Manchester United 1-0 Leicester City: prevails over 1-0 with a goal scored by J. Sancho

LEICESTER. Manchester United defeats Leicester City 1-0 after J. Sancho scored just 1 goal (23').

LEICESTER. Manchester United tops Leicester City 1-0 after J. Sancho scored just 1 goal (23′).

The match was played at the King Power Stadium stadium in Leicester on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Craig Pawson who had the assistance of Marc Perry and Scott Ledger. The 4th official was Simon Hooper. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 18.4 degrees Celsius or 65.07 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 74%.​

• 

  Leicester City

  0

  

  Man United

  1

  

  1 Sep 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Leicester City was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Manchester United that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Manchester United was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Manchester United won the contest.​

Leicester City shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Manchester United shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Leicester City received 1 yellow card (J. Vardy). On the other side, Manchester United received 3 yellow cards (D. Dalot, T. Malacia and L. Martinez).

After this encounter, Leicester City stays with 1 points to occupy the 20th place in the table. while Manchester United has 6 points (12th).

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming Premier League match, Leicester City will play away against Brighton & Hove Albion on the 4th of September with a 10-4 head to head statistic in favor of Leicester City (5 draws).

• 

  Brighton & Hove Albion

  5

  

  Leicester City

  2

  

  4 Sep 2022 Full time

Manchester United will host Arsenal on the 4th of September with a 19-11 head to head statistic in favor of Manchester United (10 draws).

• 

  Man United

  3

  

  Arsenal

  1

  

  4 Sep 2022 Full time

Leicester City: Formation and Lineups

Leicester City started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Brendan Rodgers chose to play with the following team: Danny Ward (6.5), James Justin (7.2), Wilfred Ndidi (7.3), Jonny Evans (7.7), Luke Thomas (6.7), Boubakary Soumaré (6.8), James Maddison (6.5), Youri Tielemans (6.8), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (7.2), Harvey Barnes (5.5) and Jamie Vardy (6.8).

Substitutes

Leicester City made 2 changes: Y. Tielemans for K. Iheanacho (76′) and J. Vardy for P. Daka (88′).

Top player: Jonny Evans

Probably the most impressive player in Leicester City was Jonny Evans.

His rating is (7.7) with 84 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7.

Manchester United: Formation and Lineups

Manchester United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the opposite side, Erik ten Hag played with: David De Gea (6.8), Diogo Dalot (7.4), Raphaël Varane (7.1), Lisandro Martínez (6.7), Tyrell Malacia (6.4), Scott McTominay (6.6), Christian Eriksen (7.0), Anthony Elanga (6.2), Bruno Fernandes (7.2), Jadon Sancho (7.1) and Marcus Rashford (7.1).

Substitutes

Manchester United made 3 changes: A. Elanga for Casemiro (59′), J. Sancho for C. Ronaldo (68′) and M. Rashford for Fred (88′).

Top player: Diogo Dalot

The player who no doubt impressed Manchester United the most was Diogo Dalot even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 50 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9.