By Opta Analyst | Created at 2024-11-17 20:55:50 | Updated at 2024-11-24 09:49:18
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A clinical Manchester United gave interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy a win in his final game at the helm. Re-live Sunday’s action with the best facts and Opta data in our Man Utd vs Leicester stats page.
Ruud van Nistelrooy saw his spell as interim manager of Manchester United bookended with wins over Leicester City, after beating the Foxes for the second time in four games.
United overcame Leicester 3-0 at Old Trafford on Sunday, having also defeated them 5-2 in the EFL Cup in Van Nistelrooy’s first game following the sacking of Erik ten Hag. Rúben Amorim will take charge following the international break, and will inherit a team on the back of a win.
Bruno Fernandes marked his 250th United appearance by opening the scoring in the 17th minute, while he was also at the centre of what went down as a Victor Kristiansen own goal seven minutes before half-time.
It took until the 77th minute for the hosts to have their first shot of the second half, but shortly after that Alejandro Garnacho put the game to bed with a third goal of the afternoon.
Leicester could consider themselves unlucky to have lost by such a margin, having recorded a higher xG than the hosts (0.77 to 0.70), but that was largely down to André Onana’s save from Wilfred Ndidi in the first half when the midfielder was through on goal.
The Red Devils remain in 13th place in the Premier League, but this victory is a good launching pad for Amorim when he finally arrives from Sporting CP next week.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Manchester United vs Leicester City stats from their Premier League meeting at Old Trafford.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Man Utd vs Leicester: Post-Match Facts
- Manchester United are unbeaten in 19 straight Premier League games against promoted sides, taking 53 of a possible 57 points across these matches (W17 D2). Their last such defeat came away to Claudio Ranieri’s Watford back in November 2021 (1-4).
- Leicester have won just two of their 11 league matches this season (D4 L5), only having fewer wins at this stage of a single Premier League campaign on one occasion (one in 2001-02).
- Bruno Fernandes has been directly involved in 100 goals in 170 appearances for Manchester United in the Premier League (56 goals, 44 assists), reaching this milestone with just one more appearance than Cristiano Ronaldo (169) had upon doing so.
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