English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 30, 2018
Manchester City WWWLL 3
–
Southampton LLWWL 1
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MNC303
SOU101
St. Mary's Stadium · 31,381 att.

Match Report

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Manchester City beat Southampton to move back into second place

Two goals in the closing moments of the first half gave Manchester City a 3-1 win at Southampton and saw them move back into second place.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
0
8
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
4
76.6
Possession
23.4
14
SHOTS
5
6
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
698
Accurate Passes
157
783
Passes
235
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
2
18
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.2
45
Long Balls
52
29
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
0
9
Effective Tackles
17
12
Tackles
25
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
13
19
Effective Clearances
33
19
Clearances
33

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

SOU · 4-3-2-1

  1. 1Alex McCarthyG
  2. 35Jan BednarekCD-L
  3. 5Jack StephensCD-R
  4. 33Matt TargettLB
  5. 66Kayne RamsayRB
  6. 14Oriol RomeuCM
  7. 18Mario LeminaCM-L
  8. 23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergCM-R
  9. 10Charlie AustinF
  10. 11Mohamed ElyounoussiCF-L
  11. 16James Ward-ProwseCF-R

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 4Vincent KompanyCD-R
  4. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 3DaniloRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM
  7. 21David SilvaLM
  8. 20Bernardo SilvaRM
  9. 10Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingLF
  11. 26Riyad MahrezRF

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Southampton 0, Manchester City 1. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
  2. 32' Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 37' Goal! Southampton 1, Manchester City 1. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  4. 45' Own Goal by James Ward-Prowse, Southampton. Southampton 1, Manchester City 2.
  5. 45'+3' Goal! Southampton 1, Manchester City 3. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko with a cross.
  6. 45' Substitution, Southampton. Nathan Redmond replaces Mario Lemina.
  7. 58' Charlie Austin (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 59' Substitution, Southampton. Yan Valery replaces Oriol Romeu.
  9. 68' Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Charlie Austin.
  10. 72' Vincent Kompany (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 73' Jan Bednarek (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 73' Substitution, Manchester City. Gabriel Jesus replaces Sergio Agüero.
  13. 78' Danilo (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 84' Substitution, Manchester City. Leroy Sané replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  15. 85' Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton) is shown the red card.
  16. 86' Substitution, Manchester City. Kyle Walker replaces Fernandinho.

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