English Premier League

FT Friday, December 27, 2019
Manchester City LWWWW 2
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Wolverhampton Wanderers WDWLW 3
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MNC112
WOL033
Molineux Stadium · 31,737 att.

Match Report

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Wolves rally as 10-man Manchester City's title hopes fade

Manchester City went down to 10 men and failed to keep a two-goal lead as they lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
1
38.1
Possession
61.9
7
SHOTS
21
3
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
282
Accurate Passes
500
358
Passes
564
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
10
2
Crosses
34
0.5
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
50
18
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
7
6
Effective Tackles
7
16
Tackles
13
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
14
Interceptions
7
32
Effective Clearances
2
32
Clearances
2

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

WOL · 3-4-3

  1. 11Rui PatrícioG
  2. 16Conor CoadyCD
  3. 27Romain SaïssCD-L
  4. 32Leander DendonckerCD-R
  5. 28João MoutinhoCM-L
  6. 8Rúben NevesCM-R
  7. 19JonnyLM
  8. 2Matt DohertyRM
  9. 9Raúl JiménezF
  10. 18Diogo JotaCF-L
  11. 37Adama TraoréCF-R

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 25FernandinhoCD-L
  3. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-R
  4. 22Benjamin MendyLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 17Kevin De BruyneAM
  7. 20Bernardo SilvaLM
  8. 16RodriRM
  9. 10Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingAM-L
  11. 26Riyad MahrezAM-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Ederson (Manchester City) is shown the red card.
  2. 14' Substitution, Manchester City. Claudio Bravo replaces Sergio Agüero.
  3. 21' VAR Decision: Penalty Manchester City.
  4. 24' VAR Decision: Penalty Manchester City.
  5. 25' Penalty saved! Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  6. 25' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Manchester City 1. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  7. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Eric García replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  8. 50' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Manchester City 2. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a through ball.
  9. 52' VAR Decision: No Penalty Wolverhampton Wanderers.
  10. 55' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Manchester City 2. Adama Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rúben Neves.
  11. 60' Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 67' Substitution, Manchester City. Ilkay Gündogan replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  13. 73' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rúben Vinagre replaces Jonny.
  14. 79' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Pedro Neto replaces Diogo Jota.
  15. 82' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Manchester City 2. Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adama Traoré.
  16. 89' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 3, Manchester City 2. Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raúl Jiménez.
  17. 90'+4' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Ryan Bennett replaces Raúl Jiménez.

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