FA Community Shield Kick-off: Sunday, 11:00 a.m. ET Line: Leicester City +325, Manchester United -120, Tie +260, Total: 2.5Leicester City and Manchester United meet at Wembley in the FA Community Shield. The 2016-17 season will kick off on Sunday with Premier League champions Leicester City taking on FA Cup winners Manchester United at Wembley. Leicester City will line up with goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel and will likely retain the same back line from its title-winning campaign with Christian Fuchs, Robert Huth, Wes Morgan, and Danny Simpson. In midfield, Danny Drinkwater, Riyad Mahrez, Marc Albrighton, and Namaplys Mendy could start, with Jamie Vardy, Shinji Okazaki, and Ahmed Musa, who scored two goals in a scintillating display against Barcelona in the International Champions Cup, options in attack. The Red Devils will rely on David De Gea in net, with Luke Shaw, Daley Blind, Eric Bailly, and Antonio Valencia set to start in defense. Ander Herrera has been a preferred option of manager Jose Mourinho during the preseason friendlies, and he should start in center midfield with either Morgan Schneiderlin or Michael Carrick. Wayne Rooney will start in the traditional number 10 role with Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Anthony Martial on the wings. Marquee signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic will start at forward and will look to open up his scoring account in official competitions for United. Neither team will be particularly sharp up front in what is the first real game of the season, so under 2.5 goals will be scored. The class of United will be the difference in a narrow 1-0 victory over Leicester.
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