English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 17, 2014
Manchester City WWDDL 2
–
Newcastle United LWLWW 0
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MNC112
NEW000
St. James' Park · 50,816 att.

Match Report

Aguero seals opening win for City

Sergio Aguero came off the bench to ensure a winning start for defending Premier League champions Manchester City at Newcastle.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
8
5
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
3
55.8
Possession
44.2
13
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
0
0.4
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
511
Accurate Passes
382
593
Passes
460
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
10
Crosses
21
0.1
Cross %
0.1
48
Long Balls
57
28
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
24
Effective Tackles
18
29
Tackles
23
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
32
Effective Clearances
21
32
Clearances
21

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

NEW · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Tim KrulG
  2. 2Fabricio ColocciniCD-L
  3. 6Michael WilliamsonCD-R
  4. 8Vurnon AnitaDM
  5. 36Paul DummettLB
  6. 22Daryl JanmaatRB
  7. 7Moussa SissokoCM-L
  8. 14Jack ColbackCM-R
  9. 11Yoan GouffranLM
  10. 20Rémy CabellaRM
  11. 29Emmanuel RivièreF

MNC · 4-4-2

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 26Martín DemichelisCD-L
  3. 4Vincent KompanyCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 22Gaël ClichyRB
  6. 42Yaya TouréCM-L
  7. 6FernandoCM-R
  8. 21David SilvaLM
  9. 8Samir NasriRM
  10. 35Stevan JoveticCF-L
  11. 10Edin DzekoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 34' David Silva (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 38' Goal! Newcastle United 0, Manchester City 1. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
  3. 54' Martín Demichelis (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 57' Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 63' Substitution, Newcastle United. Gabriel Obertan replaces Vurnon Anita.
  6. 73' Substitution, Manchester City. Fernandinho replaces Stevan Jovetic.
  7. 74' Substitution, Newcastle United. Rolando Aarons replaces Yoan Gouffran.
  8. 75' Vincent Kompany (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 77' Daryl Janmaat (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 78' Substitution, Manchester City. James Milner replaces Samir Nasri.
  11. 83' Substitution, Manchester City. Sergio Agüero replaces Edin Dzeko.
  12. 83' Substitution, Newcastle United. Ayoze Pérez replaces Emmanuel Rivière.
  13. 87' Fernando (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+2' Goal! Newcastle United 0, Manchester City 2. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner.

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