Leicester City 2-1 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2018
Result
Leicester City 2-1 Manchester City
Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Leicester City 2-1 Manchester City: match report
Leicester City defeated Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 December 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Bernardo Silva opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Marc Albrighton (19') and Ricardo Pereira (81'). Manchester City scored through Bernardo Silva (14').
Discipline: Leicester City received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 10th on 25 points from 18 and Manchester City 2nd on 44 points from 18. Leicester City went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Manchester City 1st with 98.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Marc Albrighton of Leicester City (8.0), ahead of Ricardo Pereira (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Leicester City wins, 2 draws and 5 for Manchester City.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Bernardo Silva
- 19'Goal · Marc Albrighton
- 58'Yellow card · Harry Maguire
- 77'Yellow card · John Stones
- 81'Goal · Ricardo Pereira
- 87'Yellow card · Jamie Vardy
- 89'Red card · Fabian Delph
- 90'Yellow card · David Silva
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-3-3)
Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Nampalys Mendy, Wilfred Ndidi, Marc Albrighton, Jamie Vardy, James Maddison
Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)
Ederson, Danilo, John Stones, Aymeric Laporte, Fabian Delph, Kevin De Bruyne, İlkay Gündoğan, Bernardo Silva, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Agüero, Leroy Sané