Manchester City 2–0 Leicester City

Manchester City

2–0

HT 2–0

Leicester City

Premier League Wed 2 Apr, 19:45London Etihad Stadium, Manchester Darren England 51,983 attendance

Timeline

2' Jack Grealish assist Sávio
29' Omar Marmoush
34' Jamie Vardy Yellow Card
45' Oliver Skipp for Jamie Vardy
60' Facundo Buonanotte for Bilal El Khannouss
60' Caleb Okoli for Victor Kristiansen
71' James Justin Yellow Card
76' Ricardo Pereira for Boubakary Soumaré
77' Luke Thomas Yellow Card
78' James McAtee for Jérémy Doku
80' Nico González Yellow Card
80' Jordan Ayew for Patson Daka
85' Oscar Bobb for Sávio
89' Oliver Skipp Yellow Card
90'+1' Rico Lewis for Ilkay Gündogan
90'+2' Vitor Reis for Josko Gvardiol

Match stats

72% Possession 28%

18 Shots 2

5 On target 0

11 Fouls 8

1 Yellow cards 4

0 Red cards 0

2 Offsides 1

0 Saves 3

735 Accurate passes 242

Lineups

Manchester City 4-2-3-1

31 Ederson

75 O'Reilly 24 Gvardiol 3 Dias 27 Nunes

19 Gündogan 14 González

11 Doku 10 Grealish 26 Sávio

7 Marmoush

Leicester City 3-4-2-1

30 Hermansen

33 Thomas 4 Coady 3 Faes

16 Kristiansen 24 Soumaré 6 Ndidi 2 Justin

11 Khannouss 9 Vardy

20 Daka

Manchester City 4-2-3-1

31 Ederson G
24 Josko Gvardiol ▼ CD-L
3 Rúben Dias CD-R
75 Nico O'Reilly LB
27 Matheus Nunes RB
10 Jack Grealish AM
19 Ilkay Gündogan ▼ LM
14 Nico González RM
7 Omar Marmoush F
11 Jérémy Doku ▼ AM-L
26 Sávio ▼ AM-R

Came on

82 Rico Lewis ▲ SUB
87 James McAtee ▲ SUB
52 Oscar Bobb ▲ SUB
22 Vitor Reis ▲ SUB

Unused substitutes (5)

8 Mateo Kovacic SUB
47 Phil Foden SUB
20 Bernardo Silva SUB
17 Kevin De Bruyne SUB
18 Stefan Ortega SUB

Leicester City 3-4-2-1

30 Mads Hermansen G
4 Conor Coady CD
33 Luke Thomas CD-L
3 Wout Faes CD-R
24 Boubakary Soumaré ▼ CM-L
6 Wilfred Ndidi CM-R
16 Victor Kristiansen ▼ LM
2 James Justin RM
9 Jamie Vardy ▼ F
11 Bilal El Khannouss ▼ CF-L
20 Patson Daka ▼ CF-R

Came on

21 Ricardo Pereira ▲ SUB
40 Facundo Buonanotte ▲ SUB
5 Caleb Okoli ▲ SUB
18 Jordan Ayew ▲ SUB
22 Oliver Skipp ▲ SUB

Unused substitutes (4)

41 Jakub Stolarczyk SUB
10 Stephy Mavididi SUB
14 Bobby De Cordova-Reid SUB
25 Woyo Coulibaly SUB

Commentary

Match ends, Manchester City 2, Leicester City 0.
90'+4' Second Half ends, Manchester City 2, Leicester City 0.
90'+2' Substitution, Manchester City. Vitor Reis replaces Josko Gvardiol.
90'+1' Substitution, Manchester City. Rico Lewis replaces Ilkay Gündogan.
90'+1' Attempt missed. James McAtee (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
90'+1' Attempt blocked. Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
90' Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
89' Oliver Skipp (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
89' Jack Grealish (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
89' Foul by Oliver Skipp (Leicester City).
88' Attempt missed. Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Luke Thomas with a cross.
88' Offside, Leicester City. Jordan Ayew is caught offside.

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87' James Justin (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87' Foul by Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City).
85' Attempt saved. Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.
85' Substitution, Manchester City. Oscar Bobb replaces Savinho.
84' Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
84' Foul by Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City).
80' Substitution, Leicester City. Jordan Ayew replaces Patson Daka.
80' Nico González (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80' Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
80' Foul by Nico González (Manchester City).
79' Oliver Skipp (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
79' Foul by Nico González (Manchester City).
79' Attempt missed. James McAtee (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nico O'Reilly with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
78' Substitution, Manchester City. James McAtee replaces Jérémy Doku.
77' Luke Thomas (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
77' Savinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
77' Foul by Luke Thomas (Leicester City).
76' Luke Thomas (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
76' Foul by Matheus Nunes (Manchester City).
76' Substitution, Leicester City. Ricardo Pereira replaces Boubakary Soumaré.
72' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
71' James Justin (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
71' Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
71' Foul by James Justin (Leicester City).
68' Savinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
68' Foul by Caleb Okoli (Leicester City).
66' Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
66' Foul by Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester City).
65' Foul by Savinho (Manchester City).
65' Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60' Substitution, Leicester City. Caleb Okoli replaces Victor Kristiansen.
60' Substitution, Leicester City. Facundo Buonanotte replaces Bilal El Khannouss.
59' Attempt missed. Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
56' Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Savinho.
55' Attempt blocked. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
47' Attempt missed. Jack Grealish (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
45' Substitution, Leicester City. Oliver Skipp replaces Jamie Vardy.
45' Second Half begins Manchester City 2, Leicester City 0.
45'+3' First Half ends, Manchester City 2, Leicester City 0.
45' Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
45' Wout Faes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45' Foul by Jack Grealish (Manchester City).
43' Offside, Manchester City. Savinho is caught offside.
43' Attempt blocked. Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Savinho.
42' Attempt missed. Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Savinho following a corner.
42' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Wilfred Ndidi.
40' Attempt blocked. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
38' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Jamie Vardy.
37' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Mads Hermansen.
37' Attempt saved. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
36' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Wilfred Ndidi.
35' Attempt blocked. Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol.
35' Attempt blocked. Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan with a cross.
34' Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
34' Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
34' Foul by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
33' Attempt blocked. Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Savinho.
32' Offside, Manchester City. Omar Marmoush is caught offside.
29' Goal! Manchester City 2, Leicester City 0. Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
28' Patson Daka (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28' Foul by Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City).
25' Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25' Foul by Jack Grealish (Manchester City).
20' Wout Faes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
20' Foul by Omar Marmoush (Manchester City).
16' Attempt missed. Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Wilfred Ndidi.
13' Victor Kristiansen (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13' Foul by Matheus Nunes (Manchester City).
10' Foul by Omar Marmoush (Manchester City).
10' Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8' Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
8' Foul by Patson Daka (Leicester City).
2' Goal! Manchester City 1, Leicester City 0. Jack Grealish (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Savinho.
2' Attempt saved. Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jérémy Doku with a cross.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Manchester City W D L W W

W at Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Premier League
W Plymouth Argyle 3-1 English FA Cup
L at Nottingham Forest 1-0 Premier League
D Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 Premier League
W at AFC Bournemouth 2-1 English FA Cup

Leicester City L L L L L

L Arsenal 2-0 Premier League
L Brentford 4-0 Premier League
L at West Ham United 2-0 Premier League
L at Chelsea 1-0 Premier League
L Manchester United 3-0 Premier League

Head to head

MNC leads series 5-0

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