English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 29, 2015
Watford LDDDL 0
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Manchester City WLWWW 2
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Etihad Stadium · 53,218 att.

Match Report

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Raheem Sterling scores first Manchester City goal in Watford win

Raheem Sterling struck his first Manchester City goal as Manuel Pellegrini's men maintained their flying Barclays Premier League start with a 2-0 win.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
9
3
Saves
0
41.3
Possession
58.7
7
SHOTS
18
0
ON GOAL
5
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
393
Accurate Passes
594
458
Passes
645
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
26
0.1
Cross %
0.2
52
Long Balls
35
27
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
5
Blocked Shots
5
21
Effective Tackles
13
30
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
14
23
Clearances
17

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 20Eliaquim MangalaCD-L
  3. 4Vincent KompanyCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 3Bacary SagnaRB
  6. 21David SilvaAM
  7. 25FernandinhoLM
  8. 42Yaya TouréRM
  9. 10Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingAM-L
  11. 15Jesús NavasAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Fabian DelphSUB
  2. 8Samir NasriSUB
  3. 50Pablo MaffeoSUB
  4. 26Martín DemichelisSUB
  5. 27Patrick RobertsSUB
  6. 72Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  7. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB

WAT · 4-2-4-0

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 15Craig CathcartCD-L
  3. 5Sebastian PrödlCD-R
  4. 25José HolebasLB
  5. 2Allan NyomRB
  6. 8Valon BehramiCM-L
  7. 29Étienne CapoueCM-R
  8. 22Almen AbdiCF-L
  9. 7José Manuel JuradoCF-R
  10. 24Odion IghaloLF
  11. 9Troy DeeneyRF

Substitutes

  1. 31Tommie Hoban
  2. 34Giedrius Arlauskis
  3. 32Alessandro Diamanti
  4. 10Matej Vydra
  5. 23Ben Watson
  6. 19Miguel Layún
  7. 21Ikechi Anya

Timeline

  1. 40' Vincent Kompany (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 43' Nyom (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Samir Nasri replaces Jesús Navas.
  4. 47' Goal! Manchester City 1, Watford 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bacary Sagna with a cross.
  5. 56' Goal! Manchester City 2, Watford 0. Fernandinho (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Silva following a set piece situation.
  6. 63' Substitution, Watford. Ikechi Anya replaces Almen Abdi.
  7. 63' Sebastian Prödl (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 72' Substitution, Watford. Miguel Layún replaces Odion Ighalo.
  9. 75' Substitution, Manchester City. Fabian Delph replaces David Silva.
  10. 76' Substitution, Watford. Ben Watson replaces Etienne Capoue.
  11. 89' Substitution, Manchester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Raheem Sterling.

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