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Leicester City vs Manchester United

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: King Power Stadium

Date: 1st September 2022

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

Leicester City will look to get their first win of the season when they welcome a rejuvenated Manchester United to the King Power Stadium this Thursday.

The Foxes who are still without a win in the Premier League this season come into this tie on the back of a disappointing 2-1 loss to ten-men Chelsea.

In a frustrating game at Stamford Bridge last Saturday, Brendan Rodgers’ men could not take advantage of their numerical advantage that came after Connor Gallagher was sent off in the first half, leaving them with three losses from their first four league games of the season (D1).

They will return to their home stadium desperate for a performance and result that will give their frustrated fans something to cheer about. Aside from being dismal this season, the hosts have been inactive in the transfer market. Ahead of this round of games, they are the only Premier League side yet to spend a penny in the transfer market this summer. This is despite having lost Wesley Fofana and long-serving captain and first-team goalie Kasper Schmeichel, who joined French side Nice earlier in the window.

While it appears that the money recouped from the sale of Fofana will be invested immediately back into the squad, whatever additions they will make will not be done in time to face Manchester United. And so, Rodgers will have to find a formula that will help get a good result against a Manchester United side who seem to have found their groove after a poor start to the season.

The Red Devils who lost their first three league games of the season made it two league wins in two when they narrowly beat Southampton 1-0 last weekend to take their tally for the season to six points (W2, L2).

That win ended a run of seven consecutive away losses in the league and gave Erik Ten Hag’s men some breathing space after heavy criticism from the fans.

And so with the club supporters now on their side, the visitors will travel to Leicester looking to continue their positive momentum and pick up three straight wins for the first time since early this year.

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

February 12, 2025
Everton 20:30 Liverpool
February 14, 2025
Brighton & Hov… 21:00 Chelsea
February 15, 2025
Leicester City 13:30 Arsenal
Fulham 16:00 Nottingham Forest
Manchester City 16:00 Newcastle United
Southampton 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
West Ham United 16:00 Brentford
Aston Villa 16:00 Ipswich Town
Crystal Palace 18:30 Everton
February 16, 2025
Liverpool 15:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tottenham Hotspur 17:30 Manchester United
February 21, 2025
Leicester City 21:00 Brentford
February 22, 2025
Everton 13:30 Manchester United
Fulham 16:00 Crystal Palace
Southampton 16:00 Brighton & Hov…
Arsenal 16:00 West Ham United
Ipswich Town 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Aston Villa 18:30 Chelsea

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 23 17 5 1 56 21 +35 56
2 Arsenal 24 14 8 2 49 22 +27 50
3 Nottingham Forest 24 14 5 5 40 27 +13 47
4 Chelsea 24 12 7 5 47 31 +16 43
5 Manchester City 24 12 5 7 48 35 +13 41
6 Newcastle United 24 12 5 7 42 29 +13 41
7 AFC Bournemouth 24 11 7 6 41 28 +13 40
8 Aston Villa 24 10 7 7 34 37 -3 37
9 Fulham 24 9 9 6 36 32 +4 36
10 Brighton & Hov… 24 8 10 6 35 38 -3 34
11 Brentford 24 9 4 11 42 42 +0 31
12 Crystal Palace 24 7 9 8 28 30 -2 30
13 Manchester United 24 8 5 11 28 34 -6 29
14 Tottenham Hotspur 24 8 3 13 48 37 +11 27
15 West Ham United 24 7 6 11 29 46 -17 27
16 Everton 23 6 8 9 23 28 -5 26
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 24 5 4 15 34 52 -18 19
18 Leicester City 24 4 5 15 25 53 -28 17
19 Ipswich Town 24 3 7 14 22 49 -27 16
20 Southampton 24 2 3 19 18 54 -36 9

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