FA Cup 4th Round

Manchester United 2:1 Leicester City

Old Trafford

Kick-off
Fri, 7 February 2025 @ 8:00pm GMT
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Finished

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  • Lucky McLuckerson

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    Date: Friday, February 07 2025
    Kickoff Time: 2000 Hrs GMT
    Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester


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    FA Cup Form Guide

    Manchester United: D
    Leicester City: W


    Previous FA Cup Meetings


    Leicester City 3—1 Manchester United

    Leicester City 1—2 Manchester United

    Manchester United 3—1 Leicester City


    All-Time FA Cup Record

    Manchester United wins: 2
    Leicester City wins: 1
    Draws:


    Pre-Match Pressers

    Rubén Amorim




    Ruud van Nistelrooy





    Team News

    Manchester United

    Jonny Evans, Luke Shaw. Mason Mount and Lisandro Martinez ruled out.



    Leicester City

    Ricardo Pereira and Issahaku Fatawu ruled out. Wilfred Ndidi doubtful.


    Know The Opposition

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    Leicester City Football Club (nicknamed The Foxes, The Blues, City, and Blue Army), are a professional football club based in Leicester. The club was founded in 1884 by a group of old boys of Wyggeston School as Leicester Fosse because it played on a field by the Fosse Road. The club joined The Football Association (FA) in 1890. The club also joined the Midland League in 1891, and were elected to Division Two of the Football League in 1894 after finishing second. Leicester's first ever Football League game was a 4–3 defeat at Grimsby Town, with a first League win the following week, against Rotherham United at Filbert Street. The same season also saw the club's largest win to date, a 13–0 victory over Notts Olympic in an FA Cup qualifying game. In 1907–08 the club finished as Second Division runners-up, gaining promotion to the First Division, the highest level of English football.

    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. Following the name change, the club enjoyed moderate success in the 1920s. Leicester reached the FA Cup final for the first time in their history in 1949, losing 3–1 to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Under the management of Matt Gillies, Leicester reached the FA Cup final on another two occasions, but lost in both 1961 and 1963. As they lost to double winners Tottenham Hotspur in 1961, they were England's representatives in the 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup. In the 1962–63 season, the club led the First Division during the winter, thanks to a sensational run of form on icy and frozen pitches the club became nicknamed the "Ice Kings" eventually placed fourth, the club's best post-war finish. Gillies guided Leicester to their first piece of silverware in 1964, when Leicester beat Stoke City 4–3 on aggregate to win the League Cup for the first time.

    Leicester appointed former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri as their new manager for the new 2015–16 Premier League season. Despite an initially skeptical reaction to Ranieri's appointment, the club made an exceptional start to the season. A 2–0 victory at Sunderland on 10 April, coupled with Tottenham Hotspur's 3–0 win over Manchester United, ensured Leicester's qualification for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history. Leicester won the Premier League on 2 May 2016 after Tottenham lost a 2–0 lead against Chelsea, drawing 2–2 at the "Battle of Stamford Bridge". This completed the fastest seven-year rise to the title except for Ipswich Town in 1962. 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

    Ruud van Nistelrooy (2001—06 and 2024—25)

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    Referee

    Michael Salisbury.​
     
    Bayindir
    Maz De Ligt Heaven
    Amad Collyer Bruno Dorgu
    Mainoo Eriksen
    Hojlund
     
    I can't see us winning a single game after this Leicester match. It looks like a brutal run in with either relegation battle teams and top 6 teams.
     
    I’d start both Heaven and Dorgu. We badly lack a left footer with Martinez out now.

    Onana
    Mazraoui - De Ligt - Heaven
    Amad - Collyer - Ugarte - Dorgu
    Bruno - Garnacho - Eriksen​
     
    Altay
    Mazraoui De Ligt Yoro
    Amad Ugarte Eriksen Dorgu
    Bruno Garnacho
    Zirkzee
    Next game is on Friday so plenty of time to get some training in. Zirkzee has his flaws but as a team I think we just play better with him compared to anyone else there. Dorgu debut hopefully
     
    Really hope no one suggests resting key players here because.. you know, it's a cup competition, and that's the in thing to do.

    We've got no EL until March, and very little to play for in the league. We should go as strong as we can (which, admittedly, isn't very strong) in the FA Cup games.

    It's a shit show of a season so far. We at least need the positivity and momentum of reaching the later stages of still big competitions like the FA Cup and EL.
     
    I’ve stop caring about this season. Unless we win the Europa. But I know we won’t.
     
    Be gutted if we go out the cups, they’re the only thing keeping this season a bit interesting. Have to go strong
     
    Should be the final game for Saint Amorim if Ruud wins.

    Won't be though, we are not allowed criticize the best in class coach on this forum.
     
    Should be the final game for Saint Amorim if Ruud wins.

    Won't be though, we are not allowed criticize the best in class coach on this forum.

    Ill tell you what if we lose to leicester, then lose to spurs away then I will not feel any sympathy if he got sacked because he's not even doing the bare minimum and showing his system is good enough to beat cannon fodder like palace and leicester even when we have better players.
     
    We're so poor at home so you can't see us not struggling again. Leicester surely care more about avoiding relegation but will still fancy their chances in this game.

