Man City vs Leicester 2024-25 English Premier League

Manchester City

2': Jack Grealish
29': Omar Marmoush

FT
2 - 0

Leicester City

Grealish ends Premier League goal drought in City win over Leicester

Grealish ends Prem goal drought in City win [1296x729]

Jack Grealish scored his first Premier League goal for 16 months as Manchester City eased to a 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Leicester City at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday to keep alive their hopes of Champions League qualification for next...

Match Commentary

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.
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.
34': Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Leicester City. Oliver Skipp replaces Jamie Vardy.
60': Substitution, Leicester City. Facundo Buonanotte replaces Bilal El Khannouss.
60': Substitution, Leicester City. Caleb Okoli replaces Victor Kristiansen.
71': James Justin (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
76': Substitution, Leicester City. Ricardo Pereira replaces Boubakary Soumaré.
77': Luke Thomas (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
78': Substitution, Manchester City. James McAtee replaces Jérémy Doku.
80': Nico González (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80': Substitution, Leicester City. Jordan Ayew replaces Patson Daka.
85': Substitution, Manchester City. Oscar Bobb replaces Savinho.
89': Oliver Skipp (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+1': Substitution, Manchester City. Rico Lewis replaces Ilkay Gündogan.
90'+2': Substitution, Manchester City. Vitor Reis replaces Josko Gvardiol.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Manchester City 2, Leicester City 0.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Etihad Stadium
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 51,983

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+43	Liverpool	30	73	1
+30	Arsenal	30	61	3
+15	Nottingham Forest	30	57	7
+17	Manchester City	30	51	9

Full Table

Statistics

LEI		MNC
8	Fouls	11
4	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
0	Corner Kicks	5
3	Saves	0
28	Possession	72
2	SHOTS	18
0	ON GOAL	5
0.0	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
242	Accurate Passes	735
300	Passes	784
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	3
6	Crosses	12
0.2	Cross %	0.3
45	Long Balls	22
17	Accurate Long Balls	15
0.4	Long Balls %	0.7
0	Blocked Shots	8
9	Effective Tackles	6
19	Tackles	9
0.5	Tackle %	0.7
6	Interceptions	3
26	Effective Clearances	16
26	Clearances	16

Line-Ups

Manchester City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
31	Ederson (GK)
24	Josko Gvardiol
3	Rúben Dias
75	Nico O'Reilly
27	Matheus Nunes
10	Jack Grealish
19	Ilkay Gündogan
14	Nico González
7	Omar Marmoush
11	Jérémy Doku
26	Savinho

Substitutes:

Mateo Kovacic, Rico Lewis, James McAtee, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Stefan Ortega, Oscar Bobb, Vitor Reis.

Leicester City (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
30	Mads Hermansen (GK)
4	Conor Coady
33	Luke Thomas
3	Wout Faes
24	Boubakary Soumaré
6	Wilfred Ndidi
16	Victor Kristiansen
2	James Justin
9	Jamie Vardy
11	Bilal El Khannouss
20	Patson Daka

Substitutes:

Ricardo Pereira, Jakub Stolarczyk, Stephy Mavididi, Facundo Buonanotte, Caleb Okoli, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Jordan Ayew, Woyo Coulibaly, Oliver Skipp.