Manchester United vs Leicester City
Competition – Barclays Premier League
Stadium – Old Trafford
Date: 10th August 2018
Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
The World Cup ended a month ago and this month has been the longest in our lives as football fans, but competitive football has returned with Manchester United hosting Leicester City in the Premier League’s opening game.
The Red Devils have had a summer of their manager groaning and complaining about a lack of signings and other things like the usefulness of the International Champions Cup, but the time has come for the Portuguese manager to deliver, and it would be interesting to see if his third season curse will catch up with him and get him sacked.
The Red Devils have a seriously depleted squad for this opener.
The likes of Marouane Fellaini, Romelu Lukaku, Paul Pogba and Phil Jones are all unavailable following their extended break, while Antonio Valencia, Nemanja Matic and Diogo Dalot also miss this game with injuries.
Leicester City have lost Riyad Mahrez this summer for a record fee so it will be interesting to see how they cope with his absence for the first time since 2014.
Leicester have had a summer of massive recruitments and the likes of James Madison and Rachid Ghezzal need to hit the ground running sooner rather than later if the Foxes are to have a good season.
This game could be a low scoring affair as Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku, and Jesse Lingard who scored 44 percent of Manchester United’s goals are all missing, while Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy who netted 57 percent of Leicester City’s goals are also missing this game.
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 |