English Premier League

Manchester United vs Leicester City, 2024-25 English Premier League

· English Premier League
Manchester United
  • 17': Bruno Fernandes
  • 38': Victor Kristiansen (OG)
  • 82': Alejandro Garnacho
FT
3 - 0
Leicester City

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    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Offside, Manchester United. Amad Diallo is caught offside.
    • 3': Amad Diallo (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 3': Foul by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
    • 4': Attempt blocked. Casemiro (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a cross.
    • 4': Attempt blocked. Noussair Mazraoui (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 6': Attempt blocked. Amad Diallo (Manchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
    • 8': Foul by Rasmus Højlund (Manchester United).
    • 8': Wout Faes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Victor Kristiansen.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Rasmus Højlund (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Noussair Mazraoui with a cross.
    • 16': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Casemiro.
    • 17': Goal! Manchester United 1, Leicester City 0. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Amad Diallo.
    • 19': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 19': Foul by Diogo Dalot (Manchester United).
    • 20': Attempt missed. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Facundo Buonanotte with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 23': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 23': Foul by Diogo Dalot (Manchester United).
    • 24': Attempt saved. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Facundo Buonanotte with a cross.
    • 27': Attempt saved. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Boubakary Soumaré with a headed pass.
    • 28': Attempt saved. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Facundo Buonanotte with a through ball.
    • 33': Attempt saved. Harry Winks (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Wilfred Ndidi.
    • 38': Attempt missed. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Manuel Ugarte.
    • 38': Own Goal by Victor Kristiansen, Leicester City. Manchester United 2, Leicester City 0.
    • 42': Attempt blocked. Amad Diallo (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
    • 42': Attempt blocked. Manuel Ugarte (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
    • 44': Foul by Manuel Ugarte (Manchester United).
    • 44': James Justin (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Diogo Dalot (Manchester United).
    • 45'+3': Attempt saved. Amad Diallo (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Casemiro.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Manchester United 2, Leicester City 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Manchester United 2, Leicester City 0.
    • 48': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 48': Foul by Casemiro (Manchester United).
    • 54': Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 54': Foul by Manuel Ugarte (Manchester United).
    • 57': Foul by Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United).
    • 57': Wout Faes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Substitution, Manchester United. Alejandro Garnacho replaces Marcus Rashford.
    • 57': Substitution, Manchester United. Jonny Evans replaces Diogo Dalot.
    • 58': Delay in match because of an injury Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United).
    • 59': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 60': Offside, Leicester City. Abdul Fatawu is caught offside.
    • 63': Foul by Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester City).
    • 63': Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 63': Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 64': Delay in match because of an injury Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United).
    • 64': Delay in match because of an injury Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
    • 64': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 66': Amad Diallo (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 66': Foul by Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City).
    • 69': Attempt saved. Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 69': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by André Onana.
    • 70': Substitution, Leicester City. Bilal El Khannouss replaces Wilfred Ndidi.
    • 72': Delay in match (Manchester United).
    • 73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 75': Substitution, Manchester United. Joshua Zirkzee replaces Rasmus Højlund.
    • 77': Attempt missed. Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
    • 79': Substitution, Manchester United. Christian Eriksen replaces Casemiro because of an injury.
    • 81': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Noussair Mazraoui.
    • 82': Goal! Manchester United 3, Leicester City 0. Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
    • 82': Delay in match because of an injury Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United).
    • 83': Substitution, Leicester City. Kasey McAteer replaces James Justin.
    • 84': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 85': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Noussair Mazraoui.
    • 86': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Manuel Ugarte.
    • 86': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 86': Foul by Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United).
    • 88': Substitution, Leicester City. Odsonne Édouard replaces Jordan Ayew.
    • 88': Offside, Leicester City. Kasey McAteer is caught offside.
    • 90': Foul by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
    • 90': Jonny Evans (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Amad Diallo (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Christian Eriksen.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester City).
    • 90'+3': Manuel Ugarte (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Joshua Zirkzee (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Manchester United 3, Leicester City 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Manchester United 3, Leicester City 0.

    Statistics

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    5 Fouls 9
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 1
    5 Corner Kicks 1
    1 Saves 5
    48.8 Possession 51.2
    6 SHOTS 13
    5 ON GOAL 3
    0.8 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    388 Accurate Passes 418
    466 Passes 491
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    3 Accurate Crosses 4
    16 Crosses 15
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    42 Long Balls 39
    15 Accurate Long Balls 13
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
    0 Blocked Shots 6
    14 Effective Tackles 24
    22 Tackles 33
    0.6 Tackle % 0.7
    7 Interceptions 7
    18 Effective Clearances 18
    18 Clearances 18

    Game Information

    Competition: English Premier League

    Venue: Old Trafford
    Location: Manchester, England
    Attendance: 73,829

    Premier League Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Arsenal 10 +15 25
    2 Manchester City 10 +12 19
    3 Liverpool 10 +4 18
    4 Sunderland 10 +4 18
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    MAN Manchester United (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    24 André Onana (GK)
    6 Lisandro Martínez
    4 Matthijs de Ligt
    3 Noussair Mazraoui
    20 Diogo Dalot
    8 Bruno Fernandes
    25 Manuel Ugarte
    18 Casemiro
    9 Rasmus Højlund
    10 Marcus Rashford
    16 Amad
    Manchester United Substitutes:
    Mason Mount, Christian Eriksen, Victor Lindelöf, Antony, Tom Heaton, Jonny Evans, Altay Bayindir, Alejandro Garnacho, Joshua Zirkzee.

    LEI Leicester City (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    30 Mads Hermansen (GK)
    23 Jannik Vestergaard
    3 Wout Faes
    16 Victor Kristiansen
    2 James Justin
    8 Harry Winks
    6 Wilfred Ndidi
    24 Boubakary Soumaré
    18 Jordan Ayew
    7 Fatawu Issahaku
    40 Facundo Buonanotte Yellow Card
    Leicester City Substitutes:
    Bilal El Khannouss, Oliver Skipp, Hamza Choudhury, Odsonne Édouard, Kasey McAteer, Caleb Okoli, Conor Coady, Stephy Mavididi, Danny Ward.

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