English Premier League

FT Friday, December 26, 2014
Manchester City WWWWW 3
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West Bromwich Albion LLDWL 1
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MNC303
WBA011
The Hawthorns · 26,040 att.

Match Report

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Manchester City cruise to win over West Brom in difficult conditions

Champions Manchester City again made light of the absence of strikers as they cruised to a 3-1 win at West Brom.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
5
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
4
6
Corner Kicks
10
5
Saves
2
52.1
Possession
47.9
9
SHOTS
18
5
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
413
Accurate Passes
361
513
Passes
459
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
5
10
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.2
55
Long Balls
61
21
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
6
15
Effective Tackles
10
21
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
17
25
Clearances
17

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

WBA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Ben FosterG
  2. 6Joleon LescottCD-L
  3. 23Gareth McAuleyCD-R
  4. 15Sébastien PocognoliLB
  5. 2Andre WisdomRB
  6. 8Craig GardnerAM
  7. 21Youssouf MulumbuLM
  8. 7James MorrisonRM
  9. 18Saido BerahinoF
  10. 27Silvestre VarelaAM-L
  11. 29Stéphane SessegnonAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Claudio YacobSUB
  2. 13Boaz MyhillSUB
  3. 4Chris BairdSUB
  4. 25Craig DawsonSUB
  5. 9Brown IdeyeSUB
  6. 16Cristian GamboaSUB
  7. 11Chris BruntSUB

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 20Eliaquim MangalaCD-L
  3. 26Martín DemichelisCD-R
  4. 22Gaël ClichyLB
  5. 3Bacary SagnaRB
  6. 21David SilvaAM
  7. 42Yaya TouréLM
  8. 6FernandoRM
  9. 7James MilnerF
  10. 8Samir NasriAM-L
  11. 15Jesús NavasAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Aleksandar KolarovSUB
  2. 38Dedryck BoyataSUB
  3. 35Stevan JoveticSUB
  4. 18Frank LampardSUB
  5. 5Pablo ZabaletaSUB
  6. 25FernandinhoSUB
  7. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Manchester City 1. Fernando (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  2. 13' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Manchester City 2. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 34' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Manchester City 3. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jesús Navas following a fast break.
  4. 63' Substitution, Manchester City. Aleksandar Kolarov replaces David Silva.
  5. 66' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Chris Brunt replaces Craig Gardner.
  6. 66' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Cristian Gamboa replaces Sébastien Pocognoli.
  7. 67' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Brown Ideye replaces Silvestre Varela.
  8. 69' Substitution, Manchester City. Fernandinho replaces Yaya Touré.
  9. 75' Substitution, Manchester City. Frank Lampard replaces Samir Nasri.
  10. 84' Fernando (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 87' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Manchester City 3. Brown Ideye (West Bromwich Albion) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by James Morrison following a corner.

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