English Carabao Cup

Man United vs Leicester 2024-25 English Carabao Cup, Fourth Round

Manchester United
  • 15': Casemiro
  • 28': Alejandro Garnacho
  • 36': Bruno Fernandes
  • 39': Casemiro
  • 59': Bruno Fernandes
FT
5 - 2
Leicester City
  • 33': Bilal El Khannouss
  • 45'+3': Conor Coady

Man Utd thrash Leicester in 1st game since Ten Hag exit

Manchester United eased into the Carabao Cup quarterfinals with a breathless 5-2 victory over Leicester City on Wednesday, their first game since the sacking of manager Erik ten Hag.

Match Commentary

  • 15': Goal! Manchester United 1, Leicester City 0. Casemiro (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Alejandro Garnacho.
  • 20': Caleb Okoli (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 28': Goal! Manchester United 2, Leicester City 0. Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Diogo Dalot with a cross.
  • 33': Goal! Manchester United 2, Leicester City 1. Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  • 36': Goal! Manchester United 3, Leicester City 1. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  • 39': Goal! Manchester United 4, Leicester City 1. Casemiro (Manchester United) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner following a corner.
  • 45'+3': Goal! Manchester United 4, Leicester City 2. Conor Coady (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  • 45'+5': First Half ends, Manchester United 4, Leicester City 2.
  • 59': Goal! Manchester United 5, Leicester City 2. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  • 62': Substitution, Manchester United. Noussair Mazraoui replaces Lisandro Martínez.
  • 63': Substitution, Manchester United. Amad Diallo replaces Marcus Rashford.
  • 71': Substitution, Leicester City. Jannik Vestergaard replaces Caleb Okoli.
  • 72': Substitution, Leicester City. Will Alves replaces Bilal El Khannouss.
  • 72': Substitution, Leicester City. Stephy Mavididi replaces Kasey McAteer.
  • 72': Substitution, Leicester City. Odsonne Édouard replaces Jordan Ayew.
  • 72': Substitution, Leicester City. Facundo Buonanotte replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
  • 72': Substitution, Manchester United. Jonny Evans replaces Matthijs de Ligt.
  • 73': Substitution, Manchester United. Rasmus Højlund replaces Alejandro Garnacho.
  • 85': Substitution, Manchester United. Ethan Wheatley replaces Joshua Zirkzee.

Game Information

Competition: English Carabao Cup

Venue: Old Trafford
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 73,470

Statistics

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5 Fouls 8
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
3 Corner Kicks 5
4 Saves 5
43.6 Possession 56.4
16 SHOTS 23
7 ON GOAL 9
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
364 Accurate Passes 488
431 Passes 560
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
5 Accurate Crosses 4
13 Crosses 11
0.4 Cross % 0.4
47 Long Balls 49
21 Accurate Long Balls 28
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
4 Blocked Shots 6
10 Effective Tackles 6
19 Tackles 16
0.5 Tackle % 0.4
11 Interceptions 12
13 Effective Clearances 15
13 Clearances 15

Line-Ups

MAN Manchester United (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Altay Bayindir (GK)
2 Victor Lindelöf
4 Matthijs de Ligt
6 Lisandro Martínez
20 Diogo Dalot
8 Bruno Fernandes
18 Casemiro
25 Manuel Ugarte
11 Joshua Zirkzee
17 Alejandro Garnacho
10 Marcus Rashford
Substitutes:
Jonny Evans, Ethan Wheatley, Amad, Tom Heaton, Jack Fletcher, Jayce Fitzgerald, Harry Amass, Rasmus Højlund, Noussair Mazraoui.

LEI Leicester City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Danny Ward (GK)
4 Conor Coady
5 Caleb Okoli Yellow Card
33 Luke Thomas
2 James Justin
11 Bilal El Khannouss
24 Boubakary Soumaré
22 Oliver Skipp
18 Jordan Ayew
35 Kasey McAteer
14 Bobby De Cordova-Reid
Substitutes:
Jannik Vestergaard, Facundo Buonanotte, Ricardo Pereira, Daniel Iversen, Odsonne Édouard, Wilfred Ndidi, Stephy Mavididi, Harry Winks, Will Alves.

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