Premiership · Matchday 01

Manchester United v Leicester City

2–1

HT 1–0

Friday 10th August 2018 · Old Trafford · Att: 74,439

Manchester United beat Leicester City 2–1 at Old Trafford on Friday 10th August 2018 in the Premiership. Paul Pogba (3') and Luke Shaw (83') scored for United. United were captained by Paul Pogba, and the referee was Andre Marriner.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
3' Paul Pogba pen 1–0
Half Time 1–0
51' Daniel Amartey
54' Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues
67' Romelu Lukaku for Rashford
69' Andreas Pereira
76' Scott McTominay for Fred
83' Luke Shaw Assist: Juan Mata 2–0
84' Marouane Fellaini for Pogba
90+2' Jamie Vardy 2–1
Full Time 2–1

Match Facts

46%

Possession

4-3-3

Formation

Andre Marriner

Referee

Paul Pogba

Captain

Starting XI

Player

6 Paul Pogba 3'

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

23 Luke Shaw 83'

Substitutes

67' for Rashford

76' for Fred

84' for Pogba

Leicester City Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

1 Kasper Schmeichel G

3 Ben Chilwell LB

5 Wes Morgan CD-R

7 Demarai Gray AM-L

8 Kelechi Iheanacho F

10 James Maddison AM

14 Ricardo Pereira AM-R

15 Harry Maguire CD-L

18 Daniel Amartey RB

23 Adrien Silva RM

25 Wilfred Ndidi LM

Substitutes

6 Jonny Evans

9 Jamie Vardy on ⚽

11 Marc Albrighton

12 Danny Ward

21 Vicente Iborra on

28 Christian Fuchs

31 Rachid Ghezzal on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

Claude Puel

Leicester City

Match Information

Man Utd

4-3-3

Formation

Leicester City

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Leicester City

46%

Possession

54%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.15

Avg Player Rating

6.19

United vs Leicester City History

Meeting 126 of 140

140

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

283

Goals For

182

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 22nd September 1894. After this match United had played Leicester City 126 times: 65W 28D 33L.

5 Feb 2017 W 3–0 PL 26 Aug 2017 W 2–0 PL 23 Dec 2017 D 2–2 PL

10 Aug 2018 W 2–1 This match

3 Feb 2019 W 1–0 PL 14 Sep 2019 W 1–0 PL 26 Jul 2020 W 2–0 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	69	48	14	7	161	65	69.6
Away	69	24	16	29	117	115	34.8
Neutral	2	2	0	0	5	2	100.0

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →