Leicester City 2-2 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2020
Result
Leicester City 2-2 Manchester United
Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2020, 12:30 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 26 December 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.
Marcus Rashford opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Leicester City's goals came from Harvey Barnes (31') and an own goal by Axel Tuanzebe (85'). Manchester United scored through Marcus Rashford (23') and Bruno Fernandes (79').
Discipline: Leicester City received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 2nd on 27 points from 14 and Manchester United 3rd on 26 points from 13. Leicester City went on to finish that season 5th with 66 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 74.
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 Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United (8.0), ahead of Fred (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Leicester City wins, 3 draws and 7 for Manchester United.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Marcus Rashford
- 31'Goal · Harvey Barnes
- 45+1'Yellow card · Bruno Fernandes
- 54'Yellow card · James Maddison
- 79'Goal · Bruno Fernandes
- 85'Own goal · Axel Tuanzebe
- 89'Yellow card · Wilfred Ndidi
Head-to-head
Team news
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Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, James Justin, Wesley Fofana, Jonny Evans, Timothy Castagne, Wilfred Ndidi, Youri Tielemans, Marc Albrighton, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy
Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
David de Gea, Victor Lindelöf, Eric Bailly, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay, Fred, Daniel James, Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial