Leicester vs Man City

29 December 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Sávio 21’
  • Erling Haaland 74’

Match summary

Man City won 2-0 away at Leicester. Man City led 1-0 at half-time.

Sávio put Man City ahead in the 21st minute and Erling Haaland made it 0-2 with a header in the 74th minute, set up by Sávio.

There was little between the sides on chances: Leicester created 1.84 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Man City 1.59 from 14.

Match stats

Leicester Man City
11 Shots 14
4 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.84 xG 1.58
1.84 Non-penalty xG 1.58
5 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Leicester Man City
Kick-off
21’
Sávio0-1 (Man City)
Half-time0-1
74’
Erling Haaland
Assist: Sávio0-2 (Man City)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Leicester
  • Boubakary Soumare
  • Bilal El Khannouss
Man City
  • Stefan Ortega Moreno

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.84 1.59 21’ Sávio (Man City), 0-1 21’ 74’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 0-2 74’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.84 1.59 21’ Sávio (Man City), 0-1 Sávio 21’ 74’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 0-2 Haaland 74’
Leicester 1.84 xGMan City 1.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Leicester attacking 
62’ James Justin (Leicester), set piece, 0.63 xG, blocked 68’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.54 xG, off target 74’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 19’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 21’ Sávio (Man City), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 36’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 39’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 7’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 78’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 85’ James McAtee (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 37’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90+6’ Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 28’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 80’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 46’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 5’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 12’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 38’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 89’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 38’ Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 76’ Sávio (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 54’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 21’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 77’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 5’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ James Justin (Leicester), set piece, 0.63 xG, blocked 68’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.54 xG, off target 74’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 19’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 21’ Sávio (Man City), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 36’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 39’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 7’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 85’ James McAtee (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 78’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 37’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90+6’ Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 28’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 80’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 12’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 38’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 46’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 89’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 5’ Stephy Mavididi (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 38’ Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 76’ Sávio (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 54’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 77’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 5’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jakub Stolarczyk GK900 0.000.000
James Justin DEF713 0.720.000
Jannik Vestergaard DEF901 0.060.000
Conor Coady DEF860 0.000.000
Victor Kristiansen DEF900 0.000.000
Boubakary Soumare MID900 0.000.000
Harry Winks MID860 0.000.000
Facundo Buonanotte MID901 0.030.061
Bilal El Khannouss MID901 0.030.102
Stephy Mavididi MID901 0.030.572
Jamie Vardy FWD904 0.970.692
Hamza Choudhury Sub190 0.000.000
Caleb Okoli Sub40 0.000.000
Patson Daka Sub40 0.000.000
Will Alves Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 10% Avg odds 9.62
Draw 15% Avg odds 6.36
Man City win 75% Avg odds 1.27

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Leicester WDLLL
Man City WDLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Man City 3-1 Leicester, 15 Apr 23 Next meeting: Man City 2-0 Leicester, 02 Apr 25  All Leicester vs Man City meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.