LEICESTER. Leicester City beats Manchester United 4-2.

The match was played at the King Power Stadium stadium in Leicester on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Craig Pawson who had the assistance of Lee Betts and Daniel Robathan. The 4th official was Andy Madley. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.3 degrees Celsius or 59.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was similar. Leicester City was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Manchester United that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Manchester United was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Leicester City found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Leicester City shot 20 times, 10 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Manchester United shot 18 times, 6 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Leicester City didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Manchester United received 3 yellow cards (V. Lindelof, P. Pogba and A. Wan-Bissaka).

Standings

After playing this match, Leicester City will have 11 points like West Ham United to stay in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Manchester United will stay with 14 points like Everton to stay in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Leicester City will play away against Brentford on the 24th of October with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Leicester City (0 draws).

Manchester United will host Liverpool on the 24th of October with a 17-12 head to head in favor of Manchester United (9 draws).

Leicester City – Formation

Leicester City started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Brendan Rodgers decided to play with the following team: Kasper Schmeichel (6.7), Daniel Amartey (6.4), Jonny Evans (6.8), Çağlar Söyüncü (7.4), Ricardo Pereira (6.6), Youri Tielemans (8.7), Boubakary Soumaré (6.6), Timothy Castagne (6.4), James Maddison (7.0), Kelechi Iheanacho (7.5) and Jamie Vardy (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: H. Barnes, Ayoze Pérez (7.4), D. Ward, R. Bertrand, H. Choudhury, Patson Daka (8.1), M. Albrighton, A. Lookman and Jannik Vestergaard (6.3).

Substitutions

Leicester City made 3 changes: J. Maddison for A. Perez (73′), K. Iheanacho for P. Daka (77′) and J. Evans for J. Vestergaard (88′).

Best player: Youri Tielemans​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Leicester City was Youri Tielemans.

His rating is (8.7) with 1 goal, 69 passes (91% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 7 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Manchester United – Formation

Manchester United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Ole Gunnar Solskjær played with: David De Gea (7.0), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (6.1), Victor Lindelöf (6.9), Harry Maguire (6.3), Luke Shaw (6.3), Paul Pogba (6.4), Nemanja Matić (7.1), Mason Greenwood (7.2), Bruno Fernandes (7.5), Jadon Sancho (7.1) and Cristiano Ronaldo (6.8).

They had on the bench: D. Henderson, E. Bailly, D. van de Beek, Alex Telles, Scott McTominay (6.2), Jesse Lingard (6.8), Mata, Diogo Dalot and Marcus Rashford (7.1).

Substitutions

Manchester United made 3 changes: J. Sancho for M. Rashford (65′), N. Matic for S. McTominay (80′) and M. Greenwood for J. Lingard (80′).

Best player: Bruno Fernandes​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester United was Bruno Fernandes.

His rating is (7.5) with 46 passes (76% accurate) and 7 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 5. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Watford – Liverpool – 0-5
• Aston Villa – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 2-3
• Leicester City – Manchester United – 4-2
• Manchester City – Burnley – 2-0
• Norwich City – Brighton & Hove Albion – 0-0
• Southampton – Leeds United – 1-0
• Brentford – Chelsea – 0-1