English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 12, 2017
Manchester City WLWWW 2
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Brighton & Hove Albion WLLDL 0
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American Express Stadium · 30,415 att.

Match Report

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Sergio Aguero strikes as Man City see off brave Brighton to net win

Manchester City struggled to repeat their fine preseason form but came away from newly promoted Brighton with a 2-0 win.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
6
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
6
10
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
3
78.2
Possession
21.8
14
SHOTS
6
4
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
691
Accurate Passes
130
768
Passes
213
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.6
4
Accurate Crosses
2
27
Crosses
8
0.1
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
49
34
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
8
10
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
8
Effective Clearances
39
8
Clearances
39

Head to Head

Lineups

BHA · 4-4-2

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 22Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 29Markus SuttnerLB
  5. 2BrunoRB
  6. 24Davy PropperCM-L
  7. 6Dale StephensCM-R
  8. 37Isaiah BrownLM
  9. 20Solly MarchRM
  10. 10Tomer HemedCF-L
  11. 13Pascal GrossCF-R

MNC · 3-1-4-2

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 5John StonesCD
  3. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  4. 4Vincent KompanyCD-R
  5. 25FernandinhoSW
  6. 21David SilvaCM-L
  7. 17Kevin De BruyneCM-R
  8. 3DaniloLM
  9. 2Kyle WalkerRM
  10. 33Gabriel JesusCF-L
  11. 10Sergio AgüeroCF-R

Timeline

  1. 24' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jamie Murphy replaces Isaiah Brown because of an injury.
  2. 29' Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  3. 60' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Glenn Murray replaces Tomer Hemed.
  4. 68' Substitution, Manchester City. Leroy Sané replaces Danilo.
  5. 70' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Manchester City 1. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Silva with a through ball.
  6. 75' Own Goal by Lewis Dunk, Brighton and Hove Albion. Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Manchester City 2.
  7. 75' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Anthony Knockaert replaces Solly March.
  8. 78' Substitution, Manchester City. Raheem Sterling replaces Gabriel Jesus.
  9. 82' Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 83' Substitution, Manchester City. Bernardo Silva replaces Sergio Agüero.

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