English Premier League

Fulham vs Manchester City, 2018/2019 English Premier League

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  • 5': Bernardo Silva
  • 27': Sergio Agüero

Man City ease back to the top with victory at Fulham

Manchester City eased back to the top of the Premier League as first-half goals from Bernardo Silva and Sergio Aguero earned a 2-0 win at Fulham.

Match Timeline

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 1': Offside, Fulham. Maxime Le Marchand tries a through ball, but Ryan Babel is caught offside.
  • 3': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Joe Bryan.
  • 3': Attempt blocked. Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 4': Attempt blocked. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
  • 5': Floyd Ayité (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City).
  • 5': Goal! Fulham 0, Manchester City 1. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergio Agüero.
  • 7': Attempt blocked. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
  • 9': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Tom Cairney.
  • 9': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Sergio Rico.
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan with a cross.
  • 10': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Cyrus Christie.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan with a cross following a corner.
  • 11': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Calum Chambers.
  • 14': Attempt saved. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  • 14': Attempt saved. David Silva (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kyle Walker.
  • 15': Attempt blocked. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergio Agüero.
  • 15': Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 16': Attempt saved. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergio Agüero.
  • 18': Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City).
  • 18': Tom Cairney (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 20': Attempt missed. Ryan Babel (Fulham) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Joe Bryan with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 22': Attempt blocked. Floyd Ayité (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Sessegnon.
  • 27': Goal! Fulham 0, Manchester City 2. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
  • 29': Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City).
  • 29': Ryan Babel (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 31': Foul by Ryan Sessegnon (Fulham).
  • 31': Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Joe Bryan.
  • 36': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Joe Bryan.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan with a cross following a corner.
  • 38': Offside, Manchester City. David Silva tries a through ball, but Raheem Sterling is caught offside.
  • 41': Foul by Maxime Le Marchand (Fulham).
  • 41': Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by David Silva.
  • 41': Attempt saved. Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Joe Bryan (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Floyd Ayité.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by David Silva.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Fulham 0, Manchester City 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Fulham 0, Manchester City 2.
  • 48': Cyrus Christie (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 48': Foul by David Silva (Manchester City).
  • 53': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Calum Chambers.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
  • 57': Offside, Fulham. Joe Bryan tries a through ball, but Ryan Babel is caught offside.
  • 57': Substitution, Manchester City. Gabriel Jesus replaces Sergio Agüero.
  • 58': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
  • 61': Attempt saved. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko.
  • 61': Floyd Ayité (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Foul by Kyle Walker (Manchester City).
  • 62': Foul by Ryan Sessegnon (Fulham).
  • 62': Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 63': Delay in match Timothy Fosu-Mensah (Fulham) because of an injury.
  • 63': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 64': Substitution, Fulham. Neeskens Kebano replaces Floyd Ayité.
  • 65': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Joe Bryan.
  • 66': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
  • 67': David Silva (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 67': Foul by Cyrus Christie (Fulham).
  • 67': Cyrus Christie (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 68': Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  • 69': André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Foul by Raheem Sterling (Manchester City).
  • 70': Substitution, Fulham. André Schürrle replaces Tom Cairney.
  • 74': André Schürrle (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 74': Foul by Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City).
  • 74': Offside, Fulham. André Schürrle tries a through ball, but Maxime Le Marchand is caught offside.
  • 75': Substitution, Manchester City. Fernandinho replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  • 76': Delay in match André Schürrle (Fulham) because of an injury.
  • 77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 78': Offside, Fulham. Timothy Fosu-Mensah tries a through ball, but Ryan Babel is caught offside.
  • 78': Foul by Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City).
  • 78': Neeskens Kebano (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 80': Kyle Walker (Manchester City) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  • 80': Maxime Le Marchand (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 81': Foul by Raheem Sterling (Manchester City).
  • 81': Joe Bryan (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City).
  • 82': Ryan Babel (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Neeskens Kebano (Fulham) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cyrus Christie with a headed pass.
  • 84': Attempt missed. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
  • 86': Foul by Raheem Sterling (Manchester City).
  • 86': Ryan Babel (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. André Schürrle (Fulham) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked.
  • 87': Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
  • 88': Substitution, Fulham. Kevin McDonald replaces Ryan Babel.
  • 88': Substitution, Manchester City. Riyad Mahrez replaces Raheem Sterling.
  • 90': André Schürrle (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City).
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Fulham 0, Manchester City 2.
  • 90'+5': Match ends, Fulham 0, Manchester City 2.

Statistics

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12 Fouls 4
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 4
11 Corner Kicks 0
0 Saves 5
65.4 Possession 34.6
24 SHOTS 5
7 ON GOAL 0
0.3 On Target % 0.0
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
613 Accurate Passes 283
679 Passes 359
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 4
20 Crosses 8
0.2 Cross % 0.5
51 Long Balls 55
32 Accurate Long Balls 19
0.6 Long Balls % 0.3
9 Blocked Shots 2
8 Effective Tackles 10
16 Tackles 20
0.5 Tackle % 0.5
7 Interceptions 12
12 Effective Clearances 20
12 Clearances 20

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Craven Cottage
Location: London, England
Attendance: 25,001

Premier League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Arsenal 37 +43 82
2 Manchester City 37 +43 78
3 Manchester United 37 +16 68
4 Aston Villa 37 +6 62
Full Table

Line-Ups

FUL Fulham (5-4-1)

No. Name
25 Sergio Rico (GK)
20 Maxime Le Marchand Yellow Card
5 Calum Chambers
21 Timothy Fosu-Mensah
23 Joe Bryan
22 Cyrus Christie Yellow Card
10 Tom Cairney
29 Frank Anguissa
3 Ryan Sessegnon
11 Floyd Ayité
12 Ryan Babel

MNC Manchester City (4-3-3)

No. Name
31 Ederson (GK)
14 Aymeric Laporte
30 Nicolás Otamendi
35 Oleksandr Zinchenko
2 Kyle Walker
8 Ilkay Gündogan
21 David Silva
17 Kevin De Bruyne
10 Sergio Agüero
7 Raheem Sterling
20 Bernardo Silva

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