Manchester United and Leicester City are going to clash on Saturday the 2nd of April at 5:30 pm in the 31st week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in Manchester at the Old Trafford. The appointed referee is Andre Marriner.
Manchester United is in the 6th position in the league with 50 points. It comes from a 3-2 win against Tottenham Hotspur in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 14 times, draw 8 times, and lost 7 times.
Leicester City sits in the 10th place in the league with 36 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Brentford in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 10 times, draw 6 times, and lost 11 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Manchester United
Manchester United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (20 times or 68.97%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (20 times), 4-2-2-2 (5 times), 4-3-3 (once), 4-3-1-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Ralf Rangnick is expected to play against Leicester City with the following players: D. de Gea Quintana, A. Telles, H. Maguire, R. Varane, J. Dalot Teixeira, P. Pogba, S. McTominay, J. Sancho, B. Borges Fernandes, A. Elanga and C. Ronaldo.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Manchester United would be 27.73.
Ralf Rangnick will probably not be able to employ L. Shaw and E. Cavani because of injury.
Ralf Rangnick will not be able to have the presence of M. Greenwood who is suspended.
Leicester City
Leicester City has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 40.74%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (11 times), 4-3-3 (7 times), 3-4-1-2 (3 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 3-5-2 (once), 4-3-1-2 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Brendan Rodgers is expected to play against Manchester United with the following players: K. Schmeichel, T. Castagne, W. Fofana, C. Söyüncü, J. Justin, D. Amartey, Y. Tielemans, H. Barnes, K. Dewsbury-Hall, J. Maddison and K. Iheanacho.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Leicester City would be 26.18.
Brendan Rodgers will probably not be able to employ M. Albrighton because of injury.
D. Ward, R. Bertrand, O. Ndidi and J. Vardy will definitely miss the match.
