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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Robin van PersieManchester United · 1-0
  • 32'Goal · R. FalcaoManchester United · 2-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Danny DrinkwaterLeicester City
  • 44'Own goal · Wes MorganManchester United · 3-0
  • 80'Goal · Marcin WasilewskiLeicester City · 3-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Manchester United 6, draws 0, Leicester City 1.

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