    GK: Bayindir
    CBs: Mazraoui-de Ligt-Yoro
    Midfield: Amad-Ugarte-Eriksen-Dorgu
    Number 10s: Bruno-Garnacho
    Striker: Zirkzee

    Thought this game was Wednesday or something and that Dorgu would only get a cameo in 2nd half but given more time to train you'd think he could start especially as it's a cup game.

    Collyer, Mainoo and Hojlund to come on in 2nd half, perhaps even Casemiro.
     
    One of the few teams we'll face this season who are worse than us. Fairly confident we'll narrowly win
     
    It’s hard to lose Martinez but maybe this situation will make sure we play Maz at RCB and not as wingback anymore. Maz as wingback is useless. Play Yoro at LCB.

    The right side with Maz at RCB, Amad at RWB and Mainoo at RAM looked good. I would give them a run of 5 games to see how that can grow.

    Give Dorgu a chance at LWB immediately.
     
    Have a feeling Dorgu won't start, but come on later on. Same conservative line-up for the first half, then changes come in the second half and we look much better.

    Altay
    De Ligt - Maguire - Yoro
    Maz - Colleyer - Bruno - Dalot
    Amad - Garnacho
    Zirkzee​
     
    With absolutely no evidence to back this up at all (no, I'm not the loony in theWhite House), I expect to win this quite comfortably. 3-0
     
    ----------------------------------------------Bayindir------------------------------------------------
    ------------------------Mazraoui--------De Ligt----------Yoro-------------------------------
    Amad----------------------------Ugarte--------Mainoo-----------------------------Dorgu
    -------------------------------------Bruno----------Garnacho-----------------------------------
    ------------------------------------------------Hojlund----------------------------------------------
     
    ----------------------------------------------Bayindir------------------------------------------------
    ------------------------Mazraoui--------De Ligt----------Yoro-------------------------------
    Amad----------------------------Ugarte--------Mainoo-----------------------------Dorgu
    -------------------------------------Bruno----------Garnacho-----------------------------------
    ------------------------------------------------Hojlund----------------------------------------------
    Change Bruno and Mainoo and that has to be the team. Hojlund and Zirkzee are both bad so doesn’t matter which of them starts.
     
    Bayindir

    Mazraoui
    De Ligt
    Heaven

    Dalot
    Collyer
    Bruno
    Dorgu

    Amad
    Hojlund
    Garnacho
     
    Dreading games now. Just don't get excited.

    Hope we see the below.

    ---------------------Bayindir----------------------
    -----------Yoro----De ligt----Mazz--------------
    Dalot-------Collyer----Ugarte-------Dorgu
    ----------------Amad-----Bruno-----------
    ---------------------Garnacho-----------------

    If it weren't for the fact we might see Dorgu / Heaven / hopefully another new signing it would be a bleak prospect.
     
    70% possession 450 plus completed passes, 0 shots on target out of 2 or 3. Foxes win 2 nil with 2 shots on target out of 3.
    This is how it goes at OT.
     
    Surely we cant be playing 5 defenders at home against Leicester, really hope we go for it and have our wide players and wide CB's more advanced. Not hopeful but at this point i'd take a scrappy 1-0 win with the winner being an OG in the last minute, at least its 3 points.
     
    Surely we cant be playing 5 defenders at home against Leicester, really hope we go for it and have our wide players and wide CB's more advanced. Not hopeful but at this point i'd take a scrappy 1-0 win with the winner being an OG in the last minute, at least its 3 points.
    It's not :(
     
    70% possession 450 plus completed passes, 0 shots on target out of 2 or 3. Foxes win 2 nil with 2 shots on target out of 3.
    This is how it goes at OT.
    Ruud then grabs a mike and shouts at the crowd:

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    Thank goodness it's Leicester.
    You really wouldn't back us to beat many teams right now.
     
    This group of players really put in the hard yards with 10 men for an hour against Arsenal in the Emirates Stadium and look at what Arsenal did to City yesterday when allowed. Will be an awful shame if that's all thrown away at home to struggling Leicester in Old Trafford.
     
Post-match discussion

Man of the Match

Provisional results
Alejandro Garnacho image Alejandro Garnacho 63% of 179 votes

Runners-up

Player Ratings

Provisional results
5.6 Total Average Rating

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Compiled from 175 ratings.

Score Predictions

140,19,5
  • Man Utd win
  • Leicester win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 20% Man Utd 2:0 Leicester
  • 19% Man Utd 2:1 Leicester
  • 14% Man Utd 3:0 Leicester
  • 12% Man Utd 3:1 Leicester
  • 11% Man Utd 1:0 Leicester
  • 6% Man Utd 1:2 Leicester
  • 5% Man Utd 4:0 Leicester
  • 3% Man Utd 4:1 Leicester
  • 2% Man Utd 1:1 Leicester
  • 2% Man Utd 0:1 Leicester
  • 2% Man Utd 1:3 Leicester
  • 1% Man Utd 0:2 Leicester
  • 1% Man Utd 0:3 Leicester
  • 1% Man Utd 5:0 Leicester
  • 1% Man Utd 2:2 Leicester
  • 1% Man Utd 5:1 Leicester
  • 1% Man Utd 3:2 Leicester
Compiled from 164 predictions.
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Match Stats

  1. Man Utd
  2. Leicester
Overall possession
55.6% 44.4%
Shots
13 6
Shots on target
4 3
Total touches in the box
29 9
Goalkeeper saves
2 1
Fouls
10 11
Corners
6 1

Referee

Michael Salisbury