Manchester United vs Leeds LIVE: Friendly match stream, latest score, goal updates and fan reaction
Manchester United vs Leeds LIVE
Manchester United take on Leeds United this evening in the next of their pre-season friendlies. This is sligthly different, taking place in Dublin at the famous Croke Park stadium, which is known for its gaelic football. It holds 82,300 at full capacity, and knowing the volume of United fans in Ireland, it could be close to a sell-out crowd for today’s game.
Michael Carrick’s men are coming off the back of a 1-1 draw with Paris Saint-Germain in Gothenberg, Sweden. Bryan Mbeumo levelled from the penalty spot against the weakened Champions League winners, who went ahead inside two minutes thanks to Ibrahim Mbaye’s opener. Before that, the Red Devils defeated Atletico Madrid 2-1 and Rosenborg 5-0 to follow their surprise 1-0 defeat by Wrexham, the Championship club, in Helsinki, Finland.
There could be returns for several of United’s World Cup stars, including Marcus Rashford, who could well make his first appearance for the club since December 2024, having spent the last season and a half on loan at Aston Villa and Barcelona. Keep up to date with all the latest from Dublin with our live blog below.
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Carrick explains Rashford absence
"Marcus [Rashford], Licha [Martinez] and Kobbie [Mainoo] aren't quite ready yet. We're preserving them for this weekend,” he tells MUTV.
Atmosphere building
Away from the eclipse...
There is a job to be done by both sides here in Dublin.
The United players have appeared out on the Croke Park pitch to quite the ovation from the Irish faithful.
That is a surprise.
The returning forward had made the trip to Dublin to join up with the rest of the squad, but, like the injured Matthijs de Ligt and Lisandro Martinez, he does not make the matchday cohort here.
Leeds lineup
: Trafford; Bogle, Chadwick, Muharemovic, Bornauw, Bijol; Tanaka, Longstaff, Aaronson; James, Nmecha
: Cairns, Mahady, Lienou, Justin, Rodon, Cresswell, Ampadu, Stach, Okafor, Mills, Wilson, Gnonto, Calvert-Lewin, Piroe
Lammens; Dalot, Yoro, Heaven, Amass; T. Fletcher, Santos; Amad, Zirkzee, Dorgu; Mbeumo
: Heath, Honor, Mee, Armer, Shaw, Collyer, Fernandes, Fletcher, Tielemans, Cunha, Gabriel, Lacey, Thompson
Team news in five!
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Returning stars!
United have plenty of their World Cup stars returning for this match, and some even played some minutes against PSG in their last outing.
More immediately, will he play this evening?
Hall makes Man Utd transfer request
Lewis Hall is reportedly still very keen to join Manchester United this summer despite Newcastle insisting the defender is not for sale.
Newcastle are desperate to keep hold of Hall this summer, having already lost their three best players in Anthony Gordon, Sandro Tonali and captain Bruno Guimaraes.
Also tonight!
Arsenal take on Como at the Emirates Stadium as Cesc Fabregas makes his fateful return to north London.