2016 Community Shield Betting Tips PT 1

Manchester United, winners of the FA Cup in what was to be Louis Van Gaal's final fixture for the club, take on upstart Premier League winners Leicester City who pulled off one of the biggest miracles in modern sporting history by running away with the top flight of the English game against literally all of the odds.

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Looking ahead to this weekend's big clash – the perennial start to the Premier League season since it begins just a week afterwards – is the fact that United now boast a relatively new look with Jose Mourinho at the helm and having added several big names to the line-up including one of the world's biggest stars in Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Leicester are certainly not the favourites to retain their position as the league champions for an astonishing two seasons in a row. In fact, they aren't even the favourites to beat United in the Community Shield as the bookmakers have the Red Devils trading at a relatively short price of about 17/20.

There are still a few bookmakers who go as high as a 5/6 price tag, or even 10/11, you still have to notice that United remain odds on to win the match within the 90 minutes of play. The draw trades at a hefty price of about 13/5 and a few bookmakers even float that at a listing of around 5/2 at the time of this writing.  

If you're looking to back Leicester to win the Community Shield then you are looking at a rather rewarding payout with several bookmakers going as high as a 7/2 price tag right now. One of the interesting variables about the match-up is that no extra time is played so if they wind up finishing in a draw then we go right to penalties.