Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani had to be substituted after picking up an injury in Uruguay’s 2-0 win over Chile
TEAM NEWS
Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani is in doubt after picking up a calf injury while playing for Uruguay.
Defender Luke Shaw has recovered from an illness while midfielder Paul Pogba has shaken off a foot problem.
Leicester are again without Jamie Vardy who has a knee problem, while Wilfred Ndidi is out for the season with a knee injury.
Luke Thomas is doubtful with a hamstring problem but Marc Albrighton is available again after a groin problem.
LAWRO’S PREDICTION
Manchester United’s last game was pretty typical of their season – they beat Tottenham 3-2 in a thriller didn’t play particularly well though and a brilliant individual performance from Cristiano Ronaldo got them out of jail.
Nothing United are doing at the moment is particularly compelling but the quality they have in their team makes you think they have to get it right at some point – and they’re still chasing fourth place so they have plenty to play for .
That’s why I support them in beating Leicester, who can’t find consistency themselves. The Foxes won at Old Trafford last season but they had a very different season back then.
Forecast: 2-0
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MATCH FACTS
head to head
- Manchester United have lost their last three meetings with Leicester in all competitions.
- Leicester are aiming for their first consecutive win away in the league against Manchester United.
Manchester United
- Manchester United have won just three of their last ten games in all competitions.
- They are in danger of losing competitive games for the first time since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s last two games as manager.
- They could only fail to score for the third time in six different Premier League home games in a season.
- Manchester United have scored 10 goals via substitutes league-wide this season, with Marcus Rashford scoring four of those goals.
- Cristiano Ronaldo has scored a league goal against 83 different opponents but has not scored in either of his previous two league games against Leicester.
Leicester City
- Leicester City have won three of their last four Premier League games, as many as in the previous 14.
- They have lost five of their last six away Premier League games (win 1).
- Only three sides have a worse record away from home in the Premier League this season than Leicester, who have picked up just 12 points on their trips (W3, U3, N7).
- Leicester have only kept one clean sheet in the Premier League this season.
- James Maddison has scored 13 goals and been directly involved in 20 in all competitions, both more than any other Leicester player this season.
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