English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 26, 2019
Aston Villa LWDWW 0
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Manchester City WWLWW 3
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Etihad Stadium · 54,506 att.

Match Report

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Manchester City see off Aston Villa to go second

Three second-half goals ensured Manchester City climbed back into second in the Premier League after a 3-0 victory over Aston Villa.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
13
6
Saves
5
36.9
Possession
63.1
11
SHOTS
26
5
ON GOAL
10
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
273
Accurate Passes
524
341
Passes
597
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
10
18
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.4
51
Long Balls
44
23
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
8
5
Effective Tackles
6
10
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
13
Interceptions
9
27
Effective Clearances
18
27
Clearances
18

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 5John StonesCD-L
  3. 25FernandinhoCD-R
  4. 22Benjamin MendyLB
  5. 27João CanceloRB
  6. 8Ilkay GündoganCM
  7. 21David SilvaLM
  8. 17Kevin De BruyneRM
  9. 9Gabriel JesusF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingLF
  11. 20Bernardo SilvaRF

Substitutes

  1. 47Phil FodenSUB
  2. 2Kyle WalkerSUB
  3. 30Nicolás OtamendiSUB
  4. 10Sergio AgüeroSUB
  5. 1Claudio BravoSUB
  6. 12AngeliñoSUB
  7. 26Riyad MahrezSUB

AVL · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Tom HeatonG
  2. 40Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 22Björn EngelsCD-R
  4. 11Marvelous NakambaDM
  5. 18Matt TargettLB
  6. 24Frédéric GuilbertRB
  7. 6Douglas LuizCM-L
  8. 7John McGinnCM-R
  9. 10Jack GrealishLM
  10. 17TrézéguetRM
  11. 9WesleyF

Substitutes

  1. 8Henri LansburySUB
  2. 15Ezri KonsaSUB
  3. 14Conor HourihaneSUB
  4. 12Jed SteerSUB
  5. 3Neil TaylorSUB
  6. 21Anwar El GhaziSUB
  7. 39Keinan DavisSUB

Timeline

  1. 23' VAR Decision: No Penalty Aston Villa.
  2. 36' Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 46' Goal! Manchester City 1, Aston Villa 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 57' Fernandinho (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 65' Goal! Manchester City 2, Aston Villa 0. David Silva (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  6. 66' VAR Decision: Goal Manchester City - Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa (David Silva).
  7. 70' Goal! Manchester City 3, Aston Villa 0. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  8. 71' Substitution, Aston Villa. Keinan Davis replaces Wesley.
  9. 73' Substitution, Manchester City. Angeliño replaces Benjamin Mendy.
  10. 76' Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  11. 76' Substitution, Manchester City. Sergio Agüero replaces Raheem Sterling.
  12. 81' Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 84' Substitution, Aston Villa. Anwar El Ghazi replaces Jack Grealish.
  14. 87' Second yellow card to Fernandinho (Manchester City) for a bad foul.

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