Crystal Palace has won the Community Shield by beating Premier League champion Liverpool in a penalty shootout at Wembley Stadium.

FA Cup winners Crystal Palace have won the Community Shield for the first time after beating Liverpool 3-2 on penalties

Ebere Eze took part in Crystal Palace training ahead of their Conference League clash with Fredrikstad. Tottenham are in talks with Palace to sign Eze and are reportedly close to completing a deal, but the 27-year-old look set to feature for his current side on Thursday as it stands.

Crystal Palace and Liverpool will play for the Community Shield title. Only one team will start the season with a trophy.

The unofficial 2025–26 season curtain-raiser takes place at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, with Liverpool taking on Crystal Palace in the Community Shield.

The biggest challenge for Crystal Palace is to keep this fantastic team together. Manager Oliver Glasner picked the same starting XI in the FA Cup final win against Manchester City in May and again in last weekend's Community Shield victory over Liverpool.

Recent years have seen the Community Shield broadcast live in the UK on free-to-air broadcaster ITV. That's no longer the case, with the season curtain-raiser now set to be shown live by pay-TV network TNT as part of its recent deal with the FA.

Crystal Palace pulled off another Wembley upset by beating Premier League champion Liverpool to lift the Community Shield on Sunday.

Crystal Palace start Eberechi Eze amid widespread reports of the forward nearing a move to Tottenham. Star defender Marc Guehi also starts amid interest from Liverpool. Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Munoz, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Mitchell, Wharton, Hughes, Sarr, Eze, Mateta

Enzo Maresca’s Blues look to take a leap into the title race after winning the Club World Cup, while the Eagles continue to fly high after winning the Community Shield against Liverpool last weekend