English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 28, 2017
Manchester City WWWWW 3
–
West Bromwich Albion LLDDL 2
1st2ndT
MNC213
WBA112
The Hawthorns · 24,003 att.

Match Report

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Man City go five points clear with eighth successive league win

Leaders Manchester City strolled past West Brom to maintain their grip at the top of the Premier League.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
2
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
2
78.3
Possession
21.7
15
SHOTS
7
5
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
843
Accurate Passes
151
929
Passes
254
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.6
1
Accurate Crosses
2
10
Crosses
6
0.1
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
69
35
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
11
16
Tackles
21
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
16
21
Clearances
16

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

WBA · 3-5-2

  1. 1Ben FosterG
  2. 26Ahmed HegaziCD
  3. 6Jonny EvansCD-L
  4. 23Gareth McAuleyCD-R
  5. 8Jake LivermoreCM-L
  6. 20Grzegorz KrychowiakCM-R
  7. 18Gareth BarryAM
  8. 3Kieran GibbsLM
  9. 2Allan NyomRM
  10. 19Jay RodríguezCF-L
  11. 9Salomón RondónCF-R

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. 33Gabriel JesusF
  10. 19Leroy SanéLF
  11. 20Bernardo SilvaRF

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Manchester City 1. Leroy Sané (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fernandinho.
  2. 13' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Manchester City 1. Jay Rodriguez (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gareth Barry with a through ball.
  3. 15' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Manchester City 2. Fernandinho (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leroy Sané.
  4. 21' Jonny Evans (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 58' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Hal Robson-Kanu replaces Salomón Rondón.
  6. 60' Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 61' Substitution, Manchester City. Raheem Sterling replaces Bernardo Silva.
  8. 64' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Manchester City 3. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kyle Walker.
  9. 68' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Matt Phillips replaces Gareth McAuley.
  10. 71' Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 72' Ahmed Hegazi (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 81' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. James McClean replaces Grzegorz Krychowiak.
  13. 82' Substitution, Manchester City. Ilkay Gündogan replaces Gabriel Jesus.
  14. 90'+2' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 2, Manchester City 3. Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
  15. 90'+4' Kyle Walker (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.

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