Manchester United vs Leicester City Preview

September 23, 2016
By: Deke Hardman

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Saturday’s Premier League action kicks off at Old Trafford where Manchester United take on Leicester City.

Jose Mourinho’s men ended a run of three straight defeats with victory over League One Northampton Town in the third round of the EFL Cup on Wednesday evening and they will be keen to take that momentum into the league as they look to get the three points that will, even if only temporarily take them into the top three.

Luke Shaw and Antonio Valencia could return for the hosts despite both being substituted in last weekend’s defeat at Watford with respective groin and head injuries though Henrikh Mikhitaryan is a doubt and Phil Jones is definitely out.

Top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic is favourite to open the scoring at 5.0 (4/1) with a variety of firms while Marcus Rashford, who got his third of the campaign midweek, can be backed at a price of 7.0 (6/1) with Bet Victor.

The home win is 1.72 (8/11) with Bet Victor with the visitors widely available at 5.5 (9/2) while the draw is a 4.0 (3/1) chance with a number of firms.

The Foxes go in to the game on the back of an extra-time defeat to Chelsea in the EFL Cup while last weekend they eased past Burnley to move onto seven points in the league.

Another win here could see them overtake their opponents and move level on points with Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea – the latter two meeting in Saturday’s late kick-off.

Kasper Schmeichel once again looks set to miss out despite overcoming concussion while Nampalys Mendy won’t be risked and Marcin Wasilewski is suspended.

Islam Slimani is 9.5 (17/2) to get the first goal of the game with Bet 365 ahead of Jamie Vardy who is a 10.0 (9/1) shot with Paddy Power.

The two sides met in the Community Shield last month with United winning by two goals to one – the fifth meeting in a row where both teams have got on the scoresheet and you can back them each netting this time around at 1.83 (5/6) with several bookmakers.

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