Leicester City FC at Manchester United FC 5/11/21 - Premier League Picks & Predictions

By: Mike |

Last Updated: 05/10/2021 at 4:36 PM ET

Manchester United hosts Leicester City in an English Premier League fixture between the second and fourth place clubs. Manchester United is second in the top-flight English league table at 20-10-4 on 70 points with a goal difference of +31. Manchester United defeated Aston Villa 3-1 on Sunday to prevent Manchester City from clinching the EPL crown for another week.

Manchester United has three wins, one draw and one loss in its most recent five matches across all competitions and over that span has scored 14 goals and allowed seven. Bruno Fernandes is the leading goal scorer for Manchester United with 17, while Marcus Rashford has scored 10. Fernandes is the leader in assists with 11 and Rashford has nine.

Leicester City is fourth in the top-flight English league table at 19-6-10 on 63 points with a goal difference of +20. Leicester City was defeated by Newcastle 4-2 at the weekend and must continue to play well over the final three matches of the EPL campaign to qualify for the Champions League next season. Leicester City leads fifth place West Ham United by five points.

Leicester City has three wins, one draw and one loss in it's last five matches across all competitions and has scored nine goals and allowed six over that span. The leading goal scorer for Leicester City is Jamie Vardy with 13, while Kelechi Iheanacho has scored 11 and Harvey Barnes has nine. Vardy is the leader in assists with nine, while James Maddison has five.

Over the last five matches played between these two English Premier League rivals, Manchester United has three wins, Leicester City has one win and one ended in a draw. Leicester City defeated Manchester United 3-1 in an English FA Cup fixture on March 21 in the most recent match between the two. However, on Tuesday Manchester United will be at home in Old Trafford and will use it's excellent attacking duo of Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford to pressure the leaky Leicester City backline and take all three points. Final Score Prediction, Manchester United wins 3-1

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