English Premier League

FT Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Leicester City LLLLD 0
–
Manchester City DWWLL 2
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MNC112
Etihad Stadium · 45,000 att.

Match Report

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David Silva and James Milner help Man City to scrappy win

David Silva and James Milner struck late in each half as under-fire reigning champions Manchester City grabbed a scrappy but much-needed 2-0 win over Leicester in the Premier League.

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Team Stats

3
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
10
7
Saves
2
30.5
Possession
69.5
6
SHOTS
22
2
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
212
Accurate Passes
609
311
Passes
700
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
7
8
Crosses
28
0.1
Cross %
0.3
63
Long Balls
50
17
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
6
11
Effective Tackles
14
18
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
32
Effective Clearances
23
32
Clearances
23

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

MNC · 4-4-2

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 20Eliaquim MangalaCD-L
  3. 26Martín DemichelisCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 3Bacary SagnaRB
  6. 6FernandoCM-L
  7. 42Yaya TouréCM-R
  8. 21David SilvaLM
  9. 15Jesús NavasRM
  10. 16Sergio AgüeroCF-L
  11. 14Wilfried BonyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Vincent KompanySUB
  2. 7James MilnerSUB
  3. 5Pablo ZabaletaSUB
  4. 10Edin DzekoSUB
  5. 22Gaël ClichySUB
  6. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  7. 18Frank LampardSUB

LEI · 5-4-1

  1. 32Mark SchwarzerG
  2. 14Robert HuthCD
  3. 6Matt UpsonCD-L
  4. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  5. 3Paul KoncheskyLB
  6. 17Danny SimpsonRB
  7. 19Esteban CambiassoCM-L
  8. 8Matty JamesCM-R
  9. 15Jeff SchluppLM
  10. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  11. 40Andrej KramaricF

Substitutes

  1. 23Leonardo UlloaSUB
  2. 10Andy KingSUB
  3. 12Ben HamerSUB
  4. 4Danny DrinkwaterSUB
  5. 27Marcin WasilewskiSUB
  6. 9Jamie VardySUB
  7. 35David NugentSUB

Timeline

  1. 36' Paul Konchesky (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 45'+2' Goal! Manchester City 1, Leicester City 0. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  3. 57' Substitution, Leicester City. David Nugent replaces Paul Konchesky.
  4. 58' Substitution, Leicester City. Jamie Vardy replaces Andrej Kramaric.
  5. 72' Substitution, Manchester City. James Milner replaces Wilfried Bony.
  6. 77' Substitution, Leicester City. Leonardo Ulloa replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  7. 79' Substitution, Manchester City. Frank Lampard replaces David Silva.
  8. 85' Substitution, Manchester City. Edin Dzeko replaces Sergio Agüero.
  9. 88' Goal! Manchester City 2, Leicester City 0. James Milner (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesús Navas with a cross.

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