English Premier League

FT Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Cardiff City LLLWL 0
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Manchester City WWWWW 2
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MNC202
Etihad Stadium · 53,559 att.

Match Report

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Manchester City back on top after routine victory over Cardiff

Manchester City returned to the top of the table as goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Leroy Sane gave them a 2-0 home win over struggling Cardiff.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
3
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
17
9
Saves
1
21.2
Possession
78.8
4
SHOTS
27
1
ON GOAL
11
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
123
Accurate Passes
618
185
Passes
676
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
10
6
Crosses
30
0.3
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
28
25
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
9
14
Tackles
11
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
10
Interceptions
8
28
Effective Clearances
8
28
Clearances
8

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 3DaniloRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM
  7. 47Phil FodenLM
  8. 17Kevin De BruyneRM
  9. 33Gabriel JesusF
  10. 19Leroy SanéLF
  11. 26Riyad MahrezRF

Substitutes

  1. 49Arijanet MuricSUB
  2. 21David SilvaSUB
  3. 8Ilkay GündoganSUB
  4. 20Bernardo SilvaSUB
  5. 7Raheem SterlingSUB
  6. 2Kyle WalkerSUB
  7. 4Vincent KompanySUB

CAR · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Neil EtheridgeG
  2. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaCD-L
  3. 4Sean MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Joe BennettLB
  5. 2Lee PeltierRB
  6. 8Joe RallsCM-L
  7. 17Aron GunnarssonCM-R
  8. 33Junior HoilettLM
  9. 11Josh MurphyRM
  10. 29Oumar NiasseF
  11. 21Víctor CamarasaRCF

Substitutes

  1. 19Nathaniel Mendez-LaingSUB
  2. 15Leandro BacunaSUB
  3. 23Kadeem HarrisSUB
  4. 10Kenneth ZohoreSUB
  5. 14Bobby De Cordova-ReidSUB
  6. 28Brian MurphySUB
  7. 18Greg CunninghamSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Manchester City 1, Cardiff City 0. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Aymeric Laporte.
  2. 8' Joe Bennett (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 19' Substitution, Manchester City. Kyle Walker replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko because of an injury.
  4. 34' Lee Peltier (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 44' Goal! Manchester City 2, Cardiff City 0. Leroy Sané (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus following a corner.
  6. 53' Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 60' Substitution, Cardiff City. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing replaces Josh Murphy.
  8. 81' Substitution, Cardiff City. Leandro Bacuna replaces Aron Gunnarsson.
  9. 83' Substitution, Cardiff City. Bobby De Cordova-Reid replaces Víctor Camarasa.

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