For the 24th matchday of the English Premier League, Manchester United welcomes Leicester to Old Trafford.
It continues its upward trajectory Manchester in the championship, the previous matchday, even though it was difficult for Leeds to win away from home with 2-0. He received several phases from the home team, but he was able to keep a clean sheet and by "striking" twice with counterattacks in the last quarter, he got the valuable three points.
So Manchester reached 46 points and has consolidated in 3rd place of the standings, at minus 8 from the first Arsenal and at minus 6 from the 2nd City.
Manchester City were held to a 2-2 draw by Barcelona on Thursday night for the first leg of the Europa League play offs. and got a qualification advantage for the 16 of the event. It will be followed by a replay at its headquarters next week.
Great win for Leicester, last week they crushed Tottenham at home 4-1. He may have fallen behind early on in the score but he reacted exceptionally well and scoring 3 times went to the dressing room in front of the score. In the replay, it was the team that controlled the pace and with another goal in the last quarter, it gave dimensions of triumph to its victory.
This was Leicester's 2nd straight win in the league which raised it to 14th place in the standings with 24 points, in plus 4 from the relegation line.
A very interesting matchup between two teams that have been in very good shape lately. Manchester is expected to be the favorite for the match due to home and quality but is also burdened by Thursday night's match in Barcelona. This is exactly what Leicester will try to take advantage of, having as an ally their good psychology after the last positive results for the same. The conditions are there to see a very nice match, with the two gladiators scoring with great ease.
Tip: Manchester United – Leicester GG & Over 2,5 goals with odds of 2.00