- Man Utd v Leicester (8pm)
- First game of new PL season
After three long months, the English Premier League (EPL) starts today (Friday).
To get things under way for the 2018/19 the opening day match will be at Old Trafford.
Manchester United will take on Leicester in the first game of the new campaign and the kick off time is 8pm.
At Old Trafford, Leicester City have lost on seven of their last eight visits in the league, scoring a total of just three goals in that period.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED AT UTD’
Jose Mourinho says his Manchester Unitedsquad “is the same” as last season following a frustrating transfer window for the club.
“It is the same, the same squad as last season,” Mourinho told Sky Sports. “We changed the goalkeepers with Lee [Grant] because Joel [Pereira] Is such a good young goalkeeper that he needs to play.
“We changed Daley Blind for a 19-year-old kid [Diego Dalot] that we believe has the potential to play right-back or left-back and we changed Michael Carrick for Fred so our squad is the same.
“He [Fred] is a midfield player, he’s not a striker, not a central defender, he’s a midfield player that technically is very good. In that sense, typically, the Brazilian player has a very rich luggage in technical terms and also in some static beauty movements of football. He’s a player to really enjoy, if he adapts as soon as possible.”
TEAM NEWS
Manchester United’s squad is stretched through injuries and fitness issues with returning World Cup star. Sergio Romero, Antonio Valencia, Marcos Rojo and Diogo Dalot are out through injury on Friday, as are Ander Herrera and Nemanja Matic.
Paul Pogba, Ashley Young, Jesse Lingard and Marouane Fellaini will be assessed, while Anthony Martial’s availability is unclear after missing the final pre-season friendly at Bayern Munich. New boys Lee Grant and Fred are available.
Leicester could be missing up to six players for the trip to Old Trafford. Matty James (Achilles) and Nampalys Mendy (muscle) are the only definite absentees but James Maddison should shake off a knock.
Puel will make a late call on Harry Maguire and Jamie Vardy while late calls will be made on Jonny Evans (muscle) ane).
Deadline day signing Filip Benkovic could make his debut, while fellow new recruits Ricardo Pereira and Rachid Ghezzal are available for sel
