Manchester United v Leicester City: Premier League – live!

• Updates from the 6pm BST kick-off at Old Trafford
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An ever-present for United in the Premier League this season, Harry Maguire looks nailed on to miss tonight’s game after limping off against Aston Villa with an ankle injury, while Ole Gunnar Solskjær is likely to rotate his squad due to the quick turnaround of fixtures. Eric Bailly is liekly to come in for Maguire, who joins Dan James and long-term absentees Anthony Martial and Phil Jones in the treatment room.

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Greetings one and all. Old Trafford is the venue for this evening’s match between Manchester United and Leicester City, which kicks off a mere 50 hours since the home side wrapped up their Sunday afternoon victory against Aston Villa.

It’s United’s first home match since protesting fans caused the postponement of their game against Liverpool and extra security measures have been put in place around Old Trafford in a bid to prevent a similar scenario doesn’t unfold today.

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