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

  • Manchester United face Leicester City at Old Trafford on Saturday at 5:30pm
  • Jose Mourinho may select the same XI again for the home clash with Leicester 
  • Wes Morgan and Jamie Vardy could both be back in Leicester's starting XI 

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 Manchester United's home clash with Leicester City.

 

Manchester United vs Leicester City (Old Trafford)

Team news 


Manchester United

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho may opt to retain the same starting XI again for Saturday's Premier League home clash with Leicester.

If Mourinho is to make any adjustment to his team after seeing the Red Devils win their opening two league matches of the season 4-0, it may be bringing in Anthony Martial, who has come off the bench to scored in both games.

Jose Mourinho may select the same starting XI again for the home clash with Leicester

Jose Mourinho may select the same starting XI again for the home clash with Leicester

Luke Shaw and Ashley Young stepped up their recoveries from injury by playing for the Under-23s this week but are not expected to be involved in the contest this weekend, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who re-signed for United on a one-year deal on Thursday, and Marcos Rojo remain sidelined by their knee problems.

Provisional squad: De Gea, Romero, Jones, Bailly, Smalling, Lindelof, Valencia, Blind, Darmian, Matic, Pogba, Fellaini, Herrera, Carrick, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Rashford, Martial, Lingard, Lukaku.

 

Leicester City

Captain Wes Morgan and striker Jamie Vardy could both be back in Leicester's starting line-up against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Both players were left nursing injuries following the home win over Brighton but Morgan's back complaint has eased and Vardy is fit again after a foot problem.

Jamie Vardy and Wes Morgan could both slot back into Leicester's starting XI on Saturday

Jamie Vardy and Wes Morgan could both slot back into Leicester's starting XI on Saturday

Danny Drinkwater (thigh) and Papy Mendy (ankle) have resumed full training while Kelechi Iheanacho has also been able to train, although Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare will err on the side of caution with the striker after his toe injury.

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

 

Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

Manchester United have lost just two of their 22 Premier League meetings with Leicester City and only one of these came at Old Trafford: 0-1 in January 1998.

The Red Devils drew the most Premier League home games last season (10), but started their 2017-18 campaign with a 4-0 rout of West Ham United.

Leicester City have scored in all but one of their 15 Premier League matches under Craig Shakespeare and striker Jamie Vardy has scored in eight of these games.

Manchester United, who have won their opening two Premier League games by a four-goal margin, haven’t won three consecutive league games by such a margin or greater since October 1907.

Romelu Lukaku will be looking to become the first Manchester United player to score in each of their opening three Premier League appearances for the club.

United have lost just two of their 22 Premier League matches with Leicester

United have lost just two of their 22 Premier League matches with Leicester

Lukaku has scored 15 goals in his last 11 Premier League appearances at home (13 in 10 for Everton, two in one for Manchester United).

Henrikh Mkhitaryan has already registered four assists in two Premier League games this season, three more than he managed in the whole of last season; the Armenian midfielder could become the first player in Premier League history to assist two goals in three consecutive games if he does it again versus Leicester.

Juan Mata scored for Manchester United in both of their home and away victories against Leicester City in 2016-17, whilst also assisting in their 4-1 win at Old Trafford.

Craig Shakespeare will be the 75th different manager that Jose Mourinho has faced in the Premier League. The Portuguese has won at least one game against 62 of the previous 74.

Since Craig Shakespeare took charge of his first Premier League game against Liverpool at the end of February, matches involving Leicester City have seen more goals than any other Premier League side - 53 goals in total (29 scored, 24 conceded). 

MAN UNITED VS LEICESTER CITY 

Kick-off: Sat, 5:30pm 

Odds (subject to change):

Manchester United 3/10

Draw 9/2

Leicester City 8/1

Managers: 

Jose Mourinho (Manchester United)

Craig Shakespeare (Leicester City)

Head-to-head PL league record

Manchester United wins 14

Draws 6  

Leicester City wins 2

Recent league form (latest result first):

Manchester United: WW

Leicester: WL 

Season at a glance

  • Premier League
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  • Championship
  • League One
  • League Two
  • Scottish Premiership
  • Scottish Div 1
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  • Scottish Div 3
  • Ligue 1
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