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Stat Pack: Manchester United vs. Leicester City

Get some of the key numbers and enjoy nostalgic glances to the past concerning fixtures between Manchester United and Leicester City.

2025-02-06T10:30+00:00

by Sam Stevens & Dave Smith

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06 Feb, 2025

Stat Pack: Manchester United vs. Leicester City

Get some of the key numbers and enjoy nostalgic glances to the past concerning fixtures between Manchester United and Leicester City.

Sam Stevens & Dave Smith

2025-02-06T10:30+00:00

Stat Pack: Manchester United vs. Leicester City

Get some of the key numbers and enjoy nostalgic glances to the past concerning fixtures between Manchester United and Leicester City.

Sam Stevens & Dave Smith

2025-02-06T10:30+00:00

Stat Pack: Manchester United vs. Leicester City

Get some of the key numbers and enjoy nostalgic glances to the past concerning fixtures between Manchester United and Leicester City.

Sam Stevens & Dave Smith

2025-02-06T10:30+00:00

Stat Pack: Manchester United vs. Leicester City

Get some of the key numbers and enjoy nostalgic glances to the past concerning fixtures between Manchester United and Leicester City.

Sam Stevens & Dave Smith

2025-02-06T10:30+00:00

Only on one occasion in the last eight years have City not emerged past the fourth round stage of the FA Cup, although an away day at Man Utd is a tough proposition for any team.

One reason for that, aside from the fact the Red Devils have won the tournament 13 times, can be found in the fact they have won 16 of their last 18 home ties.

The last visiting team to win at Old Trafford was Arsenal back in March 2015.

There is, of course, the oddity this season of Man Utd having already hosted us twice before. Another strange quirk saw Ruud van Nistelrooy, the current City Manager, in the home dugout for each of those games. The Red Devils were winners on both occasions, once in the Premier League and the other in the Carabao Cup.

Man Utd and Leicester have only met in the FA Cup three times before this tie, including the 1963 final. Our only win came in 2021, on the way to us lifting the trophy for the first-ever time, as Kelechi Iheanacho's brace and a long-range hit from Youri Tielemans saw us through.

In the build-up to this next encounter with Man Utd, here’s some of the key numbers…

Last league encounter

Manchester United 3 Leicester City 0 (10/11/2024)
Goalscorers: Fernandes, Garnacho, Kristiansen (OG)
Premier League

Before scoring the goal which won us the FA Cup, Youri Tielemans also found the net against Man Utd in the last-eight.

Last FA Cup tie

Leicester City 3 Manchester United 1 (21/03/2021)
Goalscorers: Iheanacho 2, Tielemans / Greenwood
Quarter-Final

Last League Cup tie

Manchester United 5 Leicester City 2 (30/10/2024)
Goalscorers: Casemiro (2), Garnacho, Fernandes (2) / El Khannouss, Coady
Fourth Round

Last FA Community Shield tie

Leicester City 1 Manchester United 2 (07/08/2016)
Goalscorers: Vardy / Lingard, Ibrahimović

League champions Leicester met FA Cup holders Man Utd in the 2016 FA Community Shield.

Player for both - put yourself to the test!

We make it 27 players to have been on the books both for Man Utd and the Foxes, but how many can you name? Scroll to the bottom of this article for the answers!

Leading goalscorers

Ken Keyworth is our top goalscorer in games against the Red Devils, with nine strikes to his name. Denis Law, on the other hand, hit 13 goals against us over the years, making him United’s top scorer in this fixture.

Incidentally, Arthur Lochhead netted for both clubs against one another (four for Man Utd and two for City). Wes Morgan, on the other hand, has less conventionally scored for both, but will remember his header in 2016 more fondly than the own goal a year earlier.

Ruud van Nistelrooy, now our Manager, hit three goals in Leicester back in 2003.

