Manchester United – Leicester Prediction & Picks (10.08.2018)

Manchester United and Leicester City meet at Old Trafford, in a match for the 1st round of the Premier League. The history of direct confrontations disputed in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 4 matches won 3 and tied 1. Indeed, the last time these two teams played a game in this stadium, on 26-08- 2017, for the Premier League, Manchester United won by (2-0). M. Rashford (70 ‘) and M. Fellaini (82’) scored the goals of Manchester United.

Manchester United:

This is the first match in this edition of the home team competition, which finished the previous edition in the 2nd position. The team comes to this match after a defeat away with Bayern München by (1-0). In the last 10 home matches Manchester United has won 6, tied 2 and lost 2. Defensive consistency has not been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches. In 15 games, he only had 2 comebacks in the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal.

Manchester United leaves for the new season with a single goal, to finish in a better position than in the last championship. We remember that the Red Devils finished in the second position, however, very far from the champion Manchester City. In the first game of the Premier League, coach José Mourinho must play in the usual 4-3-3, benefiting possession of the ball and organized attacks, with Juan Mata being the main organizer and creator of the offensive process. Apparently the new 10 Rashford sweater should occupy the most advanced position of the team. For this season Manchester United fixed Fred and Diogo Dalot. Unavailable by injury will be Matic, Valencia, Diogo Dalot and Rojo, while Lingard, Young, Pogba and Jones are in doubt for this first day.

Leicester City:

This is the first match in this edition of the competition of the visiting team, which finished the previous edition in the 9th position. In the last match they played, for the Friendlies, they beat Lille by (1-2). In the last 10 away matches Leicester City has 5 wins and 5 losses. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since in 21 of the last 24 matches there were Over 1,5 goals and in 17 of the last 24 there were Over 2,5 goals.

After the title reached in the 2015/2016 season, Leicester descended to the ground and won two quiet positions in the table in the following championships. This season foxholes aspire to guarantee the maintenance as quickly as possible. In this game away from home coach Claude Puel must act in 4-2-3-1, benefiting the defensive organization and passes in depth for the attack, especially towards Ihenacho: this player is very fast and exempt in the finalization. Ricardo Pereira, James Maddison and Ghezzal were some of the great contractions of Leicester for this new season. Apparently, the coach has in doubt Jamie Vardy and Maguire, players who had in the 2018 World Cup.