English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 22, 2012
Reading LLLLL 0
–
Manchester City WDLLW 1
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MNC011
Etihad Stadium · 47,007 att.

Team Stats

16
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
12
2
Saves
1
26.7
Possession
73.3
5
SHOTS
21
1
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
166
Accurate Passes
602
235
Passes
677
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
14
19
Crosses
37
0.3
Cross %
0.4
47
Long Balls
35
17
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.4
Long Balls %
0.9
0
Blocked Shots
8
9
Effective Tackles
8
15
Tackles
8
0.6
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
15
36
Clearances
24

Head to Head

REA leads series 3-2

Lineups

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 33Matija NastasicCD-L
  3. 28Kolo TouréCD-R
  4. 44Karim RekikLB
  5. 5Pablo ZabaletaRB
  6. 18Gareth BarryLM
  7. 14Javi GarcíaRM
  8. 32Carlos TevezF
  9. 42Yaya TouréRCF
  10. 16Sergio AgüeroAM-L
  11. 21David SilvaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 7James MilnerSUB
  2. 62Abdul RazakSUB
  3. 4Vincent KompanySUB
  4. 29Richard WrightSUB
  5. 11Scott SinclairSUB
  6. 6Joleon LescottSUB
  7. 10Edin DzekoSUB

REA · 4-5-1

  1. 1Adam FedericiG
  2. 6Adrian MariappaCD-L
  3. 5Alex PearceCD-R
  4. 23Ian HarteLB
  5. 2Chris GunterRB
  6. 16Jay TabbCM-L
  7. 8Mikele LeigertwoodCM-R
  8. 4Jem KaracanAM
  9. 11Jobi McAnuffLM
  10. 14Jimmy KebeRM
  11. 7Pavel PogrebnyakF

Substitutes

  1. 9Adam Le FondreSUB
  2. 17Kaspars GorkssSUB
  3. 3Nicky ShoreySUB
  4. 41Stuart TaylorSUB
  5. 20Danny GuthrieSUB
  6. 19Hal Robson-KanuSUB
  7. 10Noel HuntSUB

Timeline

  1. 2' Adrian Mariappa (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 21' Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 59' Attempt missed. Carlos Tévez (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yaya Touré with a cross.
  4. 66' Karim Rekik (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  5. 70' Jobi McAnuff (Reading) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  6. 71' Yaya Touré (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 75' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Adam Federici.
  8. 84' Attempt missed. Alex Pearce (Reading) header from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Jobi McAnuff with a cross following a corner.
  9. 87' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  10. 90'+3' Goal! Manchester City 1, Reading 0. Gareth Barry (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by David Silva with a cross.

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