Manchester United vs Leicester City Preview

August 25, 2017
By: Deke Hardman

Saturday’s Premier League action concludes at Old Trafford where top of the table Manchester United take on Leicester City.

The hosts have simply been ruthless in their opening two fixtures this season thumping both West Ham United and Swansea City by four goals to nil.

New signings Nemanja Matic and Romelu Lukaku have been imperious, hitting the ground running since their arrivals from Chelsea and Everton respectively while this fixture comes two days after the news of Zlatan Ibrahimovic agreeing a new deal with the club.

The Sweden international is not likely to be match ready for some time though could prove to be vital in the second half of the season.

Back to the here and now and manager Jose Mourinho could name an unchanged side as he seeks a third straight win with Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw and Ashley Young still sidelined however Anthony Martial is pushing for a start after coming off the bench to score in two games in succession.

Lukaku is favourite to get the first goal of the game at 1.75 (3/4) with William Hill with Paul Pogba a 3.40 (12/5) chance with Paddy Power.

The home win is widely available at 1.33 (3/10) with the visitors as highly priced as the 11.5 (21/2) on offer from Bet Victor. The draw is priced at 5.5 (9/2) with a number of firms.

Craig Shakespeare’s side beat Brighton and Hove Albion last weekend and can move level on points with their opponents with victory here.

Despite suffering injuries against the Seagulls both Wes Morgan and Jamie Vardy are expected to be involved though there are doubts over Harry Maguire, Danny Drinkwater, Papy Mendy and Kelechi Iheanacho while Robert Huth and Vicente Iborra are definitely out.

Vardy is 11.0 (10/1) with several bookmakers to open the scoring while Islam Slimani, who netted in the midweek EFL Cup win over Sheffield United can be backed at 15.0 (14/1) with Bet 365.

The Red Devils won both of last season’s league meetings with the Foxes by a margin of three goals and you can back that outcome here at 6.0 (5/1) with Betfair.

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