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 UEFA 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:

May 2, 2024
Chelsea 19:30 Tottenham Hotspur
May 3, 2024
Luton Town 20:00 Everton
May 4, 2024
Arsenal 12:30 AFC Bournemouth
Brentford 15:00 Fulham
Burnley 15:00 Newcastle United
Sheffield United 15:00 Nottingham Forest
Manchester City 17:30 Wolverhampton Wanderers
May 5, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 14:00 Aston Villa
Chelsea 14:00 West Ham United
Liverpool 16:30 Tottenham Hotspur
May 6, 2024
Crystal Palace 20:00 Manchester United
May 11, 2024
Fulham 12:30 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 15:00 Burnley
West Ham United 15:00 Luton Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00 Crystal Palace
Newcastle United 15:00 Brighton & Hov…
AFC Bournemouth 15:00 Brentford
Everton 15:00 Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest 17:30 Chelsea
May 12, 2024
Manchester United 16:30 Arsenal

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Arsenal 35 25 5 5 85 28 +57 80
2 Manchester City 34 24 7 3 82 32 +50 79
3 Liverpool 35 22 9 4 77 36 +41 75
4 Aston Villa 35 20 7 8 73 52 +21 67
5 Tottenham Hotspur 33 18 6 9 67 52 +15 60
6 Manchester United 34 16 6 12 52 51 +1 54
7 Newcastle United 34 16 5 13 74 55 +19 53
8 West Ham United 35 13 10 12 56 65 -9 49
9 Chelsea 33 13 9 11 63 59 +4 48
10 AFC Bournemouth 35 13 9 13 52 60 -8 48
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 13 7 15 48 55 -7 46
12 Brighton & Hov… 34 11 11 12 52 57 -5 44
13 Fulham 35 12 7 16 51 55 -4 43
14 Crystal Palace 35 10 10 15 45 57 -12 40
15 Everton 35 12 8 15 37 48 -11 36
16 Brentford 35 9 8 18 52 60 -8 35
17 Nottingham Forest 35 7 9 19 42 62 -20 26
18 Luton Town 35 6 7 22 48 77 -29 25
19 Burnley 35 5 9 21 38 70 -32 24
20 Sheffield United 35 3 7 25 34 97 -63 16

Latest Premier League Results

April 28, 2024
Nottingham Forest 0 - 2 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 3 Arsenal
AFC Bournemouth 3 - 0 Brighton & Hov…
April 27, 2024
Aston Villa 2 - 2 Chelsea
Everton 1 - 0 Brentford
Fulham 1 - 1 Crystal Palace
Manchester United 1 - 1 Burnley
Newcastle United 5 - 1 Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 1 Luton Town
West Ham United 2 - 2 Liverpool
April 25, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 0 - 4 Manchester City
April 24, 2024
Manchester United 4 - 2 Sheffield United
Everton 2 - 0 Liverpool
Crystal Palace 2 - 0 Newcastle United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
April 23, 2024
Arsenal 5 - 0 Chelsea
April 21, 2024
Fulham 1 - 3 Liverpool
Aston Villa 3 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 5 - 2 West Ham United
Everton 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest

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