Why is the Community Shield not at Wembley? City v Liverpool in curtain-raiser

City have won the traditional curtain-raiser six times but fell to a 1-0 defeat in last year's pre-season showdown to Leicester at Wembley.

Pep Guardiola's side will now be looking to set down an early marker over their Premier League title rivals.

Jurgen Klopp will be desperate to finally win the Community Shield having lost in his previous two attempts against City and Arsenal.

But why is the annual showdown not taking place at Wembley? talkSPORT.com has you covered…

Leicester's King Power Stadium will host this season's Community shield, as Wembley will be unavailable on the weekend of the fixture.

The showpiece event on Saturday, July 30 will be played away from the national stadium for the first time in ten years due to Wembley hosting the Women's Euro 2022 final between England and Germany the day after.

The Premier League is set to start a week earlier than usual this season because of the winter break for the Qatar World Cup, meaning the Community Shield will take place in the unusual slot of late July.

Both the Emirates Stadium and the London Stadium showed their interest in keeping the game in London but their efforts have been rebuffed.

Several have welcomed the move to hold it in Leicester, particularly the fans of Liverpool and Man City after the travel difficulties that ensued for both sets of supporters during April's FA Cup semi-final at Wembley.

Fans were left reeling after direct rail services to London were cancelled on the weekend of the clash leading to thousands of empty seats on show.

In 2012, Villa Park became the last ground other than Wembley to hold the fixture as Wembley was being used for the London Olympics.

Aston Villa were hoping to host the clash again this summer but failed to beat Leicester to the punch.

Leicester are the current holders of the Community Shield after beating City at the start of last season thanks to an 89th-minute Kelechi Iheanacho penalty.