It will be the first time both clubs have met at this stage of the competition but they are not strangers as they met twice in the league last season and it ended 1-1 on each occasion.
However, while Leicester City went on to create history by winning their first ever premier league crown, Manchester United were also not left out as they equaled the highest number of FA Cup won on 12 when they defeated Crystal Palace in the final at Wembley.
The Foxes have won the traditional season-opener just once, beating Liverpool in 1971 after they were invited to compete as second-tier champions following the pulling out of double winners Arsenal that year.
There is a bit of history between the managers of both sides as Mourinho took over from Raneiri at Chelsea back in 2004 and led the Blues to their first premier league title in the modern era.
Raneiri had no sympathy for him when his Leicester City side compounded the Blues misery last season which helped quicken the sack of the Portuguese.
Star Players
Manchester United
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is perhaps the biggest goal threat for the 12-time FA Cup kings and will brings his experience to a renewed United squad under the tutelage of Jose Mourinho.
The Nigeria showed why Raneiri paid so much for him with a brace against Barcelona and his first was a spectacular opener as he breezed past four defenders to score a solo goal – United will have to pay attention to the 23-year-old who could decide the game if given space to explore.
Key facts:
Manchester United contested the first ever community shield (then named The Charity Shield in 1908, beating QPR in a replay at Stamford Bridge).
Leicester City is the fourteenth different community shield opponent for Manchester United.
Tommy Taylor was the last player to score a hat-trick for Manchester United in the Community Shield. He achieved that against Aston Villa in October 1957 at Old Trafford.
Manchester United’s first ever penalty shootout win was against Arsenal in the 1993 edition.
United have scored goals beyond the 90 th minute in three successive shield games (2009, 2010, and 2011) through Rooney, Berbatov, and Nani respectively.
Managers quote
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri:
“All managers and players want to play at Wembley Stadium. It’s one of the most famous stadiums in the world.
“This is not a friendly. We will give the maximum and also Manchester United will too. Both teams want to win it.”
“We’re ambitious but know it will be very hard. “I forgot what happened last season. Now my focus is on the new season.”
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho:
“The week of no work in China was really bad for us. “So we need to train, we need to play, we need minutes for the players.
“Now we have no chance to train against other teams. We have Leicester before the Premier League and it is not a training session – it is a game.
“We have to face it as a game. We have the chance to give minutes to some people. Some who I know cannot play for 90 minutes, but of course we are going to try to win it.”
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