English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 26, 2017
Leicester City LWLWW 0
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Manchester United WWLWW 2
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Old Trafford · 75,021 att.

Match Report

Peter Powell/EPA

Marcus Rashford, Marouane Fellaini score as Man United beat Leicester

Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini came off the bench to score as Manchester United's perfect start to the season continued against Leicester.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
4
30.9
Possession
69.1
11
SHOTS
22
4
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
208
Accurate Passes
576
300
Passes
662
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
8
10
Crosses
38
0.3
Cross %
0.2
60
Long Balls
50
26
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
8
14
Effective Tackles
8
22
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
41
Effective Clearances
17
41
Clearances
17

Head to Head

MAN leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

MAN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1David de GeaG
  2. 4Phil JonesCD-L
  3. 3Eric BaillyCD-R
  4. 17Daley BlindLB
  5. 25Antonio ValenciaRB
  6. 22Henrikh MkhitaryanAM
  7. 31Nemanja MaticLM
  8. 6Paul PogbaRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 11Anthony MartialAM-L
  11. 8Juan MataAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Marouane FellainiSUB
  2. 36Matteo DarmianSUB
  3. 19Marcus RashfordSUB
  4. 20Sergio RomeroSUB
  5. 12Chris SmallingSUB
  6. 21Ander HerreraSUB
  7. 14Jesse LingardSUB

LEI · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 28Christian FuchsLB
  5. 2Danny SimpsonRB
  6. 25Wilfred NdidiCM-L
  7. 22Matty JamesCM-R
  8. 11Marc AlbrightonLM
  9. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyF
  11. 20Shinji OkazakiRCF

Substitutes

  1. 8Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  2. 19Islam SlimaniSUB
  3. 10Andy KingSUB
  4. 18Daniel AmarteySUB
  5. 12Ben HamerSUB
  6. 7Demarai GraySUB
  7. 3Ben ChilwellSUB

Timeline

  1. 53' Penalty saved! Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  2. 54' Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 60' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Marc Albrighton.
  4. 60' Substitution, Leicester City. Andy King replaces Shinji Okazaki.
  5. 67' Substitution, Manchester United. Marcus Rashford replaces Juan Mata.
  6. 70' Goal! Manchester United 1, Leicester City 0. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan with a cross following a corner.
  7. 74' Substitution, Manchester United. Marouane Fellaini replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  8. 76' Substitution, Manchester United. Jesse Lingard replaces Anthony Martial.
  9. 76' Substitution, Leicester City. Islam Slimani replaces Jamie Vardy.
  10. 82' Goal! Manchester United 2, Leicester City 0. Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesse Lingard.
  11. 89' Matty James (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+5' Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.

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