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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be taking charge of his tenth game as Manchester United boss against Leicester, having won eight and drawn just one to date. The likes of Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard have found their form and confidence under the Norwegian's stellar leadership.
Against Leicester, Solskjaer will face a tough opponent and will want his team to click into gear fast and kill off the game early. Leicester is well-drilled and will be defensive for long periods of the game, Manchester United's creative players will have their work cut out for them in this fixture.
With Chris Smalling now fully back in contention for the game, having been on the bench against Burnley on Thursday, the team is now almost up to full strength. The forwards are also in good form which will give the Norwegian boss selection headaches.
Despite them having a tough game against Burnley, the team still looks high in spirits. Ole will want to get back to winning ways and may opt to go back to the system that worked so well for him this far
Here's how Manchester United should lineup against Leicester City in a 4-3-1-2 formation.
Goalkeeper:
David De Gea is the obvious choice to start in the goalkeeping position. He has proven time without number that he can be relied upon and the manager will see no need to change that especially with his team chasing a top-four finish at the end of the season.
Despite conceding two against Burnley --which weren't his faults, David De Gea is still United best goalkeeping option and the manager will surely retain him for this game.
David De Gea's delivery will also need to be at it best since Leicester City are likely to frustrate United and they may just need another dimension to open them up if the conventional ways aren't working.
De Gea will also want to keep a clean sheet in this game since he hasn't had many this season
Defence:
With Chris Smalling in contention to make his first appearance for Solskjaer, the manager may opt to start him for this game. Before his injury, Smalling was the most consistent defender for Manchester United this season and was developing a great understanding with Victor Lindelof.
Ashley Young will be expected to continue in the right back position or the manager may opt for an attacking threat of Diogo Dalot, though Young's experience just edges him out.
The left-back position is now a fully settled position with Luke Shaw now performing consistently. Barring any misfortune, he should continue to play in that position.
The two full backs will be extremely important as they will provide width for United when they have the ball. They will stretch the game for United and try to deliver crosses into the opposition's box especially when Leicester turn too defensive.
Victor Lindelof will be the man that will be tasked with building from the back while his partner Chris Smalling will be the one mopping up behind him.
That four-man defence will be Ashley Young, Chris Smalling, Victor Lindelof, Luke Shaw
Midfield:
The Manchester United midfield has really been stabilized by the Norwegian manager since he took over. He has enabled the three men that are patrolling that area to be familiar with each other and most importantly he's playing them to their strengths.
No longer is Paul Pogba asked to perform extra defensive duties and Ander Herrera isn't used sparingly against top teams to sniffle their attacking force. Every one of them is playing to his strengths.
Nemanja Matic will continue to be the holding player, splitting in between Ander Herrera and Paul Pogba in that midfield trio. He will be tasked with protecting his back four and helping ensure that the team remains ticking over the entire ninety minutes of the game.
Paul Pogba will be expected to continue where he left off with amazing marauding runs and creating chances for his teammates. And finally, Ander Herrera will be covering for his full backs as he has been doing and look to pick out runners with precise long passes.
Solskjaer will want to return to this stable midfield having rested Herrera against Burnley in a move that didn't go all too well.
The midfield trio should Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matic, Paul Pogba
Attack:
The attack is where Solskjaer has really caught most of the teams he has come across unawares. Before the Tottenham game, Jesse Lingard started out on the right of the front three but was encouraged to drift infield and allow Rashford and Martial drift to the wide positions.
In the game against Tottenham in Wembley, Lingard started out as the false nine as Ole Gunnar was now confident enough to line up his team in a more 4-4-2 diamond-like formation.
That formation worked really well, against Brighton and Arsenal he continued the same style of play and it the last match is when it really bore fruit as Arsenal couldn't deal with it. Against Leicester, Ole Gunnar will surely start the same system in this fixture.
Lingard will come back in the false nine position having been rested against Burnley and he will be splitting Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial who will be the forwards
The forward line will be Jesse Lingard; Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial
Here's how the team should lineup
