Manchester United 2-1 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Friday 10 August 2018
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Leicester City
Premier League · Friday 10 August 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Manchester United 2-1 Leicester City: match report
Manchester United beat Leicester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Friday 10 August 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Paul Pogba opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Paul Pogba (3', penalty) and Luke Shaw (83'). Leicester City scored through Jamie Vardy (90+2').
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.
Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 66 points, and Leicester City 9th with 52.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Shaw of Manchester United (7.7), ahead of Paul Pogba (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 1 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 3'Penalty goal · Paul Pogba
- 51'Yellow card · Daniel Amartey
- 54'Yellow card · Fred
- 69'Yellow card · Andreas Pereira
- 83'Goal · Luke Shaw
- 90+2'Goal · Jamie Vardy
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)
David de Gea, Victor Lindelöf, Eric Bailly, Luke Shaw, Matteo Darmian, Paul Pogba, Andreas Pereira, Fred, Alexis Sánchez, Juan Mata, Marcus Rashford
Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Ben Chilwell, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Daniel Amartey, Demarai Gray, James Maddison, Ricardo Pereira, Adrien Silva, Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho