English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 21, 2019
Leicester City WWWDW 1
–
Manchester City WLWWW 3
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LEI101
MNC213
Etihad Stadium · 54,415 att.

Match Report

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Man City beat Leicester, Liverpool stay 10 points clear with game in hand

Man City beat Leicester 3-1 to cut the gap to second place to one point, but the result means Liverpool remain 10 points clear with a game in hand.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
6
9
Saves
1
37.3
Possession
62.7
5
SHOTS
23
2
ON GOAL
12
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
332
Accurate Passes
620
409
Passes
690
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
5
9
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.4
47
Long Balls
58
24
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
4
6
Effective Tackles
10
14
Tackles
19
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
10
16
Effective Clearances
3
16
Clearances
3

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 25FernandinhoCD-R
  4. 22Benjamin MendyLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 17Kevin De BruyneAM
  7. 20Bernardo SilvaLM
  8. 8Ilkay GündoganRM
  9. 9Gabriel JesusF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingAM-L
  11. 26Riyad MahrezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 50Eric GarcíaSUB
  2. 10Sergio AgüeroSUB
  3. 1Claudio BravoSUB
  4. 16RodriSUB
  5. 27João CanceloSUB
  6. 11Oleksandr ZinchenkoSUB
  7. 47Phil FodenSUB

LEI · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 4Çaglar SöyüncüCD-L
  3. 6Jonny EvansCD-R
  4. 25Wilfred NdidiDM
  5. 3Ben ChilwellLB
  6. 21Ricardo PereiraRB
  7. 10James MaddisonCM-L
  8. 8Youri TielemansCM-R
  9. 15Harvey BarnesLM
  10. 17Ayoze PérezRM
  11. 9Jamie VardyF

Substitutes

  1. 12Danny WardSUB
  2. 7Demarai GraySUB
  3. 5Wes MorganSUB
  4. 11Marc AlbrightonSUB
  5. 26Dennis PraetSUB
  6. 14Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  7. 2James JustinSUB

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Manchester City 0, Leicester City 1. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Harvey Barnes with a through ball.
  2. 30' Goal! Manchester City 1, Leicester City 1. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Benjamin Mendy.
  3. 35' Çaglar Söyüncü (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 42' VAR Decision: Penalty Manchester City.
  5. 43' Goal! Manchester City 2, Leicester City 1. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  6. 51' Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 59' Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 64' Substitution, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton replaces Harvey Barnes because of an injury.
  9. 68' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Ayoze Pérez.
  10. 69' Goal! Manchester City 3, Leicester City 1. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
  11. 71' Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 77' Substitution, Leicester City. Dennis Praet replaces Youri Tielemans.
  13. 79' Substitution, Manchester City. Rodrigo replaces Ilkay Gündogan because of an injury.
  14. 89' Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Raheem Sterling.
  15. 90'+1' Substitution, Manchester City. Sergio Agüero replaces Kevin De Bruyne because of an injury.

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