English Premier League

FT Saturday, January 2, 2016
Manchester City WWLWD 2
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Watford WWWDL 1
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Match Report

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Manchester City score twice late to fight back and defeat Watford

Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero both scored in a three-minute span to spark Manchester City to a 2-1 win at Watford on Saturday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
6
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
3
51.5
Possession
48.5
16
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
328
Accurate Passes
296
436
Passes
410
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
0
18
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.0
66
Long Balls
84
25
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
21
Effective Tackles
12
28
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
34
Effective Clearances
15
40
Clearances
19

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

WAT · 4-4-2

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 3Miguel BritosCD-L
  3. 15Craig CathcartCD-R
  4. 25José HolebasLB
  5. 2Allan NyomRB
  6. 23Ben WatsonCM-L
  7. 29Étienne CapoueCM-R
  8. 7José Manuel JuradoLM
  9. 22Almen AbdiRM
  10. 9Troy DeeneyCF-L
  11. 24Odion IghaloCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Adlène GuédiouraSUB
  2. 10Mamadou Obbi OularéSUB
  3. 8Valon BehramiSUB
  4. 20Steven BerghuisSUB
  5. 34Giedrius ArlauskisSUB
  6. 21Ikechi AnyaSUB
  7. 5Sebastian PrödlSUB

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 20Eliaquim MangalaCD-L
  3. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 3Bacary SagnaRB
  6. 21David SilvaAM
  7. 42Yaya TouréLM
  8. 25FernandinhoRM
  9. 10Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingAM-L
  11. 17Kevin De BruyneAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  2. 26Martín DemichelisSUB
  3. 15Jesús NavasSUB
  4. 22Gaël ClichySUB
  5. 14Wilfried BonySUB
  6. 6FernandoSUB
  7. 5Pablo ZabaletaSUB

Timeline

  1. 38' Nyom (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 55' Goal! Watford 1, Manchester City 0. Ben Watson (Watford) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  3. 60' Substitution, Manchester City. Jesús Navas replaces Raheem Sterling.
  4. 75' Substitution, Manchester City. Wilfried Bony replaces Eliaquim Mangala.
  5. 80' Substitution, Watford. Adlène Guédioura replaces Jurado.
  6. 82' Goal! Watford 1, Manchester City 1. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov with a cross following a corner.
  7. 84' Goal! Watford 1, Manchester City 2. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bacary Sagna with a cross.
  8. 86' Substitution, Manchester City. Martín Demichelis replaces Sergio Agüero.

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