Leicester vs Manchester United: Team news, kick-off time, likely line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash

Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Leicester's clash with Manchester United at 7.45pm on Saturday at the King Power Stadium.

In or out? Keep up-to-date with all the latest team news and stats ahead of the weekend games

In or out? Keep up-to-date with all the latest team news and stats ahead of the weekend games

Leicester vs Manchester United (King Power Stadium)

Team News 

Leicester


Wilfred Ndidi returns to contention for Leicester's Premier League game against Manchester United at the King Power Stadium.

The midfielder missed the Carabao Cup defeat to Manchester City in midweek as he served a one-match suspension, but he is available again on Saturday evening and could be restored to the starting line-up by Foxes boss Claude Puel.

It remains to be seen whether out-of-favour striker Islam Slimani will be involved, having been left out of the last five match-day squads. Matty James (Achilles) and Robert Huth (ankle) are nearing returns from their long injury absenses.

Provisional squad: Schmeichel, Jakupovic, Hamer, Simpson, Fuchs, Morgan, Chilwell, Maguire, Benalouane, Dragovic, Iborra, Choudhury, Amartey, Ndidi, Gray, King, Albrighton, Mahrez, Musa, Vardy, Ulloa, Slimani, Okazaki, Iheanacho.

Wilfred Ndidi returns to contention after he served a one-match suspension in midweek

Wilfred Ndidi returns to contention after he served a one-match suspension in midweek

 

Manchester United

Antonio Valencia, Marouane Fellaini and Michael Carrick remain out as Manchester United travel to Leicester in the Premier League this weekend.

Jose Mourinho confirmed Valencia is sidelined with a hamstring injury, while appearing to rule midfielders Carrick and Fellaini out of the festive period.

Centre-back Eric Bailly is undergoing surgery on an ankle issue, but Paul Pogba is available for the Premier League once again having returned from his three-match domestic suspension in the Carabao Cup loss at Bristol City.

Provisional squad: De Gea, Romero, Pereira, Tuanzebe, Darmian, Jones, Smalling, Lindelof, Young, Rojo, Shaw, Blind, McTominay, Pogba, Herrera, Matic, Lingard, Martial, Rashford, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Lukaku, Ibrahimovic.

Paul Pogba is available for the Premier League once again having returned from suspension

Paul Pogba is available for the Premier League once again having returned from suspension

 

Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

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Leicester City have lost 13 of their last 17 Premier League games against Manchester United (W1 D3).

Manchester United have lost just one of their last 12 league visits to Leicester (W7 D4), a 5-3 defeat in September 2014.

Leicester City lost their last home league game against Crystal Palace – the last three occasions they’ve lost back-to-back Premier League games at the King Power Stadium have been under different managers (Craig Shakespeare in September, Claudio Ranieri in February and Nigel Pearson in February 2015).

Manchester United have conceded in each of their last five Premier League away games, but have managed to win the last three in a row (L2).

Indeed, Man Utd’s haul of three wins from their last three away games is more than they’d managed in their previous 10 on the road in the Premier League (W2 D4 L4). 

Over the last 10 Premier League games, only the top four sides coming into this matchday have won more points than Leicester (20) – Manchester City (30), Chelsea (25), Liverpool and Manchester United (21).

Jose Mourinho has won five of his six Premier League matches against Leicester City – the exception was a 2-1 defeat in his final match in charge of Chelsea in December 2015.

Jesse Lingard has scored in each of his last three Premier League away games, netting four goals in total. He’d only scored three goals in his previous 29 on the road in the competition.

Jamie Vardy is still one goal shy of hitting 50 in the Premier League for Leicester

Jamie Vardy is still one goal shy of hitting 50 in the Premier League for Leicester

Romelu Lukaku has been involved in five goals in his last six Premier League games against Leicester City (four goals, one assist) – however, the Belgian failed to score a penalty against the Foxes earlier this season at Old Trafford.

Marcus Rashford has had a hand in 16 goals (nine goals, seven assists) in 27 appearances for Manchester United in all competitions this season, one more than he managed in the entirety of 2016-17 (15).

Jamie Vardy is still one goal shy of hitting 50 in the Premier League – his first in the competition came in Leicester’s 5-3 win over Man Utd in September 2014, while he set the record for most consecutive Premier League games scored in by a player (11) with his strike against the Red Devils in November 2015. 

LEICESTER VS MANCHESTER UNITED 

Kick-off time 

7.45pm (Saturday)

Referee 

Jonathan Moss 

Odds (subject to change)

Leicester 10/3

Draw 13/5

Man Utd 4/5

Recent league form (last five games) 

Leicester: LWWWW

Man Utd: WWLWW 

Head to head league meetings 

Leicester win: 2

Draw: 6

Man Utd win: 15

TV info

Sky Sports Premier League 7.00pm / Main Event 7.30pm 

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