Community Shield tips: Five bets to consider backing as Man Utd meet Leicester

Both sides to strike at Wembley

This fixture hasn’t disappointed in the last two seasons, with no less than 16 goals having been struck in four Premier League meetings between the pair, and that trend should continue on Sunday.

Both teams have netted in all of those last four successive meetings and odds of 5/6 are available for them to do so again here. One bigger price among our Community Shield tips is a more promising 4/1 for both outfits to dispatch in the first-half at Wembley.

In the two games last term, both sides netted in the opening 45 minutes and, with Mourinho and Ranieri hoping to start swiftly this weekend, it’s worth backing early goals again this time out.

Musa to add to impressive start in pre-season

Ahmed Musa arrived at the King Power Stadium this summer as the club’s record signing from CSKA Moscow and made an instant impact during pre-season, impressively coming off the bench against Spanish champions Barcelona to bag a quick-fire brace in Stockholm, Sweden.

The rapid Nigeria international forward is a new strike partner for Jamie Vardy and, after his pre-season heroics against the Catalan giants, he is 15/8 to get on the scoresheet anytime once again against the Red Devils.

Curtain raiser to end all square

Last term’s fixtures between these sides saw both encounters end level, as they played out two consecutive 1-1 draws at both the King Power and Old Trafford, and another stalemate after 90 minutes at Wembley is 23/10 to occur.

If that scenario does occur and the two teams cannot be separated following the full-time whistle in the capital, then Mourinho and Ranieri will have to pick their respective spot-kick takers for an immediate penalty shootout.

With neither top-flight outfit having enjoyed an ideal pre-season campaign, and there likely to be some teething problems before the big Premier League kick-off next week, a draw after 90 minutes looks very possible.

Vardy to bag game’s opener

Leicester’s 1-1 draw with the Red Devils on home soil last term was kick-started by their main marksman Vardy, who opened the scoring after just 24 minutes with a record-breaking strike.

Scoring in that clash saw him break Ruud van Nistelrooy’s previously long-standing record, as Vardy dispatched in an 11th straight top tier match. We’ve no hesitation including him among Community Shield tips at 13/2 to once again open proceedings this time around.

Vardy rejected the advances of Arsenal during the summer and will look to show them what they missed out on at Wembley, having also netted the late equaliser in England’s Euro 2016 win over Wales during the Euro 2016 group stages in France.

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