English Premier League

FT Saturday, November 28, 2015
Southampton DWWWL 1
–
Manchester City WWDLL 3
1st2ndT
SOU011
MNC213
Etihad Stadium · 54,102 att.

Match Report

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Manchester City secure hard-fought win over Southampton

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
6
6
Saves
7
54.1
Possession
45.9
12
SHOTS
16
8
ON GOAL
9
0.7
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
377
Accurate Passes
312
463
Passes
390
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.4
50
Long Balls
56
20
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
6
14
Effective Tackles
21
18
Tackles
28
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
24
18
Clearances
30

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Wilfredo CaballeroG
  2. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 26Martín DemichelisCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 3Bacary SagnaRB
  6. 42Yaya TouréAM
  7. 18Fabian DelphLM
  8. 25FernandinhoRM
  9. 10Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingAM-L
  11. 17Kevin De BruyneAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 72Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  2. 22Gaël ClichySUB
  3. 21David SilvaSUB
  4. 14Wilfried BonySUB
  5. 29Richard WrightSUB
  6. 6FernandoSUB
  7. 15Jesús NavasSUB

SOU · 4-1-4-1

  1. 22Maarten StekelenburgG
  2. 17Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 12Victor WanyamaDM
  5. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  6. 3Maya YoshidaRB
  7. 14Oriol RomeuCM-L
  8. 16James Ward-ProwseCM-R
  9. 8Steven DavisLM
  10. 10Sadio ManéRM
  11. 7Shane LongF

Substitutes

  1. 11Dusan TadicSUB
  2. 23Gastón RamírezSUB
  3. 1Kelvin DavisSUB
  4. 20JuanmiSUB
  5. 15Cuco MartinaSUB
  6. 26Steven CaulkerSUB
  7. 4Jordy ClasieSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Manchester City 1, Southampton 0. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  2. 20' Goal! Manchester City 2, Southampton 0. Fabian Delph (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne following a corner.
  3. 36' Substitution, Southampton. Steven Caulker replaces Jose Fonte because of an injury.
  4. 45' Substitution, Southampton. Dusan Tadic replaces Oriol Romeu.
  5. 49' Goal! Manchester City 2, Southampton 1. Shane Long (Southampton) header from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Sadio Mané with a cross following a set piece situation.
  6. 55' James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 56' Martín Demichelis (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 64' Substitution, Manchester City. Wilfried Bony replaces Sergio Agüero.
  9. 69' Goal! Manchester City 3, Southampton 1. Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
  10. 70' Substitution, Manchester City. Fernando replaces Fabian Delph.
  11. 75' Substitution, Manchester City. David Silva replaces Raheem Sterling.
  12. 77' Substitution, Southampton. Juanmi replaces James Ward-Prowse.
  13. 90'+1' Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.

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