The Leicester City & Manchester United managers B. Rodgers and O. Solskjær are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier League league table.
- Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Manchester United is in the best form (5-1-0)
Manchester United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Carabao Cup game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Everton. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Leicester City form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Leicester City at their home stadium (King Power Stadium) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
It's back home for Leicester, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Tottenham Hotspur away with the result 2-0. Jamie Vardy found the net in that victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to Everton (0-2).
There will be little rest for Leicester after this match as they are travelling to Crystal Palace for a Premier League game in only two days.
Leicester are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. On the other hand, Leicester City have conceded 10 goals.
Manchester United form and stats
The strength of Manchester United, who have the most scored goals (19) away in Premier League, on their travels this season is incredible with 18 points collected from 6 Premier League away games. Manchester United has 6-0-0 on the road, with 19 goals scored and 9 conceded.
It's the second away game in a row for Manchester, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Everton (placed 4th) in the Carabao Cup last time out. That result followed a home victory 6-2 versus Leeds United in the Premier League.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Wolverhampton Wanderers in just three days.
Manchester are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (19 goals from 6 away games). Manchester struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Leicester victories, two draws and eight Manchester United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Vardy 11 goals |   B. Borges Fernandes 9 goals |  M. Rashford 5 goals |
Leicester City missing players
Manchester United missing players
| Leicester City | Manchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 19 | 28 |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 79% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 69% |
| 64% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 69% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 69% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 67% | 46% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 69% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 29% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.3 | 11.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14.7 | 14.3 |
| 4.2 | 3.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 7.2 | 6 |
| 44% | 39% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 44% | 36% |
- All of Manchester United's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Manchester United has the most points from losing position (18) in Premier League
- Manchester United has the most scored goals (19) away in Premier League
- Manchester United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Manchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Manchester United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Manchester United have scored at least twice as many goals away as Leicester City have scored home.
- Manchester United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Manchester United have won all their away games so far.
- Manchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Manchester United is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Everton | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 25 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 25 |
| 7 | Southampton | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Manchester City | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | West Ham United | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Newcastle United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 18 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 17 |
| 15 | Arsenal | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Burnley | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 13 |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 18 | Fulham | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 10 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -19 | 7 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -17 | 2 |
- Leicester City
- Leicester Mercury - (local newspaper)
- Manchester United
- Manchester Evening News - (local newspaper)
- Man U News - (news aggregator)