English Premier League

FT Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Manchester City WWWWW 5
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West Bromwich Albion LLLWL 0
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The Hawthorns

Match Report

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Manchester City thrash West Brom to go top of Premier League

A first-half brace by Ilkay Gundogan helped send Man City top of the Premier League in a thrashing of West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
8
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
2
77.7
Possession
22.3
18
SHOTS
4
7
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
810
Accurate Passes
163
888
Passes
247
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
2
16
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.2
46
Long Balls
59
27
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
1
5
Effective Tackles
6
8
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
4
Interceptions
14
15
Effective Clearances
24
15
Clearances
24

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

WBA · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Sam JohnstoneG
  2. 27Dara O'SheaCD-L
  3. 6Semi AjayiCD-R
  4. 3Kieran GibbsLB
  5. 2Darnell FurlongRB
  6. 19Romaine SawyersCM-L
  7. 8Jake LivermoreCM-R
  8. 29Karlan GrantLM
  9. 23Robert SnodgrassRM
  10. 7Callum RobinsonF
  11. 12Matheus PereiraRCF

Substitutes

  1. 18Conor GallagherSUB
  2. 14Conor TownsendSUB
  3. 20Branislav IvanovicSUB
  4. 10Matt PhillipsSUB
  5. 22Lee PeltierSUB
  6. 5Kyle BartleySUB
  7. 4Hal Robson-KanuSUB
  8. 25David ButtonSUB
  9. 21Kyle EdwardsSUB

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 3Rúben DiasCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 11Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 27João CanceloRB
  6. 16RodriCM
  7. 8Ilkay GündoganLM
  8. 20Bernardo SilvaRM
  9. 26Riyad MahrezF
  10. 47Phil FodenLF
  11. 7Raheem SterlingRF

Substitutes

  1. 14Aymeric LaporteSUