Leicester City 2-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2017

Result

Leicester City 2-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Leicester City 2-2 Manchester United: match report

Leicester City drew with Manchester United 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Jamie Vardy (27') and Harry Maguire (90+4'). Manchester United scored through Juan Mata (40') and Juan Mata (60').

Discipline: Leicester City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 8th on 26 points from 18 and Manchester United 2nd on 41 points from 18. Leicester City went on to finish that season 9th with 47 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 81.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Juan Mata of Manchester United (9.4), ahead of Romelu Lukaku (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leicester City win, 2 draws and 7 for Manchester United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Victor LindelöfManchester United
  • 40'Goal · Juan MataManchester United · 1-1
  • 47'Yellow card · Nemanja MatićManchester United
  • 54'Yellow card · Marc AlbrightonLeicester City
  • 60'Goal · Juan MataManchester United · 1-2
  • 69'Yellow card · Daniel AmarteyLeicester City
  • 73'Second yellow · Daniel AmarteyLeicester City
  • 81'Yellow card · Riyad MahrezLeicester City
  • 90+4'Goal · Harry MaguireLeicester City · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leicester City 1, draws 2, Manchester United 7.

Team news

Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Christian Fuchs, Wilfred Ndidi, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Riyad Mahrez, Demarai Gray, Marc Albrighton, Jamie Vardy

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Victor Lindelöf, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Ashley Young, Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matić, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard, Anthony Martial, Romelu Lukaku