Leicester City 4-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 16 October 2021

Result

Leicester City 4-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 16 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Leicester City 4-2 Manchester United: match report

Leicester City beat Manchester United 4-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 October 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

Mason Greenwood opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Youri Tielemans (31'), Çağlar Söyüncü (78'), Jamie Vardy (83') and Patson Daka (90+1'). Manchester United scored through Mason Greenwood (19') and Marcus Rashford (82').

Discipline: Leicester City received no yellow cards; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 13th on 8 points from 7 and Manchester United 4th on 14 points from 7. Leicester City went on to finish that season 8th with 52 points, and Manchester United 6th with 58.

Leicester City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Youri Tielemans of Leicester City (8.4), ahead of Patson Daka (8.1).

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

  • 19'Goal · Mason GreenwoodManchester United · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · Youri TielemansLeicester City · 1-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Victor LindelöfManchester United
  • 78'Goal · Çağlar SöyüncüLeicester City · 2-1
  • 82'Goal · Marcus RashfordManchester United · 2-2
  • 83'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 3-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Aaron Wan-BissakaManchester United
  • 86'Yellow card · Paul PogbaManchester United
  • 90+1'Goal · Patson DakaLeicester City · 4-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Kasper Schmeichel, Daniel Amartey, Jonny Evans, Çağlar Söyüncü, Ricardo Pereira, Youri Tielemans, Boubakary Soumaré, Timothy Castagne, James Maddison, Kelechi Iheanacho, Jamie Vardy

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

David de Gea, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelöf, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matić, Mason Greenwood, Bruno Fernandes, Jadon Sancho, Cristiano Ronaldo