FA Cup · 6th Round

Leicester City v Manchester United

3–1

HT 1–1

Sunday 21st March 2021 · King Power Stadium · Att: Behind closed doors

Manchester United lost 1–3 to Leicester City at King Power Stadium on Sunday 21st March 2021 in the FA Cup. Mason Greenwood (38') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Craig Pawson.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
24' Kelechi Iheanacho 1–0
30' Harry Maguire
38' Mason Greenwood 1–1
Half Time 1–1
52' Youri Tielemans Assist: Kelechi Iheanacho 2–1
64' Luke Shaw for Telles
64' Bruno Fernandes for Matic
64' Edinson Cavani for van de Beek
64' Scott McTominay for Pogba
69' Marc Albrighton
72' Scott McTominay
76' Jonny Evans
78' Kelechi Iheanacho Assist: Marc Albrighton 3–1
84' Amad Diallo for Fred
Full Time 3–1

Match Facts

52%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Craig Pawson

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

11 Mason Greenwood 38'

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

Substitutes

64' for Telles

64' for Matic

64' for van de Beek

64' for Pogba

84' for Fred

Leicester City Lineup

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

1 Kasper Schmeichel G

3 Wesley Fofana CD-R

4 Caglar Söyüncü CD-L

6 Jonny Evans CD

8 Youri Tielemans CM-R ⚽

9 Jamie Vardy CF-L

11 Marc Albrighton RM

14 Kelechi Iheanacho CF-R ⚽⚽

17 Ayoze Pérez AM

25 Wilfred Ndidi CM-L

27 Timothy Castagne LM

Substitutes

12 Danny Ward

18 Daniel Amartey

20 Hamza Choudhury on

24 Nampalys Mendy

26 Dennis Praet on

28 Christian Fuchs

33 Luke Thomas

38 Khanya Leshabela

46 Vontae Daley-Campbell

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

4-1-2-1-2

Formation

Leicester City

3-4-1-2

Man Utd Leicester City

52%

Possession

48%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.00

Avg Player Rating

7.10

26.2

Avg Age

27.6

United vs Leicester City History

Meeting 131 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 131 times: 68W 29D 34L.

14 Sep 2019 W 1–0 PL 26 Jul 2020 W 2–0 PL 26 Dec 2020 D 2–2 PL

21 Mar 2021 L 1–3 This match

11 May 2021 L 1–2 PL 16 Oct 2021 L 2–4 PL 2 Apr 2022 D 1–1 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

All 140 meetings with Leicester City →

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 →