English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 11, 2021
Manchester City WLLWW 1
–
Leicester City LWWLW 0
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King Power Stadium · 32,087 att.

Match Report

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Bernardo Silva scores as Man City claim slender win at Leicester

Bernardo Silva scored the only goal of the game as champions Manchester City claimed all three points at Leicester City.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
4
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
7
60.5
Possession
39.5
25
SHOTS
6
8
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
501
Accurate Passes
295
557
Passes
364
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
5
31
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.4
33
Long Balls
58
21
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
10
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
10
14
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
3
6
Effective Clearances
21
6
Clearances
21

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-2

Lineups

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 23Jannik VestergaardCD-L
  3. 4Çaglar SöyüncüCD-R
  4. 5Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 27Timothy CastagneRB
  6. 10James MaddisonAM
  7. 25Wilfred NdidiLM
  8. 8Youri TielemansRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 7Harvey BarnesAM-L
  11. 11Marc AlbrightonAM-R

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 27João CanceloLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 16RodriCM
  7. 20Bernardo SilvaLM
  8. 8Ilkay GündoganRM
  9. 21Ferran TorresF
  10. 10Jack GrealishLF
  11. 9Gabriel JesusRF

Timeline

  1. 26' Rodri (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 38' Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 61' Substitution, Leicester City. Jonny Evans replaces Jannik Vestergaard.
  4. 62' Goal! Leicester City 0, Manchester City 1. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  5. 64' Substitution, Manchester City. Raheem Sterling replaces Ferran Torres.
  6. 73' Substitution, Leicester City. Ademola Lookman replaces Harvey Barnes.
  7. 73' Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces James Maddison.
  8. 75' Çaglar Söyüncü (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 84' Substitution, Manchester City. Fernandinho replaces Gabriel Jesus.

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