English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 29, 2018
Brighton & Hove Albion LLDDL 0
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Manchester City WWLWW 2
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BHA000
MNC112
Etihad Stadium · 54,152 att.

Match Report

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Blues cruise as Aguero and Sterling strike

Raheem Sterling opened the scoring with a simple tap-in for his fourth goal of the season after excellent work from Leroy Sane on the left.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
4
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
10
6
Saves
1
19.9
Possession
80.1
4
SHOTS
28
1
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
137
Accurate Passes
789
210
Passes
850
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
8
8
Crosses
29
0.5
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
41
18
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
7
9
Effective Tackles
10
15
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
12
34
Effective Clearances
7
34
Clearances
7

Head to Head

MNC leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-R
  4. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM
  7. 21David SilvaLM
  8. 20Bernardo SilvaRM
  9. 10Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 19Leroy SanéLF
  11. 7Raheem SterlingRF

BHA · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 4Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 24Davy PropperDM
  5. 3Gaëtan BongLB
  6. 22Martín MontoyaRB
  7. 8Yves BissoumaCM-L
  8. 7Biram KiyalCM-R
  9. 20Solly MarchLM
  10. 11Anthony KnockaertRM
  11. 9Jürgen LocadiaF

Timeline

  1. 9' Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Goal! Manchester City 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leroy Sané following a fast break.
  3. 42' Shane Duffy (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 65' Goal! Manchester City 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  5. 66' Substitution, Manchester City. Gabriel Jesus replaces Sergio Agüero.
  6. 71' Substitution, Manchester City. Riyad Mahrez replaces Leroy Sané.
  7. 73' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Glenn Murray replaces Jürgen Locadia.
  8. 78' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Anthony Knockaert.
  9. 83' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. José Izquierdo replaces Solly March.
  10. 87' Martín Montoya (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 88' Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces David Silva.

Premier League News

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