Home / Football / Three Of The Last Four Community Shields Have Gone To Penalties

Community Shield 2011 Odds: Betting makes Man Utd favourites to beat City

Cross city rivals Manchester United and Manchester City get top flight football off to its traditional start on Sunday afternoon when they meet in the Community Shield at Wembley. The red half of Manchester start as 23/20 favourites to win the match according to William Hill, while the blues are a 2/1 punt.

However, three of the last four Community Shields have gone to penalties and the draw after 90 minutes looks a decent punt at odds of 21/10. If the match is a draw after 90 minutes there will be no extra time and the teams will go straight to penalties, with both sides available at industry best prices of 5/1 to win on penalties.

Interestingly the last four Community Shield winners have gone on to win that season's Premier League title and United will know that very well as they have won three of the past four.

Last season's league winners have strengthened their squad even further this season as they have brought in Ashley Young, Phil Jones and David De Gea in a bid to reach Barcelona's standards after their Champions League final defeat to the Spanish side last term. Young in particular looks a good addition as he scored eleven goals in a struggling Villa side last season and he could offer good value as an each-way punt at 9/1 in the first goalscorer odds.

It is Wayne Rooney who starts as favourite to score first with Hills though at industry best priced odds of 11/2. Rooney has been in good form in pre-season, scoring four goals, and who can forget his goal of the season against City last season?

Javier Hernandez is out of the match though after suffering concussion during pre-season, where United won all five of their matches.

City too have been in good nick during pre-season as they went unbeaten in their five matches, including a 3-0 win over Inter Milan in the Dublin Super Cup. The unsettled Mario Balotelli opened the scoring that day and he is 7/1 to be first goalscorer this weekend.

Balotelli is likely to start the match as want-away striker Carlos Tevez has been given extra time to recover from the Copa America and is set to miss the match against his former club, while £38m new signing Sergio Aguero is a fitness doubt.

The match offers a prime opportunity to for City to show their bitter rivals that they mean business this season after winning their first piece of silverware in 35 years in the FA Cup last season. Their success under Roberto Mancini has been built on a solid defence as they kept 18 clean sheets and a City clean sheet on Sunday is a 9/4 punt.

Their FA Cup success included a 1-0 win over United in the semi-final at Wembley and that was the third time in four meetings that this fixture has ended with under 2.5 goals. Under 2.5 this weekend is 4/6 on, while WilliamHill.com offer a 'Match x Goals' market of a draw combined with under 2.5 goals at 3/1.

Community Shield 2011 Tips

Tip #1: Match to finish as a draw after 90 minutes @ 21/10 with WilliamHill.com
Tip #2: Ashley Young to score first (each-way) @ 9/1 with WilliamHill.com
Tip #3: Man Utd to win on penalties @ 5/1 with WilliamHill.com

Community Shield 2011 Odds

Match Betting

23/20 Man Utd
21/10 Draw
2/1 Man City

To Lift The Cup Odds

4/6 Man Utd
11/10 Man City

Correct Score Odds

13/2 Man Utd 1-0
10/1 Man Utd 2-0
8/1 Man Utd 2-1
17/2 Draw 0-0
6/1 Draw 1-1
16/1 Draw 2-2
8/1 Man City 1-0
16/1 Man City 2-0
10/1 Man City 2-1

First Goalscorer Odds

11/2 Wayne Rooney
6/1 Carlos Tevez
6/1 Sergio Aguero
7/1 Mario Balotelli
15/2 Federico Macheda
15/2 Michael Owen
15/2 Edin Dzeko
15/2 No Goalscorer
8/1 Danny Wellbeck
8/1 Dimitar Berbatov
9/1 Ashley Young

Odds supplied by WilliamHill.com, plus over 100 other markets, including live betting in-running, on this match and all the weekend's football fixtures.

Posted: Friday, 5th August 2011
Author: Chris James
Tags: community shield, man united, man city, william hill,

10 Latest Football Articles

	Torquay v Cheltenham Betting Back a draw in the play off second leg Cheltenham Odds On To Qualify For Final At Wembley	16th May
	Roy Hodgson announces his England squad for Euro 2012 Rio Ferdinand Out But John Terry Included In 23 Man Squad	16th May
	Benitez and Martinez battle for favouritism in the next Liverpool manager betting Jose Mourinho An Interesting Outside Punt For Anfield Job	16th May
	Southend v Crewe Betting Tempting odds for a draw at Roots Hall Bilel Mohsni Joint Favourite To Score First	15th May
	Sheffield United v Stevenage Betting Borough could cause an upset at Bramall Lane Stevenage Bid For Third Successive Promotion	14th May
	Huddersfield v MK Dons Betting Jordan Rhodes hot favourite to score first MK Dons Will Try To Upset The Odds At Galpharm Stadium	14th May
	Martinez and Lambert head the betting to be next Aston Villa manager Latest Odds Suggest Rafa Benitez Is In The Mix For Villa Job	14th May
	Everton v Newcastle Odds Back a score draw in the Goodison Park betting Nikica Jelavic Favourite To Score First	11th May
	Man City v QPR Odds Blues hot favourites to win the title at the Etihad City Bid For First Top Flight Title Since 1968	11th May
	Stoke v Bolton Betting Wanderers have to win at the Britannia Stadium Ivan Klasnic A Tempting Bet To Score Last	11th May

Archive - Previous 5 Football Articles

	Hull V Blackpool Odds Draw Looks Tempting In The Betting For Season Opener Goals could be in store at the KC Stadium	4th Aug
	Southampton V Leeds Odds Saints Favourites To Return With A Win Rickie Lambert heads the betting to score first at St Mary's	4th Aug
	West Ham V Cardiff Odds Back Kevin Nolan In The Betting To Score First West Ham odds on to start with a win under Sam Allardyce	4th Aug
	League Two Season Betting Preview Crawley Odds On For Promotion Oxford and Shrewsbury could provide each way value	4th Aug
	Italian Super Cup 2011 Odds AC Milan Favourites To Beat Rivals Inter Zlatan Ibrahimovic looks a good bet to score first in Beijing	4th Aug

Headline News

	Benitez And Martinez Battle For Favouritism In The Next Liverpool Manager Betting Jose Mourinho An Interesting Outside Punt For Anfield Job
	Roy Hodgson Announces His England Squad For Euro 2012 Rio Ferdinand Out But John Terry Included In 23 Man Squad
	Dante Stakes Odds Bonfire Set To Light Up York In Derby Trial Mandaean And Ernest Hemingway Also Being Backed
	Middleton Stakes Odds Izzi Top Likely Favourite In Close Betting Race At York I
	Eurovision Song Contest Odds Predict Middle Of The Road Position UKs Middle Of The Road Entry Russian Grannies Still On Top

£250 Free Bet - Paddypower

BRAND NEW £250 free bets offer.

Open a new account with Paddy Power and place an initial bet of between £10 and £50
Paddy Power will match this with a free bet to the same stake
Paddy Power then let you repeat this a further four times to allow you to claim a maximum of £250 in free bets.

Open Account - Free £250 Bets With Paddypower