English Premier League

FT Sunday, February 3, 2019
Arsenal WLWLW 1
–
Manchester City WWWWL 3
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ARS101
MNC213
Etihad Stadium · 54,483 att.

Match Report

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
2
Corner Kicks
4
9
Saves
1
41.2
Possession
58.8
4
SHOTS
19
2
ON GOAL
12
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
339
Accurate Passes
537
432
Passes
613
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
2
7
Crosses
18
0.1
Cross %
0.1
43
Long Balls
46
15
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
4
5
Effective Tackles
7
9
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
16
Interceptions
10
26
Effective Clearances
16
26
Clearances
16

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 25FernandinhoCD-R
  4. 14Aymeric LaporteLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 8Ilkay GündoganCM
  7. 21David SilvaLM
  8. 17Kevin De BruyneRM
  9. 10Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingLF
  11. 20Bernardo SilvaRF

ARS · 4-4-2

  1. 19Bernd LenoG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 20Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 12Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 29Matteo GuendouziCM-L
  7. 11Lucas TorreiraCM-R
  8. 31Sead KolasinacLM
  9. 17Alex IwobiRM
  10. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangCF-L
  11. 9Alexandre LacazetteCF-R

Timeline

  1. 1' Goal! Manchester City 1, Arsenal 0. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aymeric Laporte.
  2. 11' Goal! Manchester City 1, Arsenal 1. Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Nacho Monreal following a corner.
  3. 40' Lucas Torreira (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 44' Goal! Manchester City 2, Arsenal 1. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  5. 61' Goal! Manchester City 3, Arsenal 1. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) with an attempt from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  6. 65' Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 66' Substitution, Arsenal. Aaron Ramsey replaces Alex Iwobi.
  8. 66' Substitution, Arsenal. Denis Suárez replaces Sead Kolasinac.
  9. 79' Substitution, Arsenal. Konstantinos Mavropanos replaces Shkodran Mustafi because of an injury.
  10. 81' Substitution, Manchester City. Gabriel Jesus replaces Sergio Agüero.
  11. 88' Substitution, Manchester City. Riyad Mahrez replaces Kevin De Bruyne because of an injury.

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