Premiership · Matchday 23

Manchester United v Leicester City

3–1

HT 3–0

Saturday 31st January 2015 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,329

Manchester United beat Leicester City 3–1 at Old Trafford on Saturday 31st January 2015 in the Premiership. Robin van Persie (27') and Radamel Falcao (32') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
27' Robin van Persie Assist: Daley Blind 1–0
32' Radamel Falcao 2–0
34' Daniel Drinkwater
34' Danny Drinkwater
44' Wes Morgan OG 3–0
Half Time 3–0
68' Paddy McNair for van Persie
77' Juan Mata for Valencia
80' Marcin Wasilewski Assist: Marc Albrighton 3–1
80' James Wilson for Falcao
Full Time 3–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

9 Radamel Falcao 32'

20 Robin van Persie 27'

Substitutes

68' for van Persie

77' for Valencia

80' for Falcao

Leicester City Lineup

4-4-2

Starting XI

2 Ritchie de Laet LB

4 Danny Drinkwater CM-R

5 Wes Morgan CD-L

9 Jamie Vardy RM

10 Andy King CM-L

15 Jeff Schlupp LM

17 Danny Simpson RB

23 Leonardo Ulloa CF-R

27 Marcin Wasilewski CD-R ⚽

32 Mark Schwarzer G

40 Andrej Kramaric CF-L

Substitutes

3 Paul Konchesky

6 Matt Upson

7 Dean Hammond

11 Marc Albrighton on

12 Ben Hamer

19 Esteban Cambiasso on

35 David Nugent on

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

Managers

MUFC

Louis van Gaal

Manchester United

OPP

Nigel Pearson

Leicester City

Match Information

Man Utd

4-1-2-1-2

Formation

Leicester City

4-4-2

Man Utd Leicester City

72%

Possession

28%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Leicester City History

Meeting 118 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 118 times: 60W 25D 33L.

27 Sep 2003 W 4–1 PL 13 Apr 2004 W 1–0 PL 21 Sep 2014 L 3–5 PL

31 Jan 2015 W 3–1 This match

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

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 →