Manchester United 4-1 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 24 September 2016
Result
Manchester United 4-1 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 24 September 2016, 11:30 UTC · half-time 4-0
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Manchester United 4-1 Leicester City: match report
Manchester United beat Leicester City 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 September 2016. The half-time score was 4-0.
Chris Smalling opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Chris Smalling (22'), Juan Mata (37'), Marcus Rashford (40') and Paul Pogba (42'). Leicester City scored through Demarai Gray (59').
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Leicester City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 7th on 9 points from 5 and Leicester City 11th on 7 points from 5. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 69 points, and Leicester City 12th with 44.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Pogba of Manchester United (8.6), ahead of Daley Blind (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Chris Smalling
- 37'Goal · Juan Mata
- 40'Goal · Marcus Rashford
- 42'Goal · Paul Pogba
- 50'Yellow card · Robert Huth
- 59'Goal · Demarai Gray
- 74'Yellow card · Danny Simpson
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Eric Bailly, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind, Ander Herrera, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Marcus Rashford, Zlatan Ibrahimović
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Ron-Robert Zieler, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Daniel Amartey, Danny Drinkwater, Marc Albrighton, Islam Slimani, Jamie Vardy