Premiership · Matchday 03

Manchester United v Leicester City

2–0

HT 0–0

Saturday 26th August 2017 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,021

Manchester United beat Leicester City 2–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 26th August 2017 in the Premiership. Marcus Rashford (70') and Marouane Fellaini (82') scored for United. United were captained by Antonio Valencia, and the referee was Michael Oliver.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
Half Time 0–0
54' Henrikh Mkhitaryan
67' Marcus Rashford for Mata
70' Marcus Rashford Assist: Henrikh Mkhitaryan 1–0
74' Marouane Fellaini for Mkhitaryan
76' Jesse Lingard for Martial
82' Marouane Fellaini Assist: Jesse Lingard 2–0
89' Matthew James
89' Matty James
90' Kasper Schmeichel
Full Time 2–0

Match Facts

69%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Michael Oliver

Referee

Antonio Valencia

Captain

Starting XI

Player

22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan

25 Antonio Valencia

31 Nemanja Matic

Substitutes

Marcus Rashford

67' for Mata

70'

Marouane Fellaini

74' for Mkhitaryan

82'

Jesse Lingard

76' for Martial

Leicester City Lineup

4-4-1-1

Starting XI

1 Kasper Schmeichel G

2 Danny Simpson RB

5 Wes Morgan CD-R

9 Jamie Vardy F

11 Marc Albrighton LM

15 Harry Maguire CD-L

20 Shinji Okazaki RCF

22 Matty James CM-R

25 Wilfred Ndidi CM-L

26 Riyad Mahrez RM

28 Christian Fuchs LB

Substitutes

3 Ben Chilwell

7 Demarai Gray on

8 Kelechi Iheanacho

10 Andy King on

12 Ben Hamer

18 Daniel Amartey

19 Islam Slimani on

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

Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

Craig Shakespeare

Leicester City

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Leicester City

4-4-1-1

Man Utd Leicester City

69%

Possession

31%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.34

Avg Player Rating

6.53

United vs Leicester City History

Meeting 124 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 124 times: 64W 27D 33L.

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

26 Aug 2017 W 2–0 This match

23 Dec 2017 D 2–2 PL 10 Aug 2018 W 2–1 PL 3 Feb 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 →