English Premier League

FT Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Southampton LDLLW 2
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Manchester City WWWWL 5
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SOU112
MNC325
Etihad Stadium

Match Report

De Bruyne, Mahrez score 2 as Man City beats Southampton 5-2

— Riyad Mahrez and Kevin De Bruyne both scored twice to lead Manchester City to a 5-2 victory over Southampton on Wednesday, moving 14 points clear at the top of the Premier League.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
6
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
4
41.7
Possession
58.3
11
SHOTS
17
6
ON GOAL
10
0.5
On Target %
0.6
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
401
Accurate Passes
613
481
Passes
673
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
1
7
Crosses
8
0.3
Cross %
0.1
54
Long Balls
48
24
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
5
22
Tackles
8
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
8
11
Effective Clearances
10
11
Clearances
10

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 11Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM
  7. 8Ilkay GündoganLM
  8. 17Kevin De BruyneRM
  9. 20Bernardo SilvaF
  10. 47Phil FodenLF
  11. 26Riyad MahrezRF

SOU · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alex McCarthyG
  2. 4Jannik VestergaardCD-L
  3. 35Jan BednarekCD-R
  4. 22Mohammed SalisuLB
  5. 3Ryan BertrandRB
  6. 5Jack StephensCM-L
  7. 8James Ward-ProwseCM-R
  8. 12Moussa DjenepoLM
  9. 17Stuart ArmstrongRM
  10. 10Ché AdamsCF-L
  11. 11Nathan RedmondCF-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Manchester City 1, Southampton 0. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
  2. 25' Goal! Manchester City 1, Southampton 1. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  3. 40' Goal! Manchester City 2, Southampton 1. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 45'+3' Goal! Manchester City 3, Southampton 1. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  5. 45' Substitution, Southampton. Nathan Tella replaces Moussa Djenepo because of an injury.
  6. 55' Goal! Manchester City 4, Southampton 1. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Phil Foden.
  7. 56' Goal! Manchester City 4, Southampton 2. Che Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  8. 59' Goal! Manchester City 5, Southampton 2. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Phil Foden.
  9. 61' Substitution, Manchester City. Ferran Torres replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  10. 63' Substitution, Southampton. Ibrahima Diallo replaces Jack Stephens.
  11. 72' Substitution, Manchester City. Sergio Agüero replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  12. 72' Substitution, Southampton. Caleb Watts replaces Stuart Armstrong.
  13. 81' Substitution, Manchester City. Benjamin Mendy replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.
  14. 82' Fernandinho (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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