Two contenders for a Champions League place meet when Manchester United host Leicester. Opta weighs up the odds.
After winning just one of their first four home Premier League games against Leicester (D2 L1), Man Utd have won eight of their last nine against the Foxes at Old Trafford (D1). A home victory is [1.88].
Leicester have won just one of their last 20 league games against Man Utd (D4 L15. The draw is [3.9].
Manchester United have lost three of their last five Premier League games at Old Trafford (W1 D1), as many as they had lost in their previous 52 at Old Trafford (W32 D17 L3). A Leicester win is [4.7].
Should Leicester avoid defeat at Man Utd, it would be only the second time in the last 19 seasons the Foxes have gone unbeaten in their first five league games of a season – they went on to win the Premier League title in the other (2015-16 – W3 D2 L0). The draw half-time/Leicester full-time double result is [9.2].
Man Utd winger Daniel James could become only the second Red Devils player to score in his first three Premier League appearances at Old Trafford – the other was his current manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær in September 1996. James is [4.4] to score.
Since Brendan Rodgers’ first Premier League game in charge on March 3rd, only Liverpool (40) and Man City (37) have won more points than Leicester City (25). Leicester are [2.12] to avoid defeat in the Double Chance market.
Man Utd’s Marcus Rashford has scored three Premier League goals against Leicester – against no side does he have more in the competition. Rashford is [2.8] to find the net.
Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers’ only previous Premier League victory at Old Trafford was with Liverpool in March 2014 (3-0). He could become just the third manager to win away at Man Utd in the competition with two different clubs, after Martin O’Neill (Leicester and Aston Villa) and Rafael Benitez (Liverpool and Chelsea). Leicester are [3.5] in the Draw No Bet market.
Only Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne (13) has created more chances in open-play than Manchester United’s Paul Pogba (11) this season, with the Frenchman top of this category since Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s first game in charge in December 2018 (48). Over 2.5 goals is [1.86].
Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has scored more Premier League goals than any other player since Brendan Rodgers’ first game in charge on March 3rd (12 goals). Vardy is [3.0] to score.
Among players to play at least 1000 minutes under a manager in the Premier League, only Sergio Agüero under Manuel Pellegrini (one goal every 96 minutes) and Alan Shearer under Ray Harford (one goal every 102 minutes) have a better mins/goal ratio than Jamie Vardy under Brendan Rodgers (one goal every 104 minutes). Vardy is [7.0] to open the scoring.
Source: Betfair Premier League
