English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 2, 2016
Manchester City LWDDL 4
–
AFC Bournemouth DWWWL 0
1st2ndT
MNC314
BOU000
Vitality Stadium · 11,192 att.

Match Report

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Kevin De Bruyne helps inspire Manchester City in victory at Bournemouth

Returning forward Kevin De Bruyne got Manchester City's Champions League push back on track as they thumped Bournemouth 4-0 at the Vitality Stadium.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
3
54.4
Possession
45.6
15
SHOTS
11
7
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
470
Accurate Passes
384
557
Passes
459
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
6
15
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.4
62
Long Balls
64
30
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
4
22
Effective Tackles
10
27
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
16
17
Clearances
20

Head to Head

MNC leads series 1-0

Lineups

BOU · 4-4-2

  1. 1Artur BorucG
  2. 3Steve CookCD-L
  3. 2Simon FrancisCD-R
  4. 11Charlie DanielsLB
  5. 15Adam SmithRB
  6. 6Andrew SurmanCM-L
  7. 32Eunan O'KaneCM-R
  8. 10Max GradelLM
  9. 30Matt RitchieRM
  10. 17Joshua KingCF-L
  11. 28Lewis GrabbanCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Dan GoslingSUB
  2. 27Glenn MurraySUB
  3. 7Marc PughSUB
  4. 23Adam FedericiSUB
  5. 12Juan IturbeSUB
  6. 5Tommy ElphickSUB
  7. 25Sylvain DistinSUB

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Wilfredo CaballeroG
  2. 20Eliaquim MangalaCD-L
  3. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-R
  4. 22Gaël ClichyLB
  5. 5Pablo ZabaletaRB
  6. 17Kevin De BruyneAM
  7. 25FernandinhoLM
  8. 6FernandoRM
  9. 10Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 21David SilvaAM-L
  11. 15Jesús NavasAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Martín DemichelisSUB
  2. 11Aleksandar KolarovSUB
  3. 14Wilfried BonySUB
  4. 3Bacary SagnaSUB
  5. 8Samir NasriSUB
  6. 72Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  7. 29Richard WrightSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Bournemouth 0, Manchester City 1. Fernando (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  2. 12' Goal! Bournemouth 0, Manchester City 2. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Silva.
  3. 19' Goal! Bournemouth 0, Manchester City 3. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jesús Navas with a cross.
  4. 45' Substitution, Bournemouth. Marc Pugh replaces Joshua King.
  5. 57' Substitution, Manchester City. Aleksandar Kolarov replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  6. 66' Substitution, Manchester City. Samir Nasri replaces David Silva.
  7. 68' Substitution, Bournemouth. Tommy Elphick replaces Adam Smith because of an injury.
  8. 79' Substitution, Manchester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Sergio Agüero.
  9. 84' Substitution, Bournemouth. Dan Gosling replaces Max Gradel.
  10. 89' Fernando (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90'+3' Goal! Bournemouth 0, Manchester City 4. Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Samir Nasri.

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