{"id":652815,"date":"2025-03-16T03:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T07:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=652815"},"modified":"2025-03-16T00:55:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T04:55:43","slug":"leicester-predicted-lineup-vs-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/03\/16\/leicester-predicted-lineup-vs-manchester-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester Predicted Lineup vs Manchester United for March 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

A sixth consecutive defeat for Leicester City came last time out as former manager Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea side took all three points at Stamford Bridge. This Sunday, March 16, Ruud van Nistelrooy will take on his former club, Manchester United, for the second time this season. Here is the Leicester Predicted Lineup to take on the Red Devils at King Power Stadium<\/span><\/p>\n

Leicester Predicted Lineup vs Manchester United for Premier League Clash<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

How Leicester City Have Lined Up Recently<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Last time out, the Foxes made a dramatic change in setup, using a five-at-the-back for the first time under Van Nistelrooy. In between the sticks, Mads Hermansen reprised his role as the Foxes\u2019 shot-stopper, becoming the first keeper to save a Cole Palmer penalty in the Premier League. Wout Faes, Conor Coady,<\/span>\u00a0and Luke Thomas all starred in the centre-back roles, whilst <\/span>Victor Kristiansen and James Justin provided width as wing-backs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Leicester City Loan Roundup<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a midfield duo of\u00a0 Wilfred Ndidi and Boubakary Soumar\u00e9 also started, but the Frenchman was replaced after the 66th minute for Harry Winks. B<\/span>ilal El Khannouss and Patson Daka then played further forward, with Jamie Vardy leading the line.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Leicester City\u2019s Recent Form and Tactics<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

After Van Nistelrooy\u2019s side was defeated for the fifth time in a row, change was needed. As a result, in a bid to become more defensively solid, the Foxes turned to a back five with the hopes of being more compact and frustrating the home side. Despite having limited opportunities, it was still better than the Foxes’ recent performances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The first half saw Chelsea in full control but failing to find the back of the net in their ten attempts. A Hermansen penalty save kept his side afloat, whilst at the other end, Tosin Adarabioyo almost put his side behind through an own goal. After the first 45 minutes, it was goalless, but the home side will have felt a goal was coming. The deadlock was eventually broken through Marc Cucurella, who ended up winning the Blues all three points.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>How Leicester City Can Improve for The New Year and Survive Relegation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

It still wasn’t good enough, but the fight shown by the Leicester players was improved. Coming into this Manchester United clash, the Foxes sit nine points from safety, so risks will need to be taken if they want to remain in the top division next season.<\/p>\n

Leicester City Injuries to Consider<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

As\u00a0<\/span>revealed by\u00a0<\/span>the Dutchman<\/span><\/a>, there are<\/span>\u00a0no new injuries\u00a0<\/span>to his squad<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Leicester Predicted Lineup vs Manchester United<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

GK: Mads Hermansen<\/span><\/p>\n

RWB: James Justin<\/span><\/p>\n

RCB: Wout Faes<\/p>\n

CCB: Conor Coady<\/span><\/p>\n

LCB: Luke Thomas<\/span><\/p>\n

LWB: Victor Kristiansen<\/span><\/p>\n

CM: Wilfred Ndidi<\/span><\/p>\n

CM: Harry Winks<\/span><\/p>\n

AM: Bilal El Khannouss<\/p>\n

AM: Patson Daka<\/span><\/p>\n

ST: Jamie Vardy<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A sixth consecutive defeat for Leicester City came last time out as former manager Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea side took all three points at Stamford Bridge. This Sunday, March 16, Ruud van Nistelrooy will take on his former club, Manchester United, for the second time this season. Here is the Leicester Predicted Lineup to take on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5391,"featured_media":649544,"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":[15],"tags":[173],"class_list":["post-652815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leicester-city","tag-leicester-city"],"modified_by":"Henry Chung, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652815","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\/5391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652815"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":652842,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652815\/revisions\/652842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}