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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Bernardo SilvaManchester City · 0-1
  • 19'Goal · Marc AlbrightonLeicester City · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Harry MaguireLeicester City
  • 77'Yellow card · John StonesManchester City
  • 81'Goal · Ricardo PereiraLeicester City · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Jamie VardyLeicester City
  • 89'Red card · Fabian DelphManchester City
  • 90'Yellow card · David SilvaManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leicester City 3, draws 2, Manchester City 5.

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