English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 29, 2019
Sheffield United LWWWD 0
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Manchester City WWWWL 2
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Etihad Stadium · 54,512 att.

Match Report

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Manchester City beat Sheffield United with Aguero, De Bruyne goals

Manchester City used second-half goals from Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne to beat Sheffield United 2-0 at the Etihad on Sunday night.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
5
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
0
27.1
Possession
72.9
8
SHOTS
16
0
ON GOAL
4
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
233
Accurate Passes
789
314
Passes
871
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
2
16
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.1
60
Long Balls
51
29
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
6
10
Effective Tackles
8
16
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
12
Interceptions
3
23
Effective Clearances
12
23
Clearances
12

Head to Head

MNC leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Claudio BravoG
  2. 50Eric GarcíaCD-L
  3. 25FernandinhoCD-R
  4. 11Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 16RodriCM
  7. 20Bernardo SilvaLM
  8. 17Kevin De BruyneRM
  9. 10Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingLF
  11. 26Riyad MahrezRF

Substitutes

  1. 8Ilkay GündoganSUB
  2. 47Phil FodenSUB
  3. 22Benjamin MendySUB
  4. 30Nicolás OtamendiSUB
  5. 33Scott CarsonSUB
  6. 9Gabriel JesusSUB
  7. 27João CanceloSUB

SHU · 3-5-2

  1. 1Dean HendersonG
  2. 12John EganCD
  3. 5Jack O'ConnellCD-L
  4. 6Chris BashamCD-R
  5. 4John FleckCM-L
  6. 27Muhamed BesicCM-R
  7. 16Oliver NorwoodAM
  8. 3Enda StevensLM
  9. 2George BaldockRM
  10. 11Callum RobinsonCF-L
  11. 22Lys MoussetCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Ben OsbornSUB
  2. 15Phil JagielkaSUB
  3. 10Billy SharpSUB
  4. 21Michael VerripsSUB
  5. 8Luke FreemanSUB
  6. 9Oliver McBurnieSUB
  7. 17David McGoldrickSUB

Timeline

  1. 29' VAR Decision: No Goal Manchester City 0-0 Sheffield United.
  2. 52' Goal! Manchester City 1, Sheffield United 0. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a through ball.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  3. 53' VAR Decision: Goal Manchester City - Manchester City 1-0 Sheffield United (Sergio Agüero).
  4. 59' Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Substitution, Sheffield United. David McGoldrick replaces Callum Robinson.
  6. 62' Substitution, Manchester City. Ilkay Gündogan replaces Bernardo Silva.
  7. 75' Substitution, Sheffield United. Oliver McBurnie replaces Muhamed Besic.
  8. 81' Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Sergio Agüero.
  9. 82' Goal! Manchester City 2, Sheffield United 0. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
  10. 83' Substitution, Sheffield United. Billy Sharp replaces Lys Mousset.
  11. 85' Enda Stevens (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 88' Substitution, Manchester City. Gabriel Jesus replaces Raheem Sterling.

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