English Premier League

FT Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Manchester City WWWDW 2
–
Watford WLDLL 1
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MNC112
WAT011
Vicarage Road · 20,389 att.

Match Report

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Riyad Mahrez magic helps Manchester City hang on for win against Watford

Manchester City held on for a 2-1 win against a resurgent Watford side at Vicarage Road on Tuesday night.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
4
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
4
12
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
5
70.1
Possession
29.9
15
SHOTS
11
7
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
627
Accurate Passes
204
714
Passes
308
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
3
21
Crosses
8
0.2
Cross %
0.4
47
Long Balls
63
25
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
15
16
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
6
Interceptions
8
28
Effective Clearances
35
28
Clearances
35

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

WAT · 4-1-4-1

  1. 26Ben FosterG
  2. 15Craig CathcartCD-L
  3. 27Christian KabaseleCD-R
  4. 14Nathaniel ChalobahDM
  5. 25José HolebasLB
  6. 21Kiko FemeníaRB
  7. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréCM-L
  8. 19Will HughesCM-R
  9. 37Roberto PereyraLM
  10. 10Isaac SuccessRM
  11. 9Troy DeeneyF

Substitutes

  1. 20Domingos QuinaSUB
  2. 7Gerard DeulofeuSUB
  3. 1Heurelho GomesSUB
  4. 11Adam MasinaSUB
  5. 18Andre GraySUB
  6. 24Ben WilmotSUB
  7. 6Adrian MariappaSUB

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 4Vincent KompanyCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 18Fabian DelphLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM
  7. 21David SilvaLM
  8. 20Bernardo SilvaRM
  9. 33Gabriel JesusF
  10. 19Leroy SanéLF
  11. 26Riyad MahrezRF

Substitutes

  1. 14Aymeric LaporteSUB
  2. 8Ilkay GündoganSUB
  3. 30Nicolás OtamendiSUB
  4. 49Arijanet MuricSUB
  5. 3DaniloSUB
  6. 7Raheem SterlingSUB
  7. 47Phil FodenSUB

Timeline

  1. 40' Goal! Watford 0, Manchester City 1. Leroy Sané (Manchester City) with an attempt from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross.
  2. 51' Goal! Watford 0, Manchester City 2. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
  3. 52' Substitution, Watford. Domingos Quina replaces Will Hughes because of an injury.
  4. 63' Substitution, Watford. Gerard Deulofeu replaces Nathaniel Chalobah.
  5. 73' Substitution, Manchester City. Ilkay Gündogan replaces David Silva.
  6. 75' Substitution, Watford. Andre Gray replaces Isaac Success.
  7. 83' Substitution, Manchester City. Nicolás Otamendi replaces Vincent Kompany because of an injury.
  8. 85' Goal! Watford 1, Manchester City 2. Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  9. 89' Substitution, Manchester City. Aymeric Laporte replaces Gabriel Jesus.
  10. 90' Ederson (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.

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