Leicester City 5-3 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 21 September 2014
Result
Leicester City 5-3 Manchester United
Premier League · Sunday 21 September 2014, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-2
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Leicester City 5-3 Manchester United: match report
Leicester City defeated Manchester United 5-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 September 2014. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Leonardo Ulloa (17'), David Nugent (62', penalty), Esteban Cambiasso (64'), Jamie Vardy (79') and Leonardo Ulloa (83', penalty). Manchester United scored through Robin van Persie (13'), Ángel Di María (16') and Ander Herrera (57').
Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 12th on 5 points from 4 and Manchester United 8th on 6 points from 4. Leicester City went on to finish that season 14th with 43 points, and Manchester United 4th with 67.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 3-5-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Leicester City wins, 0 draws and 6 for Manchester United.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 16'Goal · Ángel Di María
- 17'Goal · Leonardo Ulloa
- 33'Yellow card · Ritchie De Laet
- 57'Goal · Ander Herrera
- 62'Penalty goal · David Nugent
- 64'Goal · Esteban Cambiasso
- 79'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 83'Red card · Tyler Blackett
- 83'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 83'Penalty goal · Leonardo Ulloa
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Ian Walker, Ben Thatcher, Nikos Dabizas, Liam Moore, Wes Morgan, Riccardo Scimeca, Mustafa Izzet, Steffen Freund, Marcus Bent, David Nugent, Matt Heath
Manchester United expected line-up (3-5-2)
David de Gea, Phil Jones, Antonio Valencia, Chris Smalling, Nemanja Vidic, Ashley Young, Wayne Mark Rooney, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, S. Kagawa, Juan Mata