Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Leicester City & Manchester United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Manchester United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Milan, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Manchester United.
Leicester City form and stats
Leicester was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the FA Cup.7 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. That’s what Leicester City have to build on here at King Power Stadium in the Premier League. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the FA Cup for Leicester City.
The Leicester supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sheffield United in Premier League and win 5-0. Before that match, a Premier League win away at Brighton & Hove Albion.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Leicester played a great game against Sheffield United and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. What a game it was for Kelechi Iheanacho when beating Sheffield United, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
Leicester have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at King Power Stadium with 25 goals in 14 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded.
Manchester United form and stats
Manchester United's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.Manchester United have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 9-6-0 from 15 games. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the FA Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Liverpool game have they lost an away game, meaning Manchester has taken points from 22 away matches in a row.
Manchester have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Dean Henderson. It's been 414 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus West Ham United in the Premier League.
Paul Pogba came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Milan last time out, making the manager O. Solskjær feel like a tactical genius.
Manchester has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 27 goals from 15 games. It's not easy to score on Manchester as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Leicester won zero, Manchester United won eight and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Borges Fernandes 16 goals |   J. Vardy 12 goals |  H. Barnes 9 goals |
Leicester City missing players
Manchester United missing players
| Leicester City | Manchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Scored | S | 15 | 41 | ||
| 21 | 13 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 13.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 64 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 43 | 71 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 56 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 24 | 57 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 21 | 56 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 51 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 48 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 46 |
| 7 | Everton | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 46 |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 45 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 41 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 41 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -16 | 37 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 43 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 29 | -3 | 36 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 35 |
| 14 | Southampton | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 51 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 33 | -15 | 33 |
| 15 | Burnley | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 33 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 36 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -7 | 29 |
| 17 | Newcastle United | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -17 | 28 |
| 18 | Fulham | 29 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -14 | 26 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 29 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 24 | -37 | 18 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 29 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 28 | -34 | 14 |
- Leicester City
- Leicester Mercury - (local newspaper)
- Manchester United
- Manchester Evening News - (local newspaper)
- Man U News - (news aggregator)