English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 3, 2021
Manchester City LWWWW 2
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Leicester City LDWWW 0
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King Power Stadium

Match Report

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Mendy, Jesus earn Man City convincing win at Leicester to edge closer to title

Manchester City edged closer to the Premier League title with an impressive 2-0 at Leicester City on Saturday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
2
56.2
Possession
43.8
11
SHOTS
5
4
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
502
Accurate Passes
374
571
Passes
452
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
1
18
Crosses
6
0.2
Cross %
0.2
44
Long Balls
51
30
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
13
14
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
13
Interceptions
10
6
Effective Clearances
12
6
Clearances
12

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-2

Lineups

LEI · 3-5-2

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 6Jonny EvansCD
  3. 3Wesley FofanaCD-L
  4. 18Daniel AmarteyCD-R
  5. 17Ayoze PérezCM-L
  6. 8Youri TielemansCM-R
  7. 25Wilfred NdidiAM
  8. 27Timothy CastagneLM
  9. 11Marc AlbrightonRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyCF-L
  11. 14Kelechi IheanachoCF-R

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 22Benjamin MendyLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 17Kevin De BruyneAM
  7. 16RodriLM
  8. 25FernandinhoRM
  9. 10Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 9Gabriel JesusAM-L
  11. 26Riyad MahrezAM-R

Timeline

  1. 32' Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 58' Goal! Leicester City 0, Manchester City 1. Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 63' Substitution, Manchester City. Raheem Sterling replaces Sergio Agüero.
  4. 71' Substitution, Leicester City. Ricardo Pereira replaces Marc Albrighton.
  5. 72' Substitution, Leicester City. James Maddison replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
  6. 73' Ederson (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 74' Goal! Leicester City 0, Manchester City 2. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  8. 79' Substitution, Manchester City. Ferran Torres replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  9. 82' Fernandinho (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 83' Substitution, Leicester City. Nampalys Mendy replaces Wilfred Ndidi.
  11. 87' Daniel Amartey (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 88' Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  13. 90' Rodrigo (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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