Premiership · Matchday 19

Leicester City v Manchester United

2–2

HT 1–1

Saturday 23rd December 2017 · King Power Stadium · Att: 32,202

Manchester United drew 2–2 with Leicester City at King Power Stadium on Saturday 23rd December 2017 in the Premiership. Juan Mata (40', 60') scored for United. United were captained by Paul Pogba, and the referee was Jonathan Moss.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
27' Jamie Vardy Assist: Riyad Mahrez 1–0
34' Victor Lindelof
40' Juan Mata Assist: Jesse Lingard 1–1
Half Time 1–1
47' Nemanja Matic
54' Marc Albrighton
60' Juan Mata 1–2
69' Daniel Amartey
71' Marcus Rashford for Martial
73' Daniel Amartey 2nd yellow
76' Ander Herrera for Lingard
81' Riyad Mahrez
83' Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Mata
90+4' Harry Maguire Assist: Marc Albrighton 2–2
Full Time 2–2

Match Facts

50%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Jonathan Moss

Referee

Paul Pogba

Captain

Starting XI

Player

8 Juan Mata 40', 60'

Substitutes

71' for Martial

76' for Lingard

83' for Mata

Leicester City Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

1 Kasper Schmeichel G

2 Danny Simpson RB

5 Wes Morgan CD-R

7 Demarai Gray AM

9 Jamie Vardy F ⚽

11 Marc Albrighton AM-L

15 Harry Maguire CD-L ⚽

21 Vicente Iborra LM

25 Wilfred Ndidi RM

26 Riyad Mahrez AM-R

28 Christian Fuchs LB

Substitutes

3 Ben Chilwell on

10 Andy King

12 Ben Hamer

16 Aleksandar Dragovic

18 Daniel Amartey on

19 Islam Slimani

20 Shinji Okazaki 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

4-2-3-1

Formation

Leicester City

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Leicester City

50%

Possession

50%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.97

Avg Player Rating

6.28

United vs Leicester City History

Meeting 125 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 125 times: 64W 28D 33L.

24 Sep 2016 W 4–1 PL 5 Feb 2017 W 3–0 PL 26 Aug 2017 W 2–0 PL

23 Dec 2017 D 2–2 This match

10 Aug 2018 W 2–1 PL 3 Feb 2019 W 1–0 PL 14 Sep 2019 W 1–0 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 →