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Manchester United 2:0 Leicester City

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    Date - Saturday, August 26 2017
    Kickoff Time - 1730 Hrs BST
    Venue - Old Trafford, Manchester

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    League standings and form guide

    1. Manchester United : WW

    9. Leicester City : LW


    Previous Meetings

    Leicester City 0 : 3 Manchester United

    Manchester United 4 : 1 Leicester City

    Manchester United 1 : 1 Leicester City

    Leicester City 1 : 1 Manchester United

    Manchester United 3 : 1 Leicester City


    All-Time Record

    Manchester United wins - 58
    Leicester City wins - 32
    Draws - 28


    Pre-Match Pressers

    José Mourinho



    Craig Shakespeare



    Team News

    Manchester United

    Zlatan Ibrahimović and Marcos Rojo ruled out. Luke Shaw and Ashley Young played in a recent Reserves game.

    Leicester City

    Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Vincent Iborra, Robert Huth, Danny Drinkwater and Kelechi Iheanacho 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, and were 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 (2003-10), Danny Drinkwater (2006-12) and Matty James (2007-12)

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    Referee

    Michael Oliver.​
     
    Martial in for Rashford and stick with that team.
     
    We'll slap these too, tbh and our rivals will still say we're not the real deal because we haven't slapped Liverpool or Arsenal yet.
     
    Bwuk said:
    Martial in for Rashford and stick with that team.
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    This.

    Twice in the space of a week Martial has shown Rashford how it's done. Already sick of watching Rashford trying to beat every player on the pitch and running into spaces that don't exist.
     
    Foxes in the box. They seem capable of scoring bucketloads. Pacy and dangerous up top. Should test our defense.

    Perhaps we should go with a 3 man midfield for this.
     
    Early Predicted Lineup:
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    1. de Gea

    25. Valencia 3. Bailly 4. Jones 36. Darmian

    21. Herrera 31. Matic 6. Pogba

    22. Mkhitaryan 9. Lukaku 11. Martial
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    Bench:     20. Romero, 12. Smalling, 17. Blind, 27. Fellaini, 8. Mata, 14. Lingard, 19. Rashford

    Predicted Score: Man Utd 3-1 Leicester (Martial X2, Lukaku)

    Really hope Martial gets a start here. He's definitely earned it. Not overly confident he will get it since I could see Jose being a bit more wary of Leicester's attack.​
     
    I think we'll win but they will score. They've looked pretty good so far. Will be a much sterner test than West Ham or Swansea
     
    3-1, hopefully Martial starts ahead of Rashford and then he comes on as a sub.
     
    DDG
    Valencia - Bailly - Jones - Blind
    Matic - Pogba
    Rashford - Miki - Martial
    Lukaku

    or

    DDG
    Valencia - Bailly - Jones - Blind
    Herrera - Matic - Pogba
    Miki - Lukaku - Martial
     
    Not easy making any changes after two 4-0 wins but after his performances in the last games Martial deserves a start.
     
    Play Fellaini, he will score from a Blind corner. So will Lukaku. We will smash 'em again. Another 4-0 to us.
     
    DDG

    Valencia Bailly Jones Darmian

    Pogba Matic

    Mata Mkhi Martial

    Lukaku

    Think Darmian will come in for his superior defensive ability against Mahrez. Same team otherwise.
     
    This game can be more tricky. I'll go with the same team but won't be surprised if Herrera starts this.
     
    This will be a much tougher still expect us to win


    2-1

    Lukaku and mata.
     
    Don't think we'll need Herrera, Leicester only play two in midfield don't they? Same team as last time for me, with the exception of Martial starting for Rashford or Mata.
     
    Vardy injured! If he isn't available for our game that's a huge threat gone
     
    How bad was the Vardy injury? How ikely to be out of this one?
     
    Leceister aren't shite like West Ham. Provided they defend properly they'll be a tough test. They deserved a win against Arsenal.

    I'd take a 2-1 win right now.
     
    How can people be saying the same team as previously? Martial is infinitely more clinical than Rashford at the moment. He surely has to start. I would also swap Mata for Herrera. Leicester will be a sterner test than the last two games. The more pace and attacking prowess, the better.
     
    RedPed said:
    How can people be saying the same team as previously? Martial is infinitely more clinical than Rashford at the moment. He surely has to start. I would also swap Mata for Herrera. Leicester will be a sterner test than the last two games. The more pace and attacking prowess, the better.
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    Probably because we've won 4-0 twice, I'm no genius but that sounds like two good results
     
    Smores said:
    Probably because we've won 4-0 twice, I'm no genius but that sounds like two good results
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    Um yeah obviously, but Martial did more in his 35 minutes than Rashford did in the 140-odd minutes that he played! We're not always going to have it that easy.

    I'm no genius either but I'm guessing you play the players who are scoring goals over the ones that aren't.
     
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Score Predictions

939,12,26
  • Man Utd win
  • Leicester win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 28% Man Utd 3:1 Leicester
  • 20% Man Utd 3:0 Leicester
  • 18% Man Utd 2:0 Leicester
  • 14% Man Utd 2:1 Leicester
  • 10% Man Utd 4:0 Leicester
  • 2% Man Utd 5:0 Leicester
  • 2% Man Utd 4:1 Leicester
  • 2% Man Utd 3:2 Leicester
  • 1% Man Utd 1:0 Leicester
  • 1% Man Utd 1:1 Leicester
  • 1% Man Utd 2:2 Leicester
  • 1% Man Utd 0:0 Leicester
  • 0% Man Utd 4:2 Leicester
  • 0% Man Utd 1:2 Leicester
  • 0% Man Utd 5:1 Leicester
  • 0% Man Utd 1:3 Leicester
  • 0% Man Utd 0:1 Leicester
  • 0% Man Utd 4:5 Leicester
  • 0% Man Utd 0:2 Leicester
  • 0% Man Utd 3:3 Leicester
  • 0% Man Utd 5:2 Leicester
  • 0% Man Utd 0:4 Leicester
  • 0% Man Utd 2:3 Leicester
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Match Stats

  1. Man Utd
  2. Leicester
Possession
69% 31%
Shots
22 11
Shots on Target
7 4
Corners
9 3
Fouls
8 7

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Michael Oliver

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