Leicester City vs Manchester United – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Sreya

Leicester City vs Manchester United – Manchester United travel to King Power Stadium to face Leicester City in a crucial English Premier League fixture.

Manchester United suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at the hands of Bristol City in the League Cup quarter-final in the midweek, but are placed second in the Premier League standings with forty-one points, having won five of their last six league games – their only defeat coming to Manchester City.

Leicester City, placed eighth in the standings with twenty-six points, lost 3-0 to Crystal Palace last week after a string of four consecutive wins.

Team News

Matty James and Robert Huth remain sidelined for Leicester City while Adrien Silva is ineligible. Manchester United will be without the injured Michael Carrick, Eric Bailly, Antonio Valencia and Marouane Fellaini.

Leicester City Possible Starting Lineup: Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Marc Albrighton, Wilfred Ndidi, Vicente Iborra, Demarai Gray, Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy.

Manchester United Possible Starting Lineup: David de Gea, Ashley Young, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Luke Shaw, Nemanja Matic, Paul Pogba, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford, Romelu Lukaku.

“We play at home and I hope, of course, we can give our best against this fantastic team. It’s a fantastic challenge. We know they have great players and quality on the pitch.”

– Claude Puel, Leicester City.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Leicester City vs Manchester United H2H Stats, Manchester United have won four and drawn one of their previous five matches against Leicester City. In fact, Leicester City have won only one of their last eighteen encounters with Manchester United.

Jose Mourinho’s side are the clear favorites tonight, having scored at least twice in each of their previous three away league games. Although Manchester United have occasionally struggled against sides who have sat deeper and hit them on the break, a 2-1 win for the visitors is the most probable outcome tonight.