Premiership · Matchday 08

Leicester City v Manchester United

4–2

HT 1–1

Saturday 16th October 2021 · King Power Stadium · Att: 32,219

Manchester United lost 2–4 to Leicester City at King Power Stadium on Saturday 16th October 2021 in the Premiership. Mason Greenwood (19') and Marcus Rashford (82') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Craig Pawson.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
19' Mason Greenwood Assist: Bruno Fernandes 0–1
31' Youri Tielemans Assist: Kelechi Iheanacho 1–1
Half Time 1–1
52' Victor Lindelof
65' Marcus Rashford for Sancho
78' Caglar Soyuncu Assist: Ayoze Pérez 2–1
80' Scott McTominay for Matic
80' Jesse Lingard for Greenwood
82' Marcus Rashford Assist: Victor Nilsson Lindelöf 2–2
83' Jamie Vardy Assist: Ayoze Pérez 3–2
85' Aaron Wan-Bissaka
86' Paul Pogba
90+1' Patson Daka 4–2
Full Time 4–2

Match Facts

51%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Craig Pawson

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

11 Mason Greenwood 19'

Substitutes

65' for Sancho

82'

Scott McTominay

80' for Matic

Jesse Lingard

80' for Greenwood

Leicester City Lineup

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

1 Kasper Schmeichel G

4 Caglar Söyüncü CD-L ⚽

6 Jonny Evans CD

8 Youri Tielemans CM-R ⚽

9 Jamie Vardy CF-L ⚽

10 James Maddison AM

14 Kelechi Iheanacho CF-R

18 Daniel Amartey CD-R

21 Ricardo Pereira RM

27 Timothy Castagne LM

42 Boubakary Soumaré CM-L

Substitutes

5 Ryan Bertrand

7 Harvey Barnes

11 Marc Albrighton

12 Danny Ward

17 Ayoze Pérez on

20 Hamza Choudhury

23 Jannik Vestergaard on

29 Patson Daka on ⚽

37 Ademola Lookman

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

Managers

MUFC

Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United

OPP

Brendan Rodgers

Leicester City

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Leicester City

3-4-1-2

Man Utd Leicester City

51%

Possession

49%

1.2

Expected Goals (xG)

2.5

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.30

Avg Player Rating

7.30

27.7

Avg Age

27.9

United vs Leicester City History

Meeting 133 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 133 times: 68W 29D 36L.

26 Dec 2020 D 2–2 PL 21 Mar 2021 L 1–3 FAC 11 May 2021 L 1–2 PL

16 Oct 2021 L 2–4 This match

2 Apr 2022 D 1–1 PL 1 Sep 2022 W 1–0 PL 19 Feb 2023 W 3–0 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 →