English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 16, 2015
Chelsea WWLLD 0
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Manchester City WLWLW 3
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Etihad Stadium · 54,331 att.

Match Report

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Manchester City ease past Chelsea to move top of Premier League

Manchester City went top of the Premier League with a 3-0 victory over defending champions Chelsea.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
19
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
3
50.8
Possession
49.2
10
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
367
Accurate Passes
345
443
Passes
423
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
9
16
Crosses
25
0.1
Cross %
0.4
49
Long Balls
44
29
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
4
13
Effective Tackles
13
20
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
18
25
Clearances
23

Head to Head

CHE leads series 2-1-2

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

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Asmir BegovicG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 24Gary CahillCD-R
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaLB
  5. 2Branislav IvanovicRB
  6. 22WillianAM
  7. 21Nemanja MaticLM
  8. 4Cesc FàbregasRM
  9. 19Diego CostaF
  10. 10Eden HazardAM-L
  11. 7RamiresAM-R

Timeline

  1. 31' Goal! Manchester City 1, Chelsea 0. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yaya Touré.
  2. 33' Vincent Kompany (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+1' Fernandinho (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. Kurt Zouma replaces John Terry.
  5. 48' Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 51' Yaya Touré (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 64' Substitution, Chelsea. Juan Cuadrado replaces Ramires.
  8. 65' Substitution, Manchester City. Samir Nasri replaces Jesús Navas.
  9. 79' Substitution, Manchester City. Martín Demichelis replaces Raheem Sterling.
  10. 79' Substitution, Chelsea. Falcao replaces Willian.
  11. 79' Goal! Manchester City 2, Chelsea 0. Vincent Kompany (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by David Silva with a cross following a corner.
  12. 81' Eden Hazard (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 83' Substitution, Manchester City. Wilfried Bony replaces Sergio Agüero.
  14. 85' Goal! Manchester City 3, Chelsea 0. Fernandinho (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Silva.
  15. 90'+1' Eliaquim Mangala (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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