Can Manchester United Keep Pressure on the Leaders with Win Over Leicester City?

Manchester United vs Leicester City - 19/02/2023

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The penultimate fixture of the weekend in the English Premier League takes place on the 19th of February and is between Manchester United and Leicester City.

The game will take place at Old Trafford and the hosts begin the weekend in 3rd place on 46 points while the hosts are in 13th place on 24 points.

Manchester United come into the match on the back of a 2-2 draw at Barcelona in the Europa League knockout playoffs on Thursday night.

The Red Devils fell a goal behind early in the second half but hit back almost immediately with the equaliser. Manchester United took the lead in the 59th minute but Barcelona scored their second goal 14 minutes from time.

It was a good performance by Manchester United and the draw in Barcelona means they are undefeated in their 7 most recent fixtures in all competitions.

There have been wins over Crystal Palace and Leeds United in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest in the League Cup, and Reading in the FA Cup.

Form in the Premier League shows Manchester United are undefeated in 9 of their last 10 matches.

They are undefeated in each of their last 10 home league games and have not lost any of their last 16 home matches in all competitions.

Trends show Manchester United have scored at least one goal in each of their last 24 games in all competitions. Both teams have scored in each of Manchester United’s last 3 home Premier League matches.

Leicester City travel to Old Trafford on the back of an excellent 4-1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur last weekend. Having fallen a goal behind in the 14th minute, The Foxes struck back in the 23rd minute and took the lead just 2 minutes later.

Leicester City scored a third goal at the end of the first half and secured maximum points with a fourth goal in the 81st minute.

That result means Leicester City are undefeated in their last 4 games in all competitions. In addition to the win over Spurs, Leicester City have beat Aston Villa away in the Premier League and Walsall away in the FA Cup.

Away form in the Premier League shows Leicester City have won 4 of their last 6 fixtures on the road.

Leicester City have scored in 16 of their last 17 away Premier League games but have conceded 2 goals in each of their last 3 away trips.

Team news and Manchester United are without suspended midfielder Casemiro. Donny van de Beek is out for the season while Antony, Scott McTominay, and Christian Eriksen are injured. Anthony Martial is a doubt.

Leicester City are without the injured quartet of Youri Tielemans, Jonny Evans, James Justin, and Ryan Bertrand. Boubakary Soumaré is a doubt due to a hamstring injury.

Manchester United could make several changes to their starting XI from Thursday considering their fixture schedule.

Leicester City will hope to take advantage of that and are likely to find the back of the net in this game. However, Manchester United are in good form at home and should come out on top.

Home team
Away team

Probability %

1X2

Pred

Correct score

Avg. goals

Weather conditions

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Score

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coef.

EPL

Manchester United Leicester City 19/02/2023 15:00

572320

1

2 - 1

3.28

10°

1.57

1.57 4.33 5.00 no no no

FT

3 - 0(1 - 0)

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