Man Utd vs Leicester City free betting tips, predictions and odds

Manchester United will hope for a new manager bounce when Ruud van Nistelrooy takes the reigns against Leicester City in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night.

Wednesday's Man Utd Bet Builder is priced at 13/1 at the time of writing.

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Man Utd vs Leicester City Bet Builder

Both teams to score

Man Utd: Over 7.5 corners

Goal before 15 minutes

Over 3.5 yellow cards

 

Both teams to score

This feels like a generous price. Leicester have scored in all nine of their Premier League matches, including two or more in their previous three away trips to Crystal Palace, Arsenal and Southampton.

Manchester United may benefit from the manager-sacking bounce, but even this dire group were always likely to get the better of a Leicester side that conceded too many goals.

The Foxes have done better than expected since returning to the Premier League, but their leaky defence is sure to land them in a relegation dogfight come May.

 

Man Utd: Over 5.5 corners

United are going to put the visitors under serious pressure at points in this match, and much of their best build play has come from wide areas this season.

Leicester defend deep and narrow, so it's no surprise to see no side has conceded more corners on their travels than the 39 they've shipped in four matches.

 

Goal before 15 minutes

This is a risky inclusion which boosts the odds, but if the United players can't produce a massive response in the first 15 minutes of this match, then they may as well pack up and go home for the season. It should invite an open game.

 

Over 3.5 yellow cards

Both teams have averaged three yellow cards per game through the first nine matches of the Premier League season.

 

 

 

 

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Planet Sport unearths the best Manchester United tips for the 2024/25 campaign as Erik ten Hag looks to put the club back into smoother waters.

Man Utd 2024/25 season outrights

United are a massive club and sooner or later, they’ll re-establish themselves as a Champions League regular.

Erik ten Hag could only lead them to an eight-place finish last season and based on the evidence of this summer and the start of the season, we aren’t convinced they’ll be able to make much of an improvement on that.

 

Man Utd season bets

Under 64 points in the Premier League

Bruno Fernandes top goalscorer

 

Man Utd odds to win the Premier League

United are an average price of 80/1 at the time of writing. It's hard to make a case for Ten Hag's side to win the title, as so much would need to fall in their favour.

They don't look to have enough quality in their starting XI or enough depth beyond it to mount a sustained challenge.

 

Can Man Utd win the FA Cup or Carabao Cup?

The Red Devils are joint fifth favourites to win the League Cup at 10/1, with Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool ahead of them in the betting.

It's a similar story with the FA Cup but bookmakers are offering as low as 8/1 and as high as 14/1 at the time of writing. Thye've made it as far as the round of 16 and Leicester and currently their next hurdle to clear.

They deserve respect as the defending champions, and they have shown the ability to motivate themselves for one-off contests, beating Liverpool and City en route to silverware.

 

Will Man Utd win the Europa League?

Despite a disappointing 1-1 draw with Twente to start their Europa League, Manchester United are second favourites to win the competition, behind Tottenham, at 6/1.

 

Man Utd's total points

Ten Hag’s side won 18 out of 38 matches en route to 60 points last season. The most disappointing aspect of their eight-place finish was the lack of fight in several losses.

This season’s points total market has been set at 64 to 66 with the latter number offering a bigger price. Eight of their 14 defeats came on the road as they won just four of 14 matches against teams above them.

None of their business in this window makes us think they’ll be considerably stronger next year.

Even if 18-year-old Leny Yoro does improve the defence in the long term, he’ll miss a sizeable chunk of the season through injury before undergoing a tough apprenticeship.

The teams above United are notably stronger and will pose as much if not more of a challenge. The top three are still strong, Newcastle have Tonali back and Tottenham continue to build.

The away fixtures that caused United so many problems aren’t likely to get any easier, either.

Teams like West Ham, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth are all likely to improve and may take points off the Reds.

 

Man Utd's top goalscorer

Our thoughts on this market tie in with the points we made above. Another reason United may struggle is down to their lack of goals.

Rasmus Hojlund will miss the start of the season and will then need to get back up to speed.

New signing Joshua Zirkzee will have to shoulder some of the burden, as will Marcus Rashford who may feature down the middle.

Like Hojlund last year, Zirkzee is a fairly young player who is unfamiliar with this level and may take time to adapt. Ten Hag could move for one more forward player in this window, but it won’t be a marquee signing.

United averaged 1.5 goals per game last season, whilst the next lowest-scoring side in the top eight, Tottenham, produced 1.95 goals per game.

Fernandes showed good leadership with 10 goals and eight assists last season, and you can make a case for his experience being crucial to their success, particularly when Hojlund is absent.

The Danish forward managed 10 goals in 30 games last season but it already looks like he could feature in fewer matches, especially if his injury woes extend beyond six weeks.

Ten Hag had all season to bring the best out of this group of players and never managed to get the likes of Antony or Rashford firing, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if, with the aid of set pieces, Fernandes comes to the rescue often enough to be United’s top team goalscorer.

 

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