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.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Mason Greenwood
- 31'Goal · Youri Tielemans
- 52'Yellow card · Victor Lindelöf
- 78'Goal · Çağlar Söyüncü
- 82'Goal · Marcus Rashford
- 83'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 84'Yellow card · Aaron Wan-Bissaka
- 86'Yellow card · Paul Pogba
- 90+1'Goal · Patson Daka
Head-to-head
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