English Carabao Cup

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

· English Carabao Cup
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 Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 7': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  • 10': Attempt saved. Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Kasey McAteer.
  • 10': Foul by Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United).
  • 10': Oliver Skipp (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Attempt missed. Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left.
  • 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.
  • 18': Offside, Leicester City. Bilal El Khannouss is caught offside.
  • 20': Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 20': Foul by Caleb Okoli (Leicester City).
  • 20': Caleb Okoli (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 22': Attempt blocked. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 22': Offside, Manchester United. Alejandro Garnacho is caught offside.
  • 23': Foul by Manuel Ugarte (Manchester United).
  • 23': Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 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.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kasey McAteer.
  • 32': Foul by Matthijs de Ligt (Manchester United).
  • 32': Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 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.
  • 34': Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alejandro Garnacho.
  • 35': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Conor Coady.
  • 35': Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 35': Foul by Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester City).
  • 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.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joshua Zirkzee.
  • 38': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Danny Ward.
  • 39': Casemiro (Manchester United) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Marcus Rashford with a cross following a corner.
  • 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.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Diogo Dalot.
  • 42': Hand ball by Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City).
  • 42': Attempt missed. Casemiro (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes following a set piece situation.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Justin.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United).
  • 45'+2': Oliver Skipp (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 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'+4': Delay in match because of an injury Marcus Rashford (Manchester United).
  • 45'+5': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45'+5': First Half ends, Manchester United 4, Leicester City 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Manchester United 4, Leicester City 2.
  • 48': Attempt blocked. Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Ayew.
  • 48': Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 48': Foul by Casemiro (Manchester United).
  • 49': Attempt missed. Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Bilal El Khannouss with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 52': Delay in match (Manchester United).
  • 53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 53': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Casemiro.
  • 54': Foul by Marcus Rashford (Manchester United).
  • 54': James Justin (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 55': Attempt missed. Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
  • 55': Attempt blocked. Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bilal El Khannouss.
  • 55': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Lisandro Martínez.
  • 58': Attempt saved. Joshua Zirkzee (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Alejandro Garnacho.
  • 58': Attempt missed. Joshua Zirkzee (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Alejandro Garnacho.
  • 59': Goal! Manchester United 5, Leicester City 2. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  • 61': Foul by Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United).
  • 61': James Justin (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Substitution, Manchester United. Noussair Mazraoui replaces Lisandro Martínez.
  • 63': Substitution, Manchester United. Amad Diallo replaces Marcus Rashford.
  • 64': Attempt blocked. Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Amad Diallo (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Noussair Mazraoui.
  • 66': Attempt saved. Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Oliver Skipp.
  • 68': Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Garnacho.
  • 68': Offside, Manchester United. Diogo Dalot is caught offside.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Amad Diallo (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
  • 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.
  • 74': Attempt saved. Amad Diallo (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Diogo Dalot.
  • 77': Attempt saved. Will Alves (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi.
  • 77': Casemiro (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Foul by Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City).
  • 80': Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 81': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by James Justin.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Casemiro with a through ball.
  • 83': Attempt saved. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Oliver Skipp.
  • 83': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Altay Bayindir.
  • 84': Attempt blocked. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Boubakary Soumaré.
  • 84': Offside, Manchester United. Amad Diallo is caught offside.
  • 85': Substitution, Manchester United. Ethan Wheatley replaces Joshua Zirkzee.
  • 86': Attempt blocked. Luke Thomas (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 87': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Manuel Ugarte (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Victor Lindelöf.
  • 89': Foul by Diogo Dalot (Manchester United).
  • 89': Will Alves (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Luke Thomas with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 90': Foul by Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester City).
  • 90': Noussair Mazraoui (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Casemiro (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Diogo Dalot.
  • 90'+2': Second Half ends, Manchester United 5, Leicester City 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Manchester United 5, Leicester City 2.

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

Game Information

Competition: English Carabao Cup

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

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
Manchester United 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
Leicester City Substitutes:
Jannik Vestergaard, Facundo Buonanotte, Ricardo Pereira, Daniel Iversen, Odsonne Édouard, Wilfred Ndidi, Stephy Mavididi, Harry Winks, Will Alves.

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