Manchester City 6-3 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2021

Result

Manchester City 6-3 Leicester City

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 4-0

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Manchester City 6-3 Leicester City: match report

Manchester City beat Leicester City 6-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 December 2021. It was 4-0 at half-time.

Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Kevin De Bruyne (5'), Riyad Mahrez (14', penalty), İlkay Gündoğan (21'), Raheem Sterling (25', penalty), Aymeric Laporte (69') and Raheem Sterling (87'). Leicester City scored through James Maddison (55'), Ademola Lookman (59') and Kelechi Iheanacho (65').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 44 points from 18 and Leicester City 9th on 22 points from 16. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Leicester City 8th with 52.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Raheem Sterling of Manchester City (8.6), ahead of Kelechi Iheanacho (8.5).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 1-0
  • 14'Penalty goal · Riyad MahrezManchester City · 2-0
  • 21'Goal · İlkay GündoğanManchester City · 3-0
  • 25'Penalty goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 4-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Jannik VestergaardLeicester City
  • 55'Goal · James MaddisonLeicester City · 4-1
  • 59'Goal · Ademola LookmanLeicester City · 4-2
  • 65'Goal · Kelechi IheanachoLeicester City · 4-3
  • 69'Goal · Aymeric LaporteManchester City · 5-3
  • 75'Yellow card · James MaddisonLeicester City
  • 87'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 6-3
  • 90+1'Yellow card · FernandinhoManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 8, draws 0, Leicester City 2.

Team news

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Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Ederson, João Cancelo, Rúben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, İlkay Gündoğan, Riyad Mahrez, Bernardo Silva, Raheem Sterling

Leicester City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Kasper Schmeichel, Marc Albrighton, Daniel Amartey, Jannik Vestergaard, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Ayoze Pérez, Youri Tielemans, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Ademola Lookman, James Maddison, Kelechi Iheanacho