Match Preview: Manchester United vs Leicester
- James. M
- Aug 25, 2017
- 3 min read
It’s becoming tougher to wait for United matches this season, mostly because last season’s boring draws have been turned to thumping wins.
After back to back 4-0 wins against West Ham and Swansea City, we welcome former champions Leicester city who are next into the frying pan.
Eight goals in two games and consecutive clean sheets should be enough for Leicester to know they got no chance of walking away with anything on Saturday.
The game kicks off at 7:30 PM on Saturday and will be broadcast live on BT Sport, but for those who can’t access such channels or SuperSport, here is a link we always give to our fans where you can access them and much more.
United head in to the contest buoyed by the free-scoring form of Romelu Lukaku, Paul Pogba, and Anthony Martial.
Anthony Martial will be hoping to score his 3rd goal in 3 games this season
Leicester City are back to winning ways after their dramatic defeat by Arsenal at the Emirates, beating Brighton 2-0 last weekend and also cruising into the Carabao Cup 3rd round after seeing off Sheffield United on Tuesday night.
Our recent head to head?
Well, last season we came up against the Foxes three times winning all of them.
First, it was a 2-1 win at Wembley in the Community Shield, a 4-1 and 3-0 hammering at Old Trafford and at King Power followed respectively in the league.
After going against all odds to win the league in the 2015/2016 season, Leicester experienced turbulent times that culminated to the sacking of Claudio Ranieri and replacing him with caretaker boss Shakespeare.
That change steadied the ship helping the club finish 12th and 10 points of relegation.
Their Champions League journey was also impressive narrowly missing on the last four.
Latest team news?
With Mourinho revealing it would be hard to change a winning team, we could see a similar lineup for the 3rd consecutive match.
In addition to that, United will be boosted by the return of Luke Shaw, Ashley Young and Marcos Rojo to full training although it remains to be seen when they’ll play.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has also returned to United signing a 1-yr contract extension but continues to recover from his serious knee injury suffered in the Europa League last season.
Leicester will be buoyed by the news that their topscorer Jammie Vardy will be fit after suffering an ankle injury against Brighton.
The Foxes will also welcome back Vicente Iborra, former Reds midfielder Danny Drinkwater and former City striker Kelechi Iheanacho who had minor injuries.
32-yr old Michael Oliver will be the man in the middle on Saturday, refereeing his first United game since sending Ander Herrera off in the FA Cup quarter-final defeat against Chelsea last April.
It's the final weekend in the first month of the season with all 20 sides in action on Saturday and Sunday before the season is put on hold for a fortnight for the first international break this season.
Here's the full fixture list:
Saturday 26 August (5:00 PM unless stated)
Bournemouth v Manchester City (2:30 PM) Crystal Palace v Swansea City Huddersfield Town v Southampton Newcastle United v West Ham United Watford v Brighton
Sunday 27 August
West Bromwich Albion v Stoke City (3:30 PM) Chelsea v Everton (3:30 PM) Liverpool v Arsenal (6:00 PM) Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley (6:00 PM)
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