English Premier League

FT Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Manchester City DWDWW 1
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Sunderland WLWLD 0
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MNC101
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Stadium of Light · 38,852 att.

Match Report

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Sergio Aguero on target as Manchester City edge sorry Sunderland

Sergio Aguero served up a reminder that there is life before Pep Guardiola as Manchester City maintained their Premier League title challenge.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
6
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
1
50.4
Possession
49.6
7
SHOTS
11
2
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
323
Accurate Passes
291
431
Passes
411
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
3
10
Crosses
26
0.2
Cross %
0.1
58
Long Balls
68
18
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
21
21
Tackles
33
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
36
Effective Clearances
34
45
Clearances
39

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

SUN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 25Vito MannoneG
  2. 16John O'SheaCD-L
  3. 23Lamine KonéCD-R
  4. 27Jan KirchhoffDM
  5. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  6. 2Billy JonesRB
  7. 6Lee CattermoleCM-L
  8. 21Yann M'vilaCM-R
  9. 9Fabio BoriniLM
  10. 17Jeremain LensRM
  11. 18Jermain DefoeF

Substitutes

  1. 5Wes BrownSUB
  2. 10Dame N'DoyeSUB
  3. 24DeAndre YedlinSUB
  4. 13Jordan PickfordSUB
  5. 41Duncan WatmoreSUB
  6. 11Adam JohnsonSUB
  7. 22Wahbi KhazriSUB

MNC · 4-4-2

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 26Martín DemichelisCD-L
  3. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-R
  4. 22Gaël ClichyLB
  5. 3Bacary SagnaRB
  6. 42Yaya TouréCM-L
  7. 25FernandinhoCM-R
  8. 21David SilvaLM
  9. 15Jesús NavasRM
  10. 10Sergio AgüeroCF-L
  11. 72Kelechi IheanachoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Pablo ZabaletaSUB
  2. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  3. 59Bersant CelinaSUB
  4. 6FernandoSUB
  5. 7Raheem SterlingSUB
  6. 62Brandon BarkerSUB
  7. 11Aleksandar KolarovSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Sunderland 0, Manchester City 1. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  2. 45' Substitution, Sunderland. Wahbi Khazri replaces Jeremain Lens.
  3. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Fernando replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
  4. 59' Billy Jones (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 75' Substitution, Sunderland. Adam Johnson replaces Lee Cattermole.
  6. 76' Substitution, Manchester City. Raheem Sterling replaces Jesús Navas because of an injury.
  7. 79' Substitution, Manchester City. Aleksandar Kolarov replaces Yaya Touré.
  8. 80' Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 82' Substitution, Sunderland. Dame N'Doye replaces Fabio Borini.
  10. 90'+1' Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90'+4' Fernandinho (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 90'+5' Bacary Sagna (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.

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