English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 29, 2024
Manchester City DLLLD 2
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Leicester City WDLLL 0
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LEI000
King Power Stadium · 32,057 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Erling Haaland scores as Man City snap five-match winless run

Savinho and Erling Haaland scored to give Manchester City a much-needed 2-0 victory at Leicester City on Sunday, the champions' first win in five Premier League games.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
3
46.4
Possession
53.6
14
SHOTS
11
5
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
461
Accurate Passes
538
505
Passes
578
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
5
11
Crosses
19
0.5
Cross %
0.3
25
Long Balls
30
17
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
8
10
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
9
16
Effective Clearances
10
16
Clearances
10

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-1

Lineups

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 41Jakub StolarczykG
  2. 23Jannik VestergaardCD-L
  3. 4Conor CoadyCD-R
  4. 16Victor KristiansenLB
  5. 2James JustinRB
  6. 11Bilal El KhannoussAM
  7. 24Boubakary SoumaréLM
  8. 8Harry WinksRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 10Stephy MavididiAM-L
  11. 40Facundo BuonanotteAM-R

MNC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 18Stefan OrtegaG
  2. 6Nathan AkéCD-L
  3. 25Manuel AkanjiCD-R
  4. 8Mateo KovacicDM
  5. 24Josko GvardiolLB
  6. 82Rico LewisRB
  7. 20Bernardo SilvaCM-L
  8. 17Kevin De BruyneCM-R
  9. 26SávioLM
  10. 47Phil FodenRM
  11. 9Erling HaalandF

Timeline

  1. 21' Goal! Leicester City 0, Manchester City 1. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top left corner.
  2. 56' Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 65' Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 66' Substitution, Manchester City. James McAtee replaces Phil Foden.
  5. 70' Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces James Justin.
  6. 70' Substitution, Manchester City. Kyle Walker replaces Nathan Aké.
  7. 74' Goal! Leicester City 0, Manchester City 2. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Savinho.
  8. 78' Stefan Ortega (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 85' Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Harry Winks.
  10. 85' Substitution, Leicester City. Caleb Okoli replaces Conor Coady.
  11. 90' Substitution, Leicester City. Will Alves replaces Stephy Mavididi.

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