English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 14, 2017
Stoke City DLLLW 2
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Manchester City WWWWW 7
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STK112
MNC347
Etihad Stadium · 54,128 att.

Match Report

Man City score seven against Stoke to go clear at top

Kevin De Bruyne orchestrated a Manchester City masterclass as Pep Guardiola's freescoring side thrashed Stoke 7-2 at the Etihad Stadium.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
5
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
0
20.7
Possession
79.3
5
SHOTS
20
1
ON GOAL
11
0.2
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
152
Accurate Passes
814
231
Passes
892
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
2
Crosses
14
0.5
Cross %
0.2
58
Long Balls
42
16
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
0
9
Effective Tackles
11
12
Tackles
12
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
6
16
Clearances
6

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-1-1

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. 33Gabriel JesusF
  10. 19Leroy SanéLF
  11. 7Raheem SterlingRF

Substitutes

  1. 20Bernardo SilvaSUB
  2. 15Eliaquim MangalaSUB
  3. 8Ilkay GündoganSUB
  4. 10Sergio AgüeroSUB
  5. 3DaniloSUB
  6. 42Yaya TouréSUB
  7. 1Claudio BravoSUB

STK · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Jack ButlandG
  2. 5Kevin WimmerCD-L
  3. 6Kurt ZoumaCD-R
  4. 3Erik PietersLB
  5. 42Thomas EdwardsRB
  6. 20Geoff CameronCM-L
  7. 24Darren FletcherCM-R
  8. 10Eric Maxim Choupo-MotingLM
  9. 18Mame Biram DioufRM
  10. 11JeséF
  11. 22Xherdan ShaqiriRCF

Substitutes

  1. 32Ramadan SobhiSUB
  2. 15Bruno Martins IndiSUB
  3. 25Peter CrouchSUB
  4. 9Saido BerahinoSUB
  5. 16Charlie AdamSUB
  6. 14Ibrahim AfellaySUB
  7. 33Lee GrantSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Manchester City 1, Stoke City 0. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kyle Walker.
  2. 19' Goal! Manchester City 2, Stoke City 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leroy Sané.
  3. 27' Goal! Manchester City 3, Stoke City 0. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  4. 44' Goal! Manchester City 3, Stoke City 1. Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesé.
  5. 45' Substitution, Stoke City. Ibrahim Afellay replaces Jesé.
  6. 45' Substitution, Stoke City. Bruno Martins Indi replaces Kevin Wimmer.
  7. 47' Own Goal by Kyle Walker, Manchester City. Manchester City 3, Stoke City 2.
  8. 53' Substitution, Stoke City. Ramadan Sobhi replaces Thomas Edwards because of an injury.
  9. 55' Goal! Manchester City 4, Stoke City 2. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne following a fast break.
  10. 60' Goal! Manchester City 5, Stoke City 2. Fernandinho (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Fabian Delph following a corner.
  11. 62' Goal! Manchester City 6, Stoke City 2. Leroy Sané (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a through ball.
  12. 63' Substitution, Manchester City. Bernardo Silva replaces Gabriel Jesus.
  13. 66' Substitution, Manchester City. Ilkay Gündogan replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  14. 73' Substitution, Manchester City. Yaya Touré replaces Fernandinho.
  15. 79' Goal! Manchester City 7, Stoke City 2. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  16. 90'+2' Ibrahim Afellay (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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