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

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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

LEI		MAN
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

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.

Leicester City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Danny Ward (GK)
4	Conor Coady
5	Caleb Okoli
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