English Premier League

FT Monday, January 14, 2019
Wolverhampton Wanderers LDWLW 0
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Manchester City LWWWW 3
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MNC213
Etihad Stadium · 54,171 att.

Match Report

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Gabriel Jesus helps Manchester City handle Wolves to close gap on Liverpool

Gabriel Jesus scored twice in the first half to lead Manchester City to a win over Wolves and four points off league leaders Liverpool.

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Team Stats

3
Fouls
6
0
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
12
7
Saves
0
23.9
Possession
76.1
3
SHOTS
24
0
ON GOAL
9
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
190
Accurate Passes
803
283
Passes
872
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
5
1
Crosses
31
0.0
Cross %
0.2
76
Long Balls
37
26
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
8
8
Effective Tackles
8
18
Tackles
10
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
10
Interceptions
9
31
Effective Clearances
6
31
Clearances
6

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 3DaniloLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM
  7. 21David SilvaLM
  8. 20Bernardo SilvaRM
  9. 33Gabriel JesusF
  10. 19Leroy SanéLF
  11. 7Raheem SterlingRF

Substitutes

  1. 8Ilkay GündoganSUB
  2. 49Arijanet MuricSUB
  3. 17Kevin De BruyneSUB
  4. 26Riyad MahrezSUB
  5. 30Nicolás OtamendiSUB
  6. 10Sergio AgüeroSUB
  7. 18Fabian DelphSUB

WOL · 3-5-2

  1. 11Rui PatrícioG
  2. 16Conor CoadyCD
  3. 15Willy BolyCD-L
  4. 5Ryan BennettCD-R
  5. 32Leander DendonckerCM-L
  6. 28João MoutinhoCM-R
  7. 8Rúben NevesAM
  8. 19JonnyLM
  9. 2Matt DohertyRM
  10. 18Diogo JotaCF-L
  11. 9Raúl JiménezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 21John RuddySUB
  2. 7Ivan CavaleiroSUB
  3. 29Ruben VinagreSUB
  4. 37Adama TraoréSUB
  5. 27Romain SaïssSUB
  6. 10Hélder CostaSUB
  7. 17Morgan Gibbs-WhiteSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Manchester City 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leroy Sané.
  2. 14' Fernandinho (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 19' Willy Boly (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the red card.
  4. 39' Goal! Manchester City 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Adama Traoré replaces Raúl Jiménez.
  6. 59' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Romain Saïss replaces Diogo Jota.
  7. 62' Substitution, Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne replaces David Silva.
  8. 72' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Morgan Gibbs-White replaces João Moutinho.
  9. 74' Substitution, Manchester City. Ilkay Gündogan replaces Leroy Sané.
  10. 76' Substitution, Manchester City. Sergio Agüero replaces Gabriel Jesus.
  11. 78' Own Goal by Conor Coady, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Manchester City 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.

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