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 is going to be staged in Manchester at the Old Trafford. The encounter will be officiated by Andre Marriner.
Manchester United occupies the 6th place in the league with 50 points. It comes from a 3-2 win against Tottenham Hotspur in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 14 times, draw 8 times, and lost 7 times.
Leicester City occupies the 10th position 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, S. McTominay, P. Pogba, J. Sancho, B. Borges Fernandes, A. Elanga and C. Ronaldo.
In case that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Manchester United would be 27.73.
Ralf Rangnick will probably not be able to employ L. Shaw because of injury.
E. Cavani will definitely miss the match.
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.
If the line up is confirmed as above, 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, L. Thomas, O. Ndidi and J. Vardy will definitely miss the match.
