Premiership · Matchday 06

Manchester United v Leicester City

4–1

HT 4–0

Saturday 24th September 2016 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,256

Manchester United beat Leicester City 4–1 at Old Trafford on Saturday 24th September 2016 in the Premiership. Chris Smalling (22'), Juan Mata (37'), Marcus Rashford (40') and Paul Pogba (42') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
22' Chris Smalling Assist: Daley Blind 1–0
37' Juan Mata Assist: Jesse Lingard 2–0
40' Marcus Rashford Assist: Juan Mata 3–0
42' Paul Pogba Assist: Daley Blind 4–0
Half Time 4–0
50' Robert Huth
59' Demarai Gray Assist: Daniel Amartey 4–1
74' Danny Simpson
78' Michael Carrick for Lingard
83' Wayne Rooney for Rashford
87' Ashley Young for Mata
Full Time 4–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

3 Eric Bailly

6 Paul Pogba 42'

8 Juan Mata 37'

9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic

12 Chris Smalling 22'

14 Jesse Lingard

17 Daley Blind

19 Marcus Rashford 40'

Substitutes

78' for Lingard

83' for Rashford

87' for Mata

Leicester City Lineup

4-4-2

Starting XI

4 Danny Drinkwater CM-L

5 Wes Morgan CD-R

6 Robert Huth CD-L

9 Jamie Vardy CF-L

11 Marc Albrighton LM

13 Daniel Amartey CM-R

17 Danny Simpson RB

19 Islam Slimani CF-R

21 Ron-Robert Zieler G

26 Riyad Mahrez RM

28 Christian Fuchs LB

Substitutes

2 Luis Hernández

10 Andy King on

12 Ben Hamer

15 Jeff Schlupp on

20 Shinji Okazaki

22 Demarai Gray on ⚽

23 Leonardo Ulloa

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Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

Claudio Ranieri

Leicester City

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Leicester City

4-4-2

Man Utd Leicester City

67%

Possession

33%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.84

Avg Player Rating

6.15

United vs Leicester City History

Meeting 122 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 122 times: 62W 27D 33L.

28 Nov 2015 D 1–1 PL 1 May 2016 D 1–1 PL 7 Aug 2016 W 2–1 CS

24 Sep 2016 W 4–1 This match

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