In this week 5 match on Sep 1st, Leicester City plays host to Manchester United in a Premier League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which is great football weather. 20th placed Leicester City is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Chelsea. Raheem Sterling scored the first goal for Chelsea in the 47th minute, then Raheem Sterling added another in the 63rd minute on a feed from Reece James. Leicester City looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10, while manchester United sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Southampton. Bruno Fernandes struck first for Manchester United in the 55th minute on a feed from Diogo Dalot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Southampton couldn’t muster any offence and Manchester United ran away with the shutout win. Manchester United is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
Leicester City and Manchester United last played eachother at the King Power Stadium on Mar 21st. Leicester City won by a score of 3 to 1. Kelechi Iheanacho scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 24th minute, then Mason Greenwood tied it up for Manchester United in the 38th minute on a feed from Paul Pogba.
Manchester United hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Alexis Mac Allister and Marcus Rashford, and they each have 1 goal. Both Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and James Maddison have been the hottest scorers for Leicester City in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Ryan Bertrand, James Maddison, Ricardo Pereira, Harvey Barnes and Wesley Fofana are unavailable to play for Brendan Rodgers’s team, while Victor Lindelöf and Facundo Pellistri Rebollo are unavailable to play for Manchester United.