Manchester United 3-1 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 January 2015
Result
Manchester United 3-1 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 31 January 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
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Manchester United 3-1 Leicester City: match report
Manchester United won against Leicester City 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 January 2015. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Robin van Persie (27'), R. Falcao (32') and an own goal by Wes Morgan (44'). Leicester City scored through Marcin Wasilewski (80').
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 4th on 41 points from 22 and Leicester City 19th on 18 points from 22. Manchester United went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Leicester City 14th with 43.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Leicester City.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-L-D-D-W and Leicester City's L-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 32'Goal · R. Falcao
- 34'Yellow card · Danny Drinkwater
- 44'Own goal · Wes Morgan
- 80'Goal · Marcin Wasilewski
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-3-1-2)
David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw, Wayne Mark Rooney, Daley Blind, Adnan Januzaj, Ángel Di María, Robin van Persie, R. Falcao
Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mark Schwarzer, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Marcin Wasilewski, Ritchie De Laet, Danny Drinkwater, Andy King, Jamie Vardy, Andrej Kramaric, Jeffrey Schlupp, Leonardo Ulloa