Manchester United tackle Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s Leicester Metropolis on the King Energy Stadium on Sunday night time
Manchester United followers make the journey to Leicester Metropolis on Sunday for the unusual kick-off time of 7pm on the King Energy Stadium.
It is considerably of an inconvenience for United followers given how late the sport is anticipated to complete having been chosen for Sky Sports activities as one of many options video games that weekend.
However why is the sport kicking off so late? In fact, the reply is kind of easy. Ruben Amorim’s facet made it by way of to the quarter-finals of the Europa League in midweek with a stable win over Actual Sociedad and their involvement in midweek means they want a minimum of 48 hours between video games.
That guidelines out the standard 12.30pm television slot on Saturday afternoon, with TNT Sports activities not exhibiting a fixture this weekend. The broadcasters did, nonetheless, broadcast two video games final weekend to make up for it.
Their television deal permits them to indicate 52 video games within the 2024/25 season, throughout Saturday lunchtime and two rounds of midweek fixtures, however in addition they have to choose 4 clean weekends all through the marketing campaign.
They confirmed Nottingham Forest’s 1-0 win over Manchester City at 12.30pm, earlier than broadcasting Wolves’ 1-1 draw with Everton later within the day.
Arsenal are set to host Chelsea on the Emirates within the first televised sport on Sunday, with Sky Sports activities exhibiting the sport in north London which kicks-off at 1.30pm, with Tottenham Hotspur additionally taking up Fulham at Craven Cottage on the identical time.
The Carabao Cup Ultimate can be being proven on Sky Sports activities, with Liverpool in motion towards Newcastle United. Kick-off for the ultimate is 4.30pm at Wembley Stadium.
With the cup remaining taking precedent, that leaves the one accessible TV slot at 7pm on Sunday night, with the United sport additionally proven dwell on Sky Sports activities.
The Reds might be trying to proceed their spectacular run of kind towards the Foxes having crushed them on three events this season. United beat Leicester 5-2 within the Carabao Cup on house soil again in October, with present Foxes’ boss Van Nistelrooy the Reds’ boss that day, earlier than a 3-0 win within the league in early November.
The newest battle between the 2 sides noticed United run out 2-1 winners within the FA Cup coming from behind due to objectives from Joshua Zirkzee and Harry Maguire after Bobby Decordova-Reid had given the Foxes a first-half lead.
