Leicester City vs Manchester United Match Thread 28/11/15 17.30 Sky Sports.

Cantona's Collars

Possible Line-ups

Leicester City: Schmeichel; Morgan, Huth, Simpson, Fuchs; Mahrez, Drinkwater, Kanté, Albrighton; Ulloa, Vardy

Manchester United: De Gea; Smalling, Blind, Jones, Young; Herrera, Schweinsteiger; Schneiderlin, Depay; Rooney, Martial

Match facts

Manchester United have won 10 of the last 11 Barclays Premier League matches against Leicester City, but the exception was the Foxes’ 5-3 win in the corresponding fixture last season.
Leicester became the only team in BPL history to come from two goals down to beat Manchester United in their 5-3 win at the King Power Stadium in September 2014.
There have been 18 goals scored in the last four league meetings between the two sides.
Leicester have recovered more points from losing positions (10) than any other team in the BPL this season.
Manchester United have lost just one of their last nine league fixtures (W6 D2 L1).
Leicester have scored in 14 successive BPL matches and are the only side to find the back of the net in all 13 of their league encounters this season.
The 13 top-flight matches involving the Foxes this season have seen 48 goals scored; more than any other side.

Cookie_Dough

Sorry to start on a downer but I'm not confident that United will beat Leicester. Hope I'm proved wrong!

Hotblack Desiato

Herrera's not fit, is he?

Liam McPoyle

In form striker vs the best defense in the league.

Boring, rigid nil nil affair.

Canadel

Business Cat wrote: »

Boring, rigid nil nil affair.

May as well just have said Man Utd are playing.

Chrissybhoy

Be very surprised if united beat the foxes. They turn up and play the way they did Wednesday night they will be beaten.

dfx-

I think Leicester will be naive enough to fall perfectly into Van Gaal's hands. Their gung-ho attitude will be picked off.

Bret Hart

Starting XI: De Gea - Young, Smalling, Blind, Darmian - Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger; Mata, Rooney, Memphis - Martial

Bench: Romero, McNair, Borthwick-Jackson, Goss, A.Pereira, Fellaini, Rashford

I'm feeling rather confident we can do enough too get the win today. I'm going 2-1 Utd.

RobertKK

dfx- wrote: »

I think Leicester will be naive enough to fall perfectly into Van Gaal's hands. Their gung-ho attitude will be picked off.

You make a good point, it is when teams sit behind the ball that United run out of ideas, but that is not the Leicester way to play.

Canadel

Looking forward to seeing Mahrez play today than Vardy or any of the Utd players.

RobertKK

McNair is starting according to Sky Sports.

py2006

1-1

It will be a toughie

Dirty Dingus McGee

I don't support either team but I really hope Man Utd absolutely destroy Leicester.

The massive love in for Leicester at the moment and the way Man Utd seem to be despised really is a bit hard to listen to.

PhlegmyMoses

Not confident at all. Think Leicester will score and if it's first, I don't fancy United to be able to chase the game without conceding more to that Leicester attack.

Canadel

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

the way Man Utd seem to be despised really is a bit hard to listen to.

Man Utd have always been despised when winning. The reason they are despised now is because of the brand of football they are playing, a not to dissimilar situation to previous Chelsea teams under Mourinho.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Canadel wrote: »

Man Utd have always been despised when winning. The reason they are despised now is because of the brand of football they are playing, a not to dissimilar situation to previous Chelsea teams under Mourinho.

They're not the most attractive team to watch but it's going a a bit over board and this Man Utd way bullsh1t is fairly annoying.

keeponhurling

Canadel wrote: »

Man Utd have always been despised when winning. The reason they are despised now is because of the brand of football they are playing, a not to dissimilar situation to previous Chelsea teams under Mourinho.

If United go top of the table tonight, expect the criticism to intensify.
LVG out!

Lithium93_

https://twitter.com/MUFCScoop/status/670639040295751680

Liam McPoyle

Basti and Carrick do not play well together.

Le sigh.

GreNoLi

5-3 to the home side.

Hmmmm

Just don't know what to expect

Chagan

The unstoppable force versus the immovable object.

Hopefully it will be as drab and uneventful as last year's trip to Leicester.

madcabbage

Gonna be a tough game for Utd, could go anyway. I'd like to see Vardy break the record too, fantastic what he's done this season.

adox

McNair in defence. Holy Jaysus.

Edit: 3 at the back? FFS.


If I was a neutral I wouldn't tune in.

3-5-2.... Oh dear, I'm not confident.

Mr.Crinklewood

0-4

Mars Bar

Blind has a savage deliver from a corner

What are you doing Schweinsteiger?

SlickRic

Utd paying Leicester a lot of respect so far.

Happy to give them the ball. A few uncharacteristic long balls so as not to get caught by the pacy counter.

Hococop

Poor shot

Trigger

Jaysus carrick..

Sloppy from carrick

Trigger

Harsh booking for Young

PhlegmyMoses

Rooney should have made that pass ffs.

Lord TSC

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Rooney should have made that pass ffs.

The title of the Man United 2015/16 Season in Review DVD?

Mars Bar

Carrick is having a stinker so far

Hotblack Desiato

Lord TSC wrote: »

The title of the Man United 2015/16 Season in Review DVD?

Hah! Thought Rooney wasn't too bad in the PSV game, am I alone?

Mars Bar wrote: »

Carrick is having a stinker so far

Sadly I fail to see what Carrick provides to the side any more.

RobertKK

Giggs looks like he eats/chews food with his mouth open.

Tom.D.BJJ

Playing some decent stuff

Lord TSC

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Hah! Thought Rooney wasn't too bad in the PSV game, am I alone?



Sadly I fail to see what Carrick provides to the side any more.

In fairness, he wasn't bad.

But it sums up his form this season when a "wasn't bad" performance stands out for praise....

Mars Bar

Ah ffs

Hotblack Desiato

Balls.

monkey9

VARDDDDDDYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!! SCENES! ABSOLUTE SCENES!!!

Agent Coulson

Awesome fair play to the lad.

RobertKK

United's defense too slow getting back.

Nib

We really are a shambles.

Have to say I'm delighted for Vardy.

Lord TSC

Of course it was him...

El Horseboxo

Delighted for the chap. Records are made to be broken.

Lucas Hood

Carrick should have closed down whoever played that ball in for Vardy.

Vicxas

Jamie Vardy, what a man. What a record.

Tom.D.BJJ

****e from Young

Collie D

El Horseboxo wrote: »

Delighted for the chap. Records are made to be broken.

Indeed. Fantastic achievement. Well done. Now United...score two