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Jakarta –
Leicester City and Manchester United will battle for a place in the FA Cup semi-finals. Here are some facts and figures about the match.
Leicester will host MU at King Power Stadium in the quarterfinals on Monday (3/22/2021). So far there have been two teams that have qualified first, namely Southampton and
City of Manchester.
For MU, the FA Cup is one of the most realistic competitions to win and quickly finish with the championship trophy in three years. The reason is that the Red Devils are very difficult to catch City in the Premier League and have been eliminated in the League Cup.
Against Leicester, MU is more favored. Bruno Fernandes cs has a very convincing match record and is on a positive pace in the national competition.
The following are facts and figures about the FA Cup quarter-final duel between Leicester vs MU, quoted from BBC Sport:
1. Leicester City’s only win in 25 games in 23 years was 5-3 at the Premier League’s King Power Stadium in September 2014 (won 1, drew 5, lost 19).
2. It was Leicester’s first home win against Man United in 14 attempts.
3. Manchester United won two of their previous FA Cup matches against Leicester City: 3-1 in the 1963 final and 2-1 in the fifth round in 1975/76.
Four. Foxes without reaching the FA Cup semi-finals since 1982; Since then they have lost in the quarterfinals where the last three were all against Chelsea (2020, 2018, 2012).
5. Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers suffered 11 defeats in 14 meetings with Man United. Rodgers couldn’t even win in the last seven games.
6. Manchester United have been undefeated in 29 games in all national competitions (won 21, drew 8).
7. The Red Devils have won the FA Cup 12 times, only losing to Arsenal (14).
8. Manchester United seek a record 31 FA Cup semi-finals, bypassing Arsenal.
(rin / adp)
