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Manchester United	Leicester City

Event Details

Home Team: Manchester United (led by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer) Away Team: Leicester City (led by Brendan Rodgers) Stadium: Old Trafford, Manchester Event Date & Time: Tuesday 11th May 18:00 hours Broadcaster: BT Sport Event: Round 36 of the Premier League Referee: Craig Pawson (England) Weather forecast: Periods of clouds and sunshine with a brief shower in the afternoon

Manchester United will face Leicester City on Tuesday 11th May 18:00. The game will be played at Old Trafford located at Manchester. This fixture makes up matchday 36 of the current Barclays Premier League campaign.

Current Team Form

The side led by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer have won with a score of 1-3 against Aston Villa. Prior to this game, they lost against Roma last Thursday (2-3), but went through to the final of the Europea League

Manchester United Recent Games

Date	Goals Scored	Goals against	Opponent	Played	Result
2021-05-09	3	1	Aston Villa	away	win
2021-05-06	2	3	Roma	away	lost
2021-04-29	6	2	Roma	home	win
2021-04-25	0	0	Leeds United	away	draw
2021-04-18	3	1	Burnley	home	win

The side led by Brendan Rodgers have lost with a score of 2-4 against Newcastle United. Prior to this game, they drew against Southampton away last Friday (1-1)

Leicester City Recent Games

Date	Goals Scored	Goals against	Opponent	Played	Result
2021-05-07	2	4	Newcastle United	home	lost
2021-04-30	1	1	Southampton	away	draw
2021-04-26	2	1	Crystal Palace	home	win
2021-04-22	3	0	West Bromwich Albion	home	win
2021-04-18	1	0	Southampton	home	win

Head to Head

Tuesday’s fixture will be the 133th meeting between the two teams over the course of English Football history.

Manchester United played last against Leicester City on Sunday 21st March 2021 which ended with the result of 1-3, won by Leicester City. Out of 132 games played, Manchester United won 68, drawn 30 and lost 34 games against Leicester City.

Top Scorers and Most in-form players

With 17 goals already to his name, all scored in this season’s Premier League, Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes is Manchester United biggest and most dangerous asset. He recently scored 1 goal against Aston Villa, 1 goal against Manchester City and 1 goal against Newcastle United. Leicester City most vital player, Jamie Vardy, has scored a total of 13 goals this season. Recent goal history of Jamie Vardy includes 1 goal against West Bromwich Albion, 1 goal against Liverpool and 1 goal against Tottenham Hotspur.

Injury News

Manchester United have the following players injured at the moment:

Injury	Player name
Knee injury	Phil Jones
Knee injury	Anthony Martial
Ankle injury	Harry Maguire
Suspended: none

Leicester City have the following players injured at the moment:

Injury	Player name
Back injury	Wes Morgan
Cruciate ligament injury	James Justin
Knee injury	Harvey Barnes
Muscle injury	Jonny Evans
Suspended: none

Potential line-up and Formation

Manchester United probable XI (4-2-3-1):

Player Shirt Number	Player Name	Position
26	Dean Henderson	GK
29	Aaron Wan-Bissaka	RB
2	Victor Nilsson Lindelöf	CB
3	Eric Bertrand Bailly	CB
23	Luke Shaw	LB
39	Scott McTominay	DM
17	Frederico Rodrigues Santos	DM
11	Mason Greenwood	RW
18	Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes	AM
6	Paul Pogba	LW
10	Marcus Rashford	FW
Leicester City probable XI (3-4-1-2):

Player Shirt Number	Player Name	Position
1	Kasper Schmeichel	GK
27	Timothy Castagne	CB
3	Wesley Fofana	CB
4	Caglar Söyüncü	CB
21	Ricardo Domingos Barbosa Pereira	RM
8	Youri Tielemans	CM
25	Onyinye Wilfred Ndidi	CM
11	Marc Albrighton	LM
10	James Maddison	AM
14	Kelechi Promise Iheanacho	FW
9	Jamie Vardy	FW