Manchester United's predicted XI vs Leicester

After an international break, Manchester United will return to Premier League action this Saturday when they take on Leicester City in their first game back.
Atletico Madrid defeated Manchester United 1-0 in their final match before the first international break of 2022, sending United out of the UEFA Champions League. Ralf Rangnick's side were eliminated from the competition. United's final chance to win a trophy this season was dashed by the setback, with a top-four finish in the Premier League now the team's major priority.

Over the course of the international break, Portugal qualified for the World Cup thanks to the performances of Cristiano Ronaldo, Diogo Dalot, and Bruno Fernandes. Portugal's World Cup destiny was sealed with a 2-0 victory over North Macedonia. Fernandes was responsible for both goals in the victory.

The striker Edinson Cavani, who played a key role in Uruguay securing World Cup qualifying over the break, has suffered an injury and may be unable to play against Leicester. After a lengthy travel back from South America, it is still unclear whether Alex Telles and Fred will be declared fit to play on Saturday.
So, what kind of starting lineups do you think both clubs will go with? In addition, what is possible for the final result to be? As a result, we ran a simulation of Manchester United versus Leicester on FIFA 22 to come up with a score prediction. And that's exactly what occurred.

A computer simulation projected the outcome of Manchester United's game against Leicester City.
The AI was allowed to play against each other in kick-off mode in FIFA 22 to provide a score prediction. We then picked the teams and sat back and watched the match as it unfolded.

According to our predictions, Manchester United will line up in the following fashion: Goalkeeper De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Maguire, Shaw; Fernandez, McTominay, Pogba; Rashford, Ronaldo, Sancho; McTominay, Ronaldo, Sancho.

Manchester United's predicted XI vs Leicester

A 3-4-3 formation is what we think the Foxes will play in this game; their line-up would be: Schmeichel: Fofana: Evans: Soyuncu: Schmeichel: Justin, Tielemans, Dewsbury-Hall, Castagne: Iheanacho: Barnes: Barnes

A 4-2 win for Leicester against United in their most recent meeting seemed the most likely outcome, and the Foxes looked more likely to score early on, with Harvey Barnes testing David De Gea twice. After a poor start, Manchester United were punished as Leicester City took the lead in the 20th minute.

Kelechi Iheanacho made it 1-0 to Leicester City

To his credit, Wesley Fofana made a great catch and advanced toward the United box after intercepting a long ball aimed towards Ronaldo. It was Iheanacho's first goal for the club as he headed home from James Justin's cross after the Frenchman fizzed the ball out.

The Nigerian striker aimed for the near post, but the swerve got it around the flat-footed De Gea for the opener. Marcus Rashford's goal right before half-time gave Manchester United a chance to get back into the game.

Marcus Rashford made it 1-1

Jadon Sancho produced some wonderful work down the left flank, separating himself from Fofana before cutting back onto his right and firing a low cross into the box. Rashford was waiting at the far post, and the winger did a fantastic job of beating two Leicester defenders to the ball and powering a header past Kasper Schmeichel with authority.

United had the better of the first half, but the equalizer gave them the lead going into the intermission. United continued to harass the Foxes' goal with efforts in the opening minutes of the second half, but Rangnick's men were unable to get through.

Anthony Elanga and Jesse Lingard were brought on in the dying minutes of the game by Manchester United in a bid to find a winner. The fresh legs caused issues for Leicester, and it was Lingard's aggressive press that helped United regain possession before scoring the game-winning goal with two minutes remaining.

Bruno Fernandes made it 2-1 to Man United

United's counterattack was launched as Lingard tracked down the ball until it reached the feet of Fofana, who mishandled his pass under pressure and into the path of Ronaldo, who scored the opening goal of the game. The Portuguese striker surged forward with possibilities on either side, but he chose to find Fernandes, who circled Schmeichel before putting the ball into an empty net.

Man United 2-1 Leicester City is the final score predicted by FIFA 22.

Here are the final match statistics.

FT stats from Man United 2-1 Leicester City on FIFA 22

With Leicester City ahead after 30 minutes, FIFA 22 forecasts that United would be on the back foot for the first 30 minutes, but goals from Rashford and Fernandes might give United all three points in a dramatic late comeback against the Foxes. Despite the fact that a win would maintain United within striking distance of Arsenal, the Gunners would still hold the advantage in fourth place due to a game in hand.