English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 23, 2016
Stoke City LWDLL 0
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Manchester City DWWWD 4
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MNC224
Etihad Stadium · 53,974 att.

Match Report

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Manchester City ease past Stoke to bolster top-four hopes

Manchester City edged closer to Champions League qualification with a comfortable victory at home to Stoke City.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
9
2
Saves
2
46.8
Possession
53.2
14
SHOTS
11
2
ON GOAL
6
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
371
Accurate Passes
412
446
Passes
501
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
12
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.5
49
Long Balls
56
30
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
8
17
Clearances
12

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-4-2

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 20Eliaquim MangalaCD-L
  3. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 5Pablo ZabaletaRB
  6. 42Yaya TouréCM-L
  7. 6FernandoCM-R
  8. 21David SilvaLM
  9. 15Jesús NavasRM
  10. 10Sergio AgüeroCF-L
  11. 72Kelechi IheanachoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Raheem SterlingSUB
  2. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  3. 22Gaël ClichySUB
  4. 17Kevin De BruyneSUB
  5. 14Wilfried BonySUB
  6. 18Fabian DelphSUB
  7. 26Martín DemichelisSUB

STK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 24Shay GivenG
  2. 26Philipp WollscheidCD-L
  3. 17Ryan ShawcrossCD-R
  4. 5Marc MuniesaLB
  5. 2Phil BardsleyRB
  6. 21Giannelli ImbulaAM
  7. 6Glenn WhelanLM
  8. 20Geoff CameronRM
  9. 11JoseluF
  10. 10Marko ArnautovicAM-L
  11. 18Mame Biram DioufAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Peter CrouchSUB
  2. 29Jakob HaugaardSUB
  3. 34Oliver ShentonSUB
  4. 16Charlie AdamSUB
  5. 27Bojan KrkicSUB
  6. 23Dionatan TeixeiraSUB
  7. 30Mohamed El OuriachiSUB

Timeline

  1. 35' Goal! Manchester City 1, Stoke City 0. Fernando (Manchester City) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jesús Navas with a cross following a corner.
  2. 43' Goal! Manchester City 2, Stoke City 0. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Stoke City. Jakob Haugaard replaces Shay Given.
  4. 57' Substitution, Manchester City. Fabian Delph replaces David Silva.
  5. 64' Goal! Manchester City 3, Stoke City 0. Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pablo Zabaleta.
  6. 65' Substitution, Manchester City. Wilfried Bony replaces Sergio Agüero.
  7. 72' Substitution, Manchester City. Martín Demichelis replaces Fernando.
  8. 74' Goal! Manchester City 4, Stoke City 0. Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wilfried Bony.
  9. 75' Substitution, Stoke City. Charlie Adam replaces Marko Arnautovic because of an injury.

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