers enjoyed that memorable 5-2 win at the Etihad just last season before City got their act together and went on another strong march to the title.

So, where do we go when looking for a Bet Builder for this game? Well, City are actually a decent price to win this in 90 minutes but they’ve had so many players returning later and with six subs the game could become a bit scrappy.

Both teams should score though given their attacking talent – especially Jamie Vardy who has scored nine goals in his last 11 games against Man City.

He’s a very short price to score here given his record though, so for safety let’s take a shot on target from the Foxes front man and pair it with one for former Leicester man Riyad Mahrez.

Mahrez has played a decent amount in pre-season so should start here and he’s got a little something to prove after the arrival of Grealish could threaten his place in the side.

Those three together make for a nice little Community Shield Bet Builder at around 3.412/5.