English Premier League

FT Monday, August 10, 2015
Manchester City WWLWL 3
–
West Bromwich Albion DWLLW 0
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MNC213
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The Hawthorns · 24,564 att.

Match Report

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Manchester City ease past West Brom with goals from Toure, Kompany

The 2013-14 champions totally dominated West Brom in a season-opening win in the Premier League.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
4
69.1
Possession
30.9
20
SHOTS
9
7
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
693
Accurate Passes
267
764
Passes
328
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
22
0.2
Cross %
0.2
59
Long Balls
45
38
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
11
Blocked Shots
1
9
Effective Tackles
11
10
Tackles
17
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
15
21
Clearances
21

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

WBA · 4-4-2

  1. 13Boaz MyhillG
  2. 6Joleon LescottCD-L
  3. 25Craig DawsonCD-R
  4. 11Chris BruntLB
  5. 4James ChesterRB
  6. 7James MorrisonCM-L
  7. 24Darren FletcherCM-R
  8. 14James McCleanLM
  9. 8Craig GardnerRM
  10. 18Saido BerahinoCF-L
  11. 17Rickie LambertCF-R

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. 14Wilfried BonyF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingAM-L
  11. 15Jesús NavasAM-R

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Manchester City 1. David Silva (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yaya Touré.
  2. 24' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Manchester City 2. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Wilfried Bony.
  3. 39' Darren Fletcher (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Claudio Yacob replaces James McClean.
  5. 51' Fernandinho (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 57' Craig Gardner (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 58' James Chester (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 59' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Manchester City 3. Vincent Kompany (Manchester City) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by David Silva with a cross following a corner.
  9. 62' Claudio Yacob (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 63' Substitution, Manchester City. Sergio Agüero replaces Wilfried Bony.
  11. 74' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Victor Anichebe replaces Rickie Lambert.
  12. 74' Substitution, Manchester City. Samir Nasri replaces Raheem Sterling.
  13. 80' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Callum McManaman replaces Saido Berahino.
  14. 80' Substitution, Manchester City. Martín Demichelis replaces Yaya Touré.

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