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Why is Manchester United vs Leicester City not on a TV channel or live stream?


Ruud van Nistelrooy’s last game in charge of Manchester United is on Sunday afternoon (Picture: Getty Images)

Manchester United host Leicester City on Sunday afternoon in the Premier League but it will not be shown live in the UK.

There are four Premier League contests on Sunday, with the Red Devils playing the Foxes at 2pm, and Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle United and Tottenham vs Ipswich at the same time.

Later in the afternoon there is a London derby as Chelsea welcome Arsenal to Stamford Bridge at 4.30pm.

The two games being shown live on Sky Sports are Forest against Newcastle and the Blues taking on the Gunners.

That will leave fans of the four other clubs frustrated, with no shortage of Manchester United supporters used to being able to watch their side on television most weekends.

Why isn’t Manchester United vs Leicester City on TV?

The match was initially scheduled to take place on Saturday 9 November at 3pm, but was moved to Sunday because of Manchester United’s Europa League clash with PAOK earlier this week.

As it was meant to be a 3pm Saturday kick-off then it cannot be shown live even though it has been moved to another time and day.

Fans will have to wait to see the highlights which will be shown on Match Of The Day 2 at 10.30pm on BBC One.

The match is being covered live on BBC radio, so fans can listen there.

Amad Diallo keeps his place in the Manchester United team after scoring against PAOK (Picture: Getty Images)

The clash with Leicester will be interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy’s last game in charge before Ruben Amorim takes over on Monday.

The Dutchman has handed Amad Diallo a start after scoring both goals in a 2-0 win against PAOK in midweek, alongside Rasmus Hojlund and Marcus Rashford up front.

Andre Onana is in goal behind a back four of Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs De Ligt, Lisandro Martinez and Diogo Dalot.

In midfield are Casemiro, Manuel Ugarte and Bruno Fernandes, meaning the likes of Christian Eriksen, Mason Mount, Antony, Alejandro Garnacho and Joshua Zirkzee are on the bench.


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