{"id":651734,"date":"2025-02-07T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=651734"},"modified":"2025-02-06T09:38:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T14:38:25","slug":"manchester-united-predicted-lineup-leicester-feb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/02\/07\/manchester-united-predicted-lineup-leicester-feb\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Predicted Lineup vs Leicester City for February 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following a sequence of five wins in seven matches, Manchester United came crashing back to reality on Sunday with an underwhelming 2-0 home loss<\/a> to Crystal Palace in the Premier League, leaving Ruben Amorim’s struggling side in 13th place. The Red Devils welcome Leicester City, led by legendary former player (and interim coach) Ruud van Nistelrooy, in the FA Cup fourth round this Friday, February 7 (Kick off 8PM). Here is the Manchester United predicted lineup for the clash.<\/p>\n

Manchester United Predicted Lineup for Leicester Cup Clash<\/h2>\n

How Manchester United Have Lined-Up Recently<\/h3>\n

Andr\u00e9 Onana is Manchester United’s preferred goalkeeper in the Premier League, with number two Altay Bayindir given the nod in cup fixtures.<\/p>\n

At wing-back, Noussair Mazraoui and Diogo Dalot are first-choice and both able to play on either flank, with Amad Diallo and Tyrell Malacia also filling in on occasion before the latter’s loan switch to PSV Eindhoven.<\/p>\n

Read More: <\/strong>End of an Era: Erik ten Hag\u2019s First Signing Set to Leave Manchester United<\/a><\/p>\n

At centre-back, Lisandro Martinez (Now injured), Harry Maguire, L\u00e9ny Yoro<\/a> and Matthijs de Ligt have rotated in and out of the back three, with Manuel Ugarte<\/a> and Kobbie Mainoo, the latter having been tried at false 9 in the Palace defeat,\u00a0 the preferred choices in centre midfield, supported by Toby Collyer, Casemiro and Christian Eriksen.<\/p>\n

In attacking midfield, Amad, Bruno Fernandes and Alejandro Garnacho are vying for two spots, with Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee competing for the number nine berth.<\/p>\n

Manchester United Recent Form and Tactics<\/h3>\n

Following an upturn in form, Sunday’s defeat to Oliver Glasner’s Eagles leaves the Red Devils languishing in 13th place in the Premier League. With only the signing of Danish left wing-back Patrick Dorgu from Lecce to show from an underwhelming January transfer window which saw the loan departures of Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) and Antony (Real Betis), United look especially weak in forward areas with both Zirkzee and Hojlund struggling to impose themselves in front of goal. Indeed, just 28 goals in 24 games and a goal difference of -6 underlines the truly terrible season unfolding in front of Amorim’s eyes.<\/p>\n

Manchester United Injuries to Consider<\/h3>\n

Luke Shaw has had a fresh injury setback that will see him ruled out for a further month having initially been fit enough to return to training, with Mason Mount and Jonny Evans also ruled out for the foreseeable future. Lisandro Martinez sustained a serious knee injury in Sunday’s defeat and will likely be ruled out for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n

Manchester United Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n

GK: Andr\u00e9 Onana<\/p>\n

RWB: Noussair Mazraoui<\/p>\n

RCB: L\u00e9ny Yoro<\/p>\n

CB: Matthijs de Ligt<\/p>\n

LCB: Harry Maguire<\/p>\n

LWB: Diogo Dalot<\/p>\n

CM: Manuel Ugarte<\/p>\n

CM: Kobbie Mainoo<\/p>\n

RAM: Amad Diallo<\/p>\n

LAM: Bruno Fernandes<\/p>\n

ST: Joshua Zirkzee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following a sequence of five wins in seven matches, Manchester United came crashing back to reality on Sunday with an underwhelming 2-0 home loss to Crystal Palace in the Premier League, leaving Ruben Amorim’s struggling side in 13th place. The Red Devils welcome Leicester City, led by legendary former player (and interim coach) Ruud van […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5004,"featured_media":641675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,3],"tags":[9381],"class_list":["post-651734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-premier-league","tag-manchester-united-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651734"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":651775,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651734\/revisions\/651775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}