Manchester City 2-1 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 13 May 2017
Result
Manchester City 2-1 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 13 May 2017, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Manchester City 2-1 Leicester City: match report
Manchester City beat Leicester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 13 May 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.
David Silva opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Manchester City's goals came from David Silva (29') and Gabriel Jesus (36', penalty). Leicester City scored through Shinji Okazaki (42').
Discipline: Manchester City received 3 yellow cards; Leicester City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 4th on 69 points from 35 and Leicester City 9th on 43 points from 35. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Leicester City 12th with 44.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yaya Touré of Manchester City (8.3), level with Leroy Sané (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 4 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 29'Goal · David Silva
- 35'Yellow card · Y. Benalouane
- 36'Penalty goal · Gabriel Jesus
- 42'Goal · Shinji Okazaki
- 50'Yellow card · Vincent Kompany
- 72'Yellow card · Juanjo González
- 77'Missed penalty · Riyad Mahrez
- 79'Yellow card · Marc Albrighton
- 84'Yellow card · Sergio Agüero
- 90+9'Yellow card · David Silva
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-1-4-1)
Willy Caballero, Fernandinho, Vincent Kompany, Nicolás Otamendi, Gaël Clichy, Yaya Touré, Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Leroy Sané, Gabriel Jesus
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Yohan Benalouane, Christian Fuchs, Ben Chilwell, Riyad Mahrez, Wilfred Ndidi, Andy King, Marc Albrighton, Shinji Okazaki, Jamie Vardy