Leicester City vs Manchester United Matchday Stats Preview
Having been unbeaten in four Premier League games against Man Utd over the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons (W2 D2), Leicester have lost their last three against the Red Devils in the competition without scoring.
Manchester United have lost just one of their last eight Premier League away games against Leicester (W4 D3), going down 4-2 in October 2021.
Manchester United have beaten Leicester three times in all competitions this season – they’ve beaten three sides four times in the same campaign before (Sheffield Wednesday 1993-94, Chelsea 2010-11, Nottingham Forest 2022-23), while the only team Leicester have lost to four times in a season is West Bromwich Albion in 1980-81.
Leicester have lost 12 of their last 13 Premier League games (W1), including their last five without scoring a single goal. Only four teams have lost more consecutively in a single campaign without scoring – Ipswich Town (7 between February-April 1995), Everton (6 between August-October 2005), Crystal Palace (7 between August-September 2017) and Norwich City (6 in December/January 2021-22).
Leicester have lost each of their last six Premier League home games by an aggregate score of 15-0. No team in English top-flight history has ever lost seven in a row without scoring.
Manchester United are unbeaten in three Premier League games (W1 D2). Against Arsenal last time out, they led at half-time for the first time in 15 Premier League matches, last doing so in consecutive league games in March last year.
Leicester have conceded 998 goals in their 678 Premier League games. They would be the 12th side to concede 1,000 in the competition, and first to do so in fewer than 700 games.
Leicester have had fewer shots (251) and shots on target (85) than any other side in the Premier League this season. Meanwhile, Man Utd’s average of 13 shots per game this season is their second lowest on record (since 1997-98) in a single campaign (11.3 in 2015-16).
Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy was in the Manchester United dugout in the reverse fixture between these sides in November. He’s the first manager to take charge of both clubs in a specific Premier League fixture in a single season since Alan Pardew in 2014-15 (Crystal Palace vs Newcastle United).
Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes has either scored (2) or assisted (1) a goal in each of his last three Premier League games, last doing so in four in a row in April last year.
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