English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 9, 2019
Watford WWWLW 1
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Manchester City WWWWW 3
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Etihad Stadium · 54,104 att.

Match Report

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Man City open up four point lead over Liverpool thanks to Sterling hat-trick

After a goalless opening 45 minutes, Raheem Sterling scored three times in 13 minutes as Manchester City beat Watford 3-1.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
1
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
0
28.9
Possession
71.1
2
SHOTS
19
1
ON GOAL
9
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
210
Accurate Passes
662
298
Passes
727
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
4
5
Crosses
22
0.2
Cross %
0.2
69
Long Balls
23
27
Accurate Long Balls
12
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
4
18
Tackles
7
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
11
36
Effective Clearances
9
36
Clearances
9

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 4Vincent KompanyCD-R
  4. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 8Ilkay GündoganCM
  7. 21David SilvaLM
  8. 20Bernardo SilvaRM
  9. 10Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingLF
  11. 26Riyad MahrezRF

WAT · 4-5-1

  1. 26Ben FosterG
  2. 3Miguel BritosCD-L
  3. 27Christian KabaseleCD-R
  4. 11Adam MasinaLB
  5. 2Daryl JanmaatRB
  6. 8Tom CleverleyCM-L
  7. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréCM-R
  8. 29Étienne CapoueAM
  9. 10Isaac SuccessLM
  10. 21Kiko FemeníaRM
  11. 18Andre GrayF

Timeline

  1. 6' Kyle Walker (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 18' Tom Cleverley (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 46' Goal! Manchester City 1, Watford 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  4. 50' Goal! Manchester City 2, Watford 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
  5. 59' Goal! Manchester City 3, Watford 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Silva with a through ball.
  6. 64' Substitution, Manchester City. Leroy Sané replaces Raheem Sterling.
  7. 66' Substitution, Watford. Troy Deeney replaces Isaac Success.
  8. 66' Substitution, Watford. Gerard Deulofeu replaces Kiko Femenía.
  9. 66' Goal! Manchester City 3, Watford 1. Gerard Deulofeu (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Troy Deeney with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  10. 80' Substitution, Manchester City. Gabriel Jesus replaces Sergio Agüero.
  11. 82' Substitution, Watford. Craig Cathcart replaces Miguel Britos because of an injury.
  12. 90' Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Riyad Mahrez.

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