English Premier League

Manchester United vs Leicester City: Match preview

The first match of Premier League is definitely going to be a thriller, with Manchester United fighting against the 2015 Premier league champions Leicester City. The match will be hosted at the home of football ‘Old Trafford.’

When and Where?

Location: Old Trafford, Manchester
Time and Date: 8pm BST, August 10
Live stream: Sky sports and Main event channels

Team news

The new summer signing Diogo Dalot is still unavailable and so is the Antonio Valencia. Paul Pogba, Marouane Fellaini, Jesse Lingard and Ashley Young are still unavailable after the World Cup rest. Nemanja Matic is sidelined due to a surgery. Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sanchez, & ’Number 10’ Marcus Rashford are expected to play some role.

Leicester are expected to play without their pillars, Jamie Vardy and Harry Maguire after their late arrival from World Cup. Leicester will be without the services of Demarai Gray, Nampalys Mendy and Jonny Evans.

Predicted line-ups

Man United XI: De Gea(Gk), Darmian, Bailly, Lindelof, Shaw; Herrera, Fred, A. Pereira; Mata, Rashford, Alexis

Leicester XI: Schmeichel(Gk), Chilwell, Morgan, Benalouane, Ndidi, Iborra, Pereira, Maddison, Albrighton, Iheanacho

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