Leicester City vs Manchester United Preview

Leicester City vs Manchester United

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium – King Power Stadium

Date: 23rd December 2017

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT

Leicester City have suffered some misfortune over the past week.

First they fell to a shock 3-0 home loss to Crystal Palace before a penalty shootout heart breaking loss to Manchester City in the League cup quarter final.

Generally, the Foxes are having a good season winning four of their last six games in all competition.

Their home form however needs serious improvement as they have lost four, won four and drawn one of their last 9 home league games.

The majority of Leicester’s home losses have come against top teams like Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City however that will not do their confidence much good as they face Manchester United this Saturday.

Manchester United themselves head into this game with a win on their mind after their shock Carabao Cup exit at the hands of Bristol City.

They will want to quickly put that behind them with a win here and they have a better record in the league with six wins from their last seven games.

Their only loss in that period came against table toppers Manchester City and they will need to keep the wins coming as they are already 11 points behind City who don’t look like letting their form slip one bit.

Away from home, their recent form is excellent with three consecutive wins ahead of this game.

They have beaten Leicester City in each of their last four meetings together.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Leicester City

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Leicester City 0-3 Crystal Palace 16 Dec, 2017 English Premier League
W Southampton 1-4 Leicester City 13 Dec, 2017 English Premier League
W Newcastle United 2-3 Leicester City 9 Dec, 2017 English Premier League
W Leicester City 1-0 Burnley 2 Dec, 2017 English Premier League
W Leicester City 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur 28 Nov, 2017 English Premier League

Manchester United

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Manchester United 17 Dec, 2017 English Premier League
W Manchester United 1-0 AFC Bournemouth 13 Dec, 2017 English Premier League
L Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City 10 Dec, 2017 English Premier League
W Manchester United 2-1 CSKA Moscow 5 Dec, 2017 Champions League
W Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United 2 Dec, 2017 English Premier League

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Manchester United 2-0 Leicester City 26 Aug, 2017 English Premier League
Leicester City 0-3 Manchester United 5 Feb, 2017 English Premier League
Manchester United 4-1 Leicester City 24 Sep, 2016 English Premier League
Leicester City 1-2 Manchester United 7 Aug, 2016 English FA Community Shield
Manchester United 1-1 Leicester City 1 May, 2016 English Premier League


Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

December 7, 2024
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
December 26, 2024
Manchester City 13:30 Everton
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Crystal Palace
Southampton 16:00 West Ham United
Chelsea 16:00 Fulham
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 16:00 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:30 Manchester United
Liverpool 21:00 Leicester City
December 27, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Arsenal 21:15 Ipswich Town
December 29, 2024
Leicester City 15:30 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 16:00 Southampton
Everton 16:00 Nottingham Forest
West Ham United 18:15 Liverpool
December 30, 2024
Aston Villa 20:45 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 20:45 Chelsea
Manchester United 21:00 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 16 12 3 1 37 16 +21 39
2 Chelsea 17 10 5 2 37 19 +18 35
3 Arsenal 17 9 6 2 34 16 +18 33
4 Nottingham Forest 17 9 4 4 23 19 +4 31
5 AFC Bournemouth 17 8 4 5 27 21 +6 28
6 Aston Villa 17 8 4 5 26 26 +0 28
7 Manchester City 17 8 3 6 29 25 +4 27
8 Newcastle United 17 7 5 5 27 21 +6 26
9 Fulham 17 6 7 4 24 22 +2 25
10 Brighton & Hov… 17 6 7 4 27 26 +1 25
11 Tottenham Hotspur 17 7 2 8 39 25 +14 23
12 Brentford 17 7 2 8 32 32 +0 23
13 Manchester United 17 6 4 7 21 22 -1 22
14 West Ham United 17 5 5 7 22 30 -8 20
15 Everton 16 3 7 6 14 21 -7 16
16 Crystal Palace 17 3 7 7 18 26 -8 16
17 Leicester City 17 3 5 9 21 37 -16 14
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 3 3 11 27 40 -13 12
19 Ipswich Town 17 2 6 9 16 32 -16 12
20 Southampton 17 1 3 13 11 36 -25 6

Latest Premier League Results

December 22, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 6 Liverpool
Manchester United 0 - 3 AFC Bournemouth
Leicester City 0 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 0 - 0 Southampton
Everton 0 - 0 Chelsea
December 21, 2024
Crystal Palace 1 - 5 Arsenal
Brentford 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Ipswich Town 0 - 4 Newcastle United
West Ham United 1 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Manchester City
December 16, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 1 - 1 West Ham United
December 15, 2024
Southampton 0 - 5 Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea 2 - 1 Brentford
Manchester City 1 - 2 Manchester United
Brighton & Hov… 1 - 3 Crystal Palace
December 14, 2024
Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Aston Villa
Liverpool 2 - 2 Fulham
Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton
Newcastle United 4 - 0 Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Ipswich Town

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