English Premier League

FT Sunday, May 17, 2015
Manchester City LWWWW 4
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Swansea City DLWWW 2
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MNC224
SWA112
Swansea.com Stadium · 20,669 att.

Match Report

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Yaya Toure helps Man City beat Swansea to book top-three spot

Manchester City booked their place in the top three with a hard-fought 4-2 victory at Swansea.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
11
7
Saves
7
52.9
Possession
47.1
22
SHOTS
13
11
ON GOAL
9
0.5
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
451
Accurate Passes
395
530
Passes
463
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
8
21
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.4
45
Long Balls
50
24
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
2
16
Effective Tackles
15
23
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
18
14
Clearances
18

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

SWA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Lukasz FabianskiG
  2. 6Ashley WilliamsCD-L
  3. 33Federico FernándezCD-R
  4. 3Neil TaylorLB
  5. 29Jazz RichardsRB
  6. 23Gylfi SigurdssonAM
  7. 8Jonjo ShelveyLM
  8. 24Jack CorkRM
  9. 18Bafetimbi GomisF
  10. 20Jefferson MonteroAM-L
  11. 12Nathan DyerAM-R

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 20Eliaquim MangalaCD-L
  3. 26Martín DemichelisCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 5Pablo ZabaletaRB
  6. 18Frank LampardAM
  7. 25FernandinhoLM
  8. 42Yaya TouréRM
  9. 16Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 21David SilvaAM-L
  11. 7James MilnerAM-R

Timeline

  1. 21' Goal! Swansea City 0, Manchester City 1. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by David Silva.
  2. 36' Goal! Swansea City 0, Manchester City 2. James Milner (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergio Agüero following a fast break.
  3. 45' Goal! Swansea City 1, Manchester City 2. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Neil Taylor.
  4. 50' James Milner (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Substitution, Manchester City. Jesús Navas replaces Frank Lampard.
  6. 61' Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 64' Goal! Swansea City 2, Manchester City 2. Bafétimbi Gomis (Swansea City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ashley Richards with a through ball.
  8. 73' Substitution, Swansea City. Modou Barrow replaces Nathan Dyer.
  9. 74' Goal! Swansea City 2, Manchester City 3. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fernandinho.
  10. 77' Fernandinho (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 78' Substitution, Swansea City. Leon Britton replaces Jonjo Shelvey.
  12. 80' Substitution, Manchester City. Vincent Kompany replaces Fernandinho because of an injury.
  13. 83' Substitution, Swansea City. Marvin Emnes replaces Gylfi Sigurdsson.
  14. 85' Substitution, Manchester City. Wilfried Bony replaces Yaya Touré.
  15. 90'+2' Goal! Swansea City 2, Manchester City 4. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by David Silva.

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