Manchester City 3-1 Leicester City: result and report

Manchester City 3-1 Leicester City

Premier League · Saturday 21 December 2019, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Manchester City defeated Leicester City 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 December 2019. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Manchester City's goals came from Riyad Mahrez (30'), Ilkay Gündogan (43', penalty) and Gabriel Jesus (69'). Leicester City scored through Jamie Vardy (22').

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 3rd on 35 points from 17 and Leicester City 2nd on 39 points from 17. Manchester City went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Leicester City 5th with 62.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leicester City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Riyad Mahrez of Manchester City (9.2), ahead of Kevin De Bruyne (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 3 for Leicester City.