Premier League · Sat, 28 Feb 2026 ·
Leeds vs Manchester City — 0 - 1
Elland Road · Referee: P. Bankes
Match report
Manchester City win 1-0 at Leeds
Leeds were beaten 1-0 by Manchester City at Elland Road on Saturday, 28 February 2026 in Premier League matchday 28. A. Semenyo scored the only goal of the game for Manchester City in the 45th minute. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Leeds had 33% of the ball and 14 shots (2 on target) against Manchester City’s 14 (5 on target). Karl Darlow (Leeds) was the top-rated player with 8.3. The result leaves Leeds 5th in the Premier League table on 9 points and Manchester City 1st on 15.
Form, table and head-to-head
| # | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester City | 5 | +8 | 15 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 5 | +4 | 12 |
| 4 | Brentford | 5 | +6 | 9 |
| 5 | Leeds | 5 | +4 | 9 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 5 | +3 | 9 |
Match events
- 45'goalA. SemenyoAssist: R. Ait-Nouri
- 65'substitutionB. AaronsonOff: L. Nmecha
- 68'substitutionO. MarmoushOff: Savinho
- 70'substitutionN. O'ReillyOff: T. Reijnders
- 75'substitutionI. GruevOff: W. Gnonto
- 76'substitutionJ. BogleOff: D. James
- 85'yellow cardGianluigi DonnarummaYellow Card
- 87'substitutionJ. RodonOff: J. Bijol
- 87'substitutionJ. JustinOff: J. Piroe
- 88'substitutionR. CherkiOff: N. Ake
- 90+2'yellow cardSavinhoYellow Card
- 90+2'yellow cardRayan Aït-NouriYellow Card
Lineups
Leeds
Formation 5-4-1 · Coach Daniel Farke
Starting XI
- 26K. DarlowG
- 2J. BogleD
- 24J. JustinD
- 6J. RodonD
- 5P. StruijkD
- 3G. GudmundssonD
- 18A. StachM
- 4E. AmpaduM
- 44I. GruevM
- 11B. AaronsonM
- 9D. Calvert-LewinF
Substitutes
- 1Lucas PerriG
- 7D. JamesM
- 23S. BornauwD
- 15J. BijolD
- 14L. NmechaF
- 8S. LongstaffM
- 10J. PiroeF
- 22A. TanakaM
- 29W. GnontoF
Manchester City
Formation 4-1-3-2 · Coach Pep Guardiola
Starting XI
- 25G. DonnarummaG
- 27M. NunesD
- 3R. DiasD
- 15M. GuehiD
- 21R. Ait-NouriD
- 16RodriM
- 10R. CherkiM
- 20B. SilvaM
- 33N. O'ReillyM
- 42A. SemenyoF
- 7O. MarmoushF
Substitutes
- 1J. TraffordG
- 4T. ReijndersM
- 11J. DokuF
- 5J. StonesD
- 6N. AkeD
- 47P. FodenM
- 14NicoM
- 26SavinhoF
- 45A. KhusanovD
Match statistics
- 33%Possession67%
- 1.49Expected goals (xG)2.00
- 14Total shots14
- 2Shots on target5
- 7Shots off target5
- 5Blocked shots4
- 7Shots inside the box11
- 7Shots outside the box3
- 5Corners3
- 1Offsides4
- 10Fouls8
- 0Yellow cards3
- –Red cards–
- 4Goalkeeper saves2
- 311Passes655
- 229Accurate passes587
- 74%Pass accuracy90%
- 0.47Goals prevented0.47
Player statistics
Leeds
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26Karl DarlowGTop rated | 90 | 8.3 | ||
| 2Jayden BogleD | 76 | 6.6 | ||
| 3Gabriel GudmundssonD | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| 5Pascal StruijkD | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 6Joe RodonD | 87 | 6.3 | ||
| 24James JustinD | 87 | 7.0 | ||
| 4Ethan AmpaduM | 90 | 7.0 | ||
| 11Brenden AaronsonM | 65 | 6.2 | ||
| 18Anton StachM | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 44Ilia GruevM | 75 | 6.2 | ||
| 9Dominic Calvert-LewinF | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| 1Lucas PerriG | – | – | ||
| 15Jaka BijolD | 10 | 6.7 | ||
| 23Sebastiaan BornauwD | – | – | ||
| 7Daniel JamesM | 14 | 6.7 | ||
| 8Sean LongstaffM | – | – | ||
| 22Ao TanakaM | – | – | ||
| 10Joël PiroeF | 10 | 6.3 | ||
| 14Lukas NmechaF | 25 | 6.3 | ||
| 29Wilfried GnontoF | 15 | 6.3 |
Manchester City
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Gianluigi DonnarummaG | 90 | 7.6 | ||
| 3Rúben DiasD | 90 | 8.2 | ||
| 15Marc GuéhiD | 90 | 7.9 | ||
| 21Rayan Aït-NouriD | 90 | 8.2 | 1 | |
| 27Matheus NunesD | 90 | 7.9 | ||
| 10Rayan CherkiM | 88 | 6.7 | ||
| 16RodriM | 90 | 7.9 | ||
| 20Bernardo SilvaM | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| 33Nico O'ReillyM | 70 | 7.5 | ||
| 7Omar MarmoushF | 68 | 6.5 | ||
| 42Antoine SemenyoF | 90 | 7.3 | 1 | |
| 1James TraffordG | – | – | ||
| 5John StonesD | – | – | ||
| 6Nathan AkéD | 9 | 6.9 | ||
| 45Abdukodir KhusanovD | – | – | ||
| 4Tijjani ReijndersM | 20 | 7.2 | ||
| 14Nico GonzálezM | – | – | ||
| 47Phil FodenM | – | – | ||
| 11Jérémy DokuF | – | – | ||
| 26SavinhoF | 22 | 6.3 |