English Premier League

FT Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Watford LLLWL 1
–
Manchester City WWWWD 3
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WAT011
MNC213
Etihad Stadium · 53,556 att.

Match Report

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Manchester City back to winning ways in easy defeat of Watford

Manchester City got back to winning ways with a 3-1 win against Watford to maintain their unbeaten start to the Premier League season.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
3
23.3
Possession
76.7
7
SHOTS
18
4
ON GOAL
7
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
182
Accurate Passes
784
261
Passes
854
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
5
3
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
41
12
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
3
20
Effective Tackles
7
25
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
7
22
Clearances
7

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 18Fabian DelphLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM
  7. 21David SilvaLM
  8. 17Kevin De BruyneRM
  9. 10Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 19Leroy SanéLF
  11. 7Raheem SterlingRF

Substitutes

  1. 20Bernardo SilvaSUB
  2. 8Ilkay GündoganSUB
  3. 42Yaya TouréSUB
  4. 1Claudio BravoSUB
  5. 15Eliaquim MangalaSUB
  6. 3DaniloSUB
  7. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoSUB

WAT · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 27Christian KabaseleCD-L
  3. 13Molla WaguéCD-R
  4. 22Marvin ZeegelaarLB
  5. 2Daryl JanmaatRB
  6. 29Étienne CapoueAM
  7. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréLM
  8. 23Ben WatsonRM
  9. 18Andre GrayF
  10. 28André CarrilloAM-L
  11. 11RicharlisonAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Tom CleverleySUB
  2. 30Orestis KarnezisSUB
  3. 6Adrian MariappaSUB
  4. 5Sebastian PrödlSUB
  5. 25José HolebasSUB
  6. 17Jerome SinclairSUB
  7. 37Roberto PereyraSUB

Timeline

  1. 1' Goal! Manchester City 1, Watford 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leroy Sané with a cross.
  2. 13' Own Goal by Christian Kabasele, Watford. Manchester City 2, Watford 0.
  3. 24' David Silva (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 61' Substitution, Watford. Tom Cleverley replaces Etienne Capoue.
  5. 61' Substitution, Watford. Roberto Pereyra replaces Ben Watson.
  6. 63' Goal! Manchester City 3, Watford 0. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  7. 67' Substitution, Manchester City. Danilo replaces John Stones.
  8. 71' Substitution, Manchester City. Yaya Touré replaces Fernandinho.
  9. 79' Substitution, Manchester City. Bernardo Silva replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  10. 82' Goal! Manchester City 3, Watford 1. Andre Gray (Watford) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by André Carrillo.
  11. 82' Substitution, Watford. Jerome Sinclair replaces Richarlison.
  12. 83' Roberto Pereyra (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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