Leicester City 2:2 Manchester United

Lucky McLuckerson · Dec 20, 2017

...VS....

Date - Saturday, December 23 2017
Kickoff Time - 1945 Hrs GMT
Venue - The King Power Stadium, Leicester

League standings and form guide

2. Manchester United: WWLWW

8. Leicester City: WWWWL

Previous Meetings

Manchester United 2-0 Leicester City

Leicester City 0-3 Manchester United

Manchester United 4-1 Leicester City

Manchester United 1-1 Leicester City

Leicester City 1-1 Manchester United

All-Time Record

Manchester United wins - 59
Leicester City wins - 32
Draws - 28

Pre-Match Pressers

José Mourinho

Claude Puel

Team News

Manchester United

Michael Carrick and Eric Bailly out. Antonio Valencia and Marouane Fellaini doubtful.

Leicester City

Matty James and Robert Huth ruled out. Adrien Silva doubtful.

Know the opposition

Leicester City Football Club (nicknamed The Foxes, The Blues, City, and Blue Army), are a professional football club based in Leicester. Leicester City was founded in 1884 by a group of old boys of Wyggeston School as Leicester Fosse, before joining the Football Association in 1890. In 1919, when League football resumed after World War I, Leicester Fosse ceased trading due to financial difficulties of which little is known. The club was reformed as Leicester City Football Club, particularly appropriate as the borough of Leicester had recently been given city status.

Leicester City have enjoyed moderate success through the years - winning 3 League Cups, and reaching the final of the FA Cup 4 times - prior to their odds-defying Premier League title win in 2015/16. Leicester City's most prominent rivals are Nottingham Forest, Coventry City and Derby County, and they have been playing their home games at The King Power Stadium (originally named Filbert Way) since 2002.

Familiar Faces

Danny Simpson & Matty James

Referee

Jonathan Moss.

paulscholes18 · Dec 20, 2017

DDG
Young Jones Smalling Shaw
Pogba Matic
Mata Lingard Martial
Lukaku

charlenefan · Dec 20, 2017

You're not that lucky anymore

Dr. StrangeHate · Dec 20, 2017

Leicester rested their entire team for this match. It is an away game so we are going to be outplayed. We just need to make the few chances we get count.

Heinzesight · Dec 20, 2017

Irrational. · Dec 20, 2017

DDG

Valencia Smalling Jones Young

Herrera Matic Pogba

Mata Lukaku Lingard

Hope for the best.

kouroux · Dec 20, 2017

Dr. StrangeHate said:
Leicester rested their entire team for this match. It is an away game so we are going to be outplayed. We just need to make the few chances we get count.

My heart wants to disagree with this but we all know too well what will happen. It'll be a matter of capitalising on their mistakes.

Sandikan · Dec 20, 2017

Dr. StrangeHate said:
Leicester rested their entire team for this match. It is an away game so we are going to be outplayed. We just need to make the few chances we get count.

Not quite, and they got 30mins extra time too.

We however, will probably only start about 2 of the players who started tonight, so we're not going to be any less fresh. And we now need a big reaction

bleedred · Dec 20, 2017

charlenefan said:
You're not that lucky anymore

Yup!. Time for the sack!

IAmAWinner · Dec 20, 2017

You negative feckers. We will beat this lot, easily too. 0-3

Bubz27 · Dec 20, 2017

Dr. StrangeHate said:
Leicester rested their entire team for this match. It is an away game so we are going to be outplayed. We just need to make the few chances we get count.

SqueakyWeasel · Dec 20, 2017

Just gone 0:5 because I just don't know any more!

Bwuk · Dec 20, 2017

[cente]De Gea
Valencia - Jones - Smalling - Young
Pogba - Matic
Mata - Lingard - Martial
Lukaku

Damien · Dec 20, 2017

So from the comments I'm guessing Valencia is fine?

De Gea

Valencia Jones Smalling Young
Matic Pogba
Mata Lingard Rashford
Lukaku

Paul_Scholes18 · Dec 20, 2017

I think we will bounce back and win this one fairly big. Will not change much though with City smashing Bournemouth and improving the goaldifference anyway,.

Fener1907 · Dec 20, 2017

Don't let that little rat Vardy get his tail up and you're already nearly there.

Literally got no idea how they are this season. Still basing all of my opinions on two seasons ago.

el3mel · Dec 20, 2017

Isn't Valencia injured ?

De Gea
Young - Smalling - Jones - Shaw
Matic - Pogba
Mata - Lingard - Martial
Lukaku

We'll win this 3-1.