The last time

Last Leicester City hat-trick: Ken Keyworth | 16/04/1963 | First Division | Filbert Street
Last Man Utd hat-trick: Ruud van Nistelrooy | 27/09/2003 | Premier League | Walkers Stadium (now King Power Stadium)

Current Foxes Manager Ruud van Nistelrooy was the last Red Devils player to net a hat-trick against us, in a 4-1 win for the visitors under Sir Alex Ferguson back in 2003. Roy Keane opened the scoring, while Frank Sinclair got our goal on Filbert Way.

Leicester City post-war hat tricks: Ken Keyworth. Man Utd post-war hat tricks: Billy Whelan, Denis Law, Dwight Yorke, Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Leo Ulloa wheels away after scoring the from spot against the Red Devils 11 years ago.

Last Leicester City penalty scored: Leonardo Ulloa | 21/09/2014 | Premier League | King Power Stadium
Last Man Utd penalty scored: Bruno Fernandes | 26/07/2019 | Premier League | King Power Stadium

David Nugent also struck from the penalty spot in that iconic 5-3 comeback win over United in 2014. The Red Devils, meanwhile, have converted three spot kicks in the last four meetings.

Leicester City post-war penalties: Howard Riley, David Nish, David Nugent, Leonardo Ulloa. Man Utd post-war penalties: Denis Law, George Best, Alex Stepney, Gerry Daly, Gordon Strachan, Peter Davenport, David Beckham, Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes.

Last Leicester City own goal conceded: Victor Kristiansen | 10/11/2024 | Premier League | Old Trafford
Last Man Utd own goal conceded: Axel Tuanzebe | 26/12/2020 | Premier League | King Power Stadium

Leicester City post-war own goals: Wes Morgan, Victor Kristiansen. Man Utd post-war own goals: Axel Tuanzebe.

It took all of 119 meetings before any player suffered this particular misfortune, but they've been more common in recent times.

Rachid Ghezzal made his bow for the Club from the bench back in 2018.

Last Leicester City debutant: Rachid Ghezzal | 10/08/2018 | Premier League | Old Trafford
Last Man Utd debutant: Anthony Elanga | 11/05/2021 | Premier League | Old Trafford

While Rachid Ghezzal came off the bench during the game, Ricardo Pereira and James Maddison also made their first competitive starts for the Club in a 2-1 opening-day defeat at Old Trafford in 2018.

Leicester City post-war debutants: Joe O'Neil, Nick Sharkey, Frank Worthington, Nev Hamilton, Andy Feeley, Laurie Cunningham, Frank Sinclair, Gerry Taggart, Kevin Ellison, Alan Rogers, Danny Coyne, Luis Hernández, Ahmed Musa, Papy Mendy, Ricardo Pereira, James Maddison, Rachid Ghezzal. Man Utd post-war debutants: Harry Gregg, Ken Morgans, Ronnie Briggs, John Aston, Bobby Noble, Jimmy Greenhoff, Scott McGarvey, Liam O'Brien, Eric Bailly, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Fred, Anthony Elanga.

Last Leicester City red card: Jonny Evans | 26/07/2020 | Premier League | King Power Stadium
Last Man Utd red card: Tyler Blackett | 21/09/2014 | Premier League | King Power Stadium

Leicester City dismissals: Danny Drinkwater, Daniel Amartey, Jonny Evans. Man Utd dismissals: Charlie Moore, Tyler Blackett.

Last transfer to Leicester City: Tom Lawrence & Nick Powell | 01/09/2014 | Loans
Last transfer to Man Utd: Jonny Evans | 18/07/2023 | Initial short-term contract

Danny Simpson, a Premier League title winner with Leicester, started out at Old Trafford.

Played for both - answers

Jack Barmby, Tom Cleverley, Laurie Cunningham, John Curtis, Gerry Daly, Ritchie de Laet, Danny Drinkwater, Jonny Evans, Colin Gibson, Keith Gillespie, Ernie Hine, Matty James, Michael Keane, Ton Lawrence, Jesse Lingard, Arthur Lochhead, Harry Maguire, John Mitten, Johnny Morris, Nick Powell, Mark Robins, Louis Rowley, Martin Russell, Robbie Savage, Danny Simpson, Ritchie Wellens and Ron-Robert Zieler.

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