Week 5 brings us a match on Sep 1st where Leicester City hosts Manchester United at King Power Stadium in a Premier League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 20th placed Leicester City, recorded a 1-2 loss against Chelsea. Raheem Sterling struck first 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 8th placed Manchester United is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Southampton. Bruno Fernandes struck first for Manchester United in the 55th minute on a feed from Diogo Dalot, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring 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.
Manchester United and Leicester City last played eachother at the King Power Stadium on the 21st of March. Leicester City won by a score of 3 to 1. Kelechi Iheanacho scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 24th minute, then in the 38th minute, Paul Pogba sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Mason Greenwood.
Manchester United is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Alexis Mac Allister and Marcus Rashford each only have 1 goal in their last five. For Leicester City, their top scorers are Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and James Maddison, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches
Ryan Bertrand, James Maddison, Ricardo Pereira, Harvey Barnes and Wesley Fofana are unavailable to play for Leicester City, while Manchester United will be without Victor Lindelöf and Facundo Pellistri Rebollo.