RDCR07 · Dec 20, 2017

There is no way we are playing an away game with 2 at the back. We are way too conservative for that.

AXVnee7 · Dec 20, 2017

We usually play a good game against Leicester so quietly confidently for this one. We need a response after tonight and Leicester will be a tough opponent. I won’t be able to watch it though!

charlenefan · Dec 20, 2017

Team should be...

--------------De Gea--------------
Young--Smalling--Jones--Shaw
-------Pogba---------Matic-------
Mata---------Lingard---------Martial
--------------Lukaku--------------

Subs: Romero, Lindelof, Rojo, Herrera, McTominay, Rashford, Zlatan

Devil may care · Dec 20, 2017

With Valencia injured I think we might see Shaw get a PL start and Jose revert to the 3-4-3.

AkaAkuma& · Dec 20, 2017

Don't know how the game will turn out to be, but one thing is for certain, United will park the bus.

bosnian_red · Dec 20, 2017

De Gea
Young Smalling Jones Shaw
Pogba Matic
Mata Lingard Martial
Lukaku

Probably this, with the obvious either Martial or Rashford. Though could be neither and putting Herrera in midfield 3, or lindelof at the back for a back 3 and having Mata and Lingard play off Lukaku.

haram · Dec 21, 2017

De Gea
Young Jones Smalling Blind
Pogba Matic
Mata Lingard Rashford
Lukaku

automaticflare · Dec 21, 2017

Exactly the type of team we will beat 9.5 out of 10 times just cos of how they play.
I think we will beat em

Vidyoyo · Dec 21, 2017

Mahrez and Vardy played for at least an hour on Tuesday but otherwise the first team was pretty much all rested.

Expecting us to win still. Was going to head home for Christmas but I'll probably stick around for it.

Jaybomb · Dec 21, 2017

After tonight’s performance, I don’t want to see the majority of those players on.

De Gea
Young Smalling Jones Shaw
Matic Pogba
Lingard
Mata Lukaku Rashford

RooneyLegend · Dec 21, 2017

AkaAkuma& said:
Don't know how the game will turn out to be, but one thing is for certain, United will park the bus.

Nah, don't think so. Its the possession teams that often have us running scared and Leicester is far from that. I'm expecting an exciting game.

peridigm · Dec 21, 2017

Late kick off for a Saturday.

roonster09 · Dec 21, 2017

When was the last time PL game was a late kick off on Saturday?

Also don't think Valencia is injured, he said on twitter that he is fine (might mean anything that it's not a serious injury) but even on physioroom Valencia is not listed as injured.

2 man midfield · Dec 21, 2017

Quarter to eight? On a Saturday? What kind of feckwittery?

pauldyson1uk · Dec 21, 2017

feck the PL and Sky 19:45 kick off on a Saturday night is shocking even worse the Saturday before Christmas.

Bestietom · Dec 21, 2017

This will be a tough game for us and we will be lucky to scrape a win. A hard fought 2-1, I would say.

Jig1234 · Dec 21, 2017

Really not looking forward to his game at all. Mahrez and Grey will cause us problems. Going to be a tough one.

glazed · Dec 21, 2017

Lots of armchair options...

GeorgieBoy · Dec 21, 2017

I too was under the impression that Valenica would be available for this. He tweeted he was ok, physioroom has no report on him and Mourinho hasn't said anything to suggest otherwise.

Alabaster Codify7 · Dec 21, 2017

Out on the lash, at a bar with no sport, so I'll be skipping.......not that arsed to be honest. Feeling a bit flat after our last few 'performances'.

---------------------DDG----------------------
-------Lindelof-----Smalling-----Jones------
Young-----------------------------------Shaw
---------------Matic---------Pogba-----------
----Lingard----------------------------Rashford
----------------------Lukaku--------------------

SUBS - Martial (Lingard), Mata (Rashford), Blind (Shaw)

Leicester 1 - 2 Man United
Lukaku, Martial

Class of 63 · Dec 22, 2017

De Gea
Young Smalling Jones Shaw
Pogba Matic
Lingard
Lukaku Rashford Martial

Go at the from the off, no mercy, play Rashford as a false 9 with Lingard being given the freedom to run ahead of the front 3 at will

1-3

Ashley R1+O · Dec 22, 2017

Wonder if they will just sit deeper and deeper and deeper again and let us have our way with them. Come on Foxes, lay down and let us have this one lad.

Frank Grimes · Dec 22, 2017

Good that Ndidi is suspended for this.

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