Leicester City 4-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 10 December 2016

Result

Leicester City 4-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 10 December 2016, 17:30 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Leicester City 4-2 Manchester City: match report

Leicester City defeated Manchester City 4-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 December 2016. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Leicester City's goals came from Jamie Vardy (3'), Andy King (5'), Jamie Vardy (20') and Jamie Vardy (78'). Manchester City scored through Aleksandar Kolarov (82') and Nolito (90').

Discipline: Leicester City received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Leicester City were 16th on 13 points from 14 and Manchester City 4th on 30 points from 14. Leicester City went on to finish that season 12th with 44 points, and Manchester City 3rd with 78.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 3-3-1-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamie Vardy of Leicester City (9.2), ahead of Aleksandar Kolarov (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Leicester City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 1-0
  • 5'Goal · Andy KingLeicester City · 2-0
  • 19'Yellow card · Danny SimpsonLeicester City
  • 20'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 3-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Riyad MahrezLeicester City
  • 67'Yellow card · FernandoManchester City
  • 78'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 4-0
  • 82'Goal · Aleksandar KolarovManchester City · 4-1
  • 90'Goal · NolitoManchester City · 4-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Shinji OkazakiLeicester City

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Leicester City 3, draws 2, Manchester City 3.

Team news

Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)

Ron-Robert Zieler, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Andy King, Daniel Amartey, Marc Albrighton, Jamie Vardy, Islam Slimani

Manchester City line-up (3-3-1-3)

Claudio Bravo, Bacary Sagna, John Stones, Aleksandar Kolarov, Pablo Zabaleta, Fernando, İlkay Gündoğan, David Silva, Jesús Navas, Kelechi Iheanacho, Kevin De Bruyne