English Premier League

FT Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Manchester City LWWWL 4
–
Watford LLWWL 0
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Match Report

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Sterling, Manchester City cruise against relegation-threatened Watford

Manchester City pounded relegation-threatened Watford in both clubs' penultimate Premier League match on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
8
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
6
76.9
Possession
23.1
26
SHOTS
2
10
ON GOAL
0
0.4
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
687
Accurate Passes
154
764
Passes
232
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
0
25
Crosses
5
0.2
Cross %
0.0
49
Long Balls
64
28
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
10
Blocked Shots
0
10
Effective Tackles
9
22
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
11
11
Effective Clearances
21
11
Clearances
21

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

WAT · 4-5-1

  1. 26Ben FosterG
  2. 4Craig DawsonCD-L
  3. 27Christian KabaseleCD-R
  4. 21Kiko FemeníaLB
  5. 6Adrian MariappaRB
  6. 19Will HughesCM-L
  7. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréCM-R
  8. 8Tom CleverleyAM
  9. 37Roberto PereyraLM
  10. 23Ismaïla SarrRM
  11. 9Troy DeeneyF

Substitutes

  1. 33Ignacio PussettoSUB
  2. 17João PedroSUB
  3. 10Danny WelbeckSUB
  4. 1Heurelho GomesSUB
  5. 14Nathaniel ChalobahSUB
  6. 15Craig CathcartSUB
  7. 11Adam MasinaSUB
  8. 20Domingos QuinaSUB
  9. 18Andre GraySUB

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 50Eric GarcíaCD-R
  4. 27João CanceloLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 16RodriCM
  7. 20Bernardo SilvaLM
  8. 17Kevin De BruyneRM
  9. 9Gabriel JesusF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingLF
  11. 47Phil FodenRF

Substitutes

  1. 21David SilvaSUB
  2. 26Riyad MahrezSUB
  3. 25FernandinhoSUB
  4. 8Ilkay GündoganSUB
  5. 33Scott CarsonSUB
  6. 5John StonesSUB
  7. 30Nicolás OtamendiSUB
  8. 11Oleksandr ZinchenkoSUB
  9. 22Benjamin MendySUB

Timeline

  1. 31' Goal! Watford 0, Manchester City 1. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kyle Walker with a cross.
  2. 40' Penalty saved! Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  3. 40' Goal! Watford 0, Manchester City 2. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  4. 63' Goal! Watford 0, Manchester City 3. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  5. 63' VAR Decision: Goal Manchester City - Watford 0-3 Manchester City (Phil Foden).
  6. 64' Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City) Substitution at 64'
  7. 64' Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) Substitution at 64'
  8. 66' Goal! Watford 0, Manchester City 4. Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a set piece situation.
  9. 67' Substitution, Watford. Danny Welbeck replaces Troy Deeney.
  10. 74' John Stones (Manchester City) Substitution at 74'
  11. 80' Adrian Mariappa (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 82' Substitution, Watford. Nathaniel Chalobah replaces Abdoulaye Doucouré.
  13. 87' Substitution, Watford. Adam Masina replaces Roberto Pereyra.
  14. 90'+1' Will Hughes (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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