English Premier League

FT Monday, March 12, 2018
Manchester City LWWWL 2
–
Stoke City DLDDD 0
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MNC112
STK000
bet365 Stadium · 29,138 att.

Match Report

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David Silva double leads Manchester City to easy defeat of Stoke

Manchester City restored their 16-point lead atop the Premier League table as a David Silva brace led them to a 2-0 away win against Stoke on Monday.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
6
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
10
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
4
77.1
Possession
22.9
17
SHOTS
3
6
ON GOAL
0
0.4
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
762
Accurate Passes
165
847
Passes
245
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
1
10
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.1
60
Long Balls
65
35
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
12
16
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
16
21
Clearances
16

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

STK · 4-3-3

  1. 1Jack ButlandG
  2. 15Bruno Martins IndiCD-L
  3. 6Kurt ZoumaCD-R
  4. 21Konstantinos StafylidisLB
  5. 2Moritz BauerRB
  6. 20Geoff CameronCM
  7. 27Badou N'DiayeLM
  8. 4Joe AllenRM
  9. 11JeséF
  10. 10Eric Maxim Choupo-MotingLF
  11. 22Xherdan ShaqiriRF

Substitutes

  1. 25Peter CrouchSUB
  2. 16Charlie AdamSUB
  3. 29Jakob HaugaardSUB
  4. 32Ramadan SobhiSUB
  5. 17Ryan ShawcrossSUB
  6. 24Darren FletcherSUB
  7. 8Glen JohnsonSUB

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 4Vincent KompanyCD-R
  4. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM
  7. 21David SilvaLM
  8. 17Kevin De BruyneRM
  9. 33Gabriel JesusF
  10. 19Leroy SanéLF
  11. 7Raheem SterlingRF

Substitutes

  1. 3DaniloSUB
  2. 8Ilkay GündoganSUB
  3. 42Yaya TouréSUB
  4. 20Bernardo SilvaSUB
  5. 1Claudio BravoSUB
  6. 5John StonesSUB
  7. 14Aymeric LaporteSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Stoke City 0, Manchester City 1. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  2. 50' Goal! Stoke City 0, Manchester City 2. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
  3. 63' Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Crouch replaces Jesé.
  4. 73' Joe Allen (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 85' Substitution, Manchester City. Bernardo Silva replaces Raheem Sterling.
  6. 88' Substitution, Stoke City. Ramadan Sobhi replaces Geoff Cameron.
  7. 90'+1' Substitution, Manchester City. Ilkay Gündogan replaces Gabriel Jesus.

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