English Premier League

FT Wednesday, January 31, 2018
West Bromwich Albion LWWDW 0
–
Manchester City WLWWW 3
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MNC123
Etihad Stadium · 53,241 att.

Match Report

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
9
7
Saves
1
25.7
Possession
74.3
3
SHOTS
19
1
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
162
Accurate Passes
614
246
Passes
695
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
0
2
Crosses
20
0.0
Cross %
0.0
60
Long Balls
51
24
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
13
17
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
7
27
Clearances
7

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-R
  4. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM
  7. 21David SilvaLM
  8. 17Kevin De BruyneRM
  9. 10Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingLF
  11. 20Bernardo SilvaRF

Substitutes

  1. 55Brahim DíazSUB
  2. 8Ilkay GündoganSUB
  3. 1Claudio BravoSUB
  4. 42Yaya TouréSUB
  5. 3DaniloSUB
  6. 24Tosin AdarabioyoSUB
  7. 4Vincent KompanySUB

WBA · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Ben FosterG
  2. 26Ahmed HegaziCD-L
  3. 23Gareth McAuleyCD-R
  4. 2Allan NyomLB
  5. 25Craig DawsonRB
  6. 20Grzegorz KrychowiakCM-L
  7. 5Claudio YacobCM-R
  8. 14James McCleanLM
  9. 28Sam FieldRM
  10. 9Salomón RondónF
  11. 19Jay RodríguezRCF

Substitutes

  1. 10Matt PhillipsSUB
  2. 15Daniel SturridgeSUB
  3. 34Rekeem HarperSUB
  4. 18Gareth BarrySUB
  5. 17Oliver BurkeSUB
  6. 11Chris BruntSUB
  7. 13Boaz MyhillSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Manchester City 1, West Bromwich Albion 0. Fernandinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a through ball.
  2. 32' David Silva (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 33' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Gareth Barry replaces Grzegorz Krychowiak because of an injury.
  4. 39' Substitution, Manchester City. Ilkay Gündogan replaces David Silva because of an injury.
  5. 55' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Matt Phillips replaces Sam Field.
  6. 68' Goal! Manchester City 2, West Bromwich Albion 0. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling following a fast break.
  7. 68' James McClean (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 75' Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 78' Substitution, Manchester City. Brahim Diaz replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  10. 78' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Daniel Sturridge replaces Salomón Rondón.
  11. 85' Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 89' Goal! Manchester City 3, West Bromwich Albion 0. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling with a through ball.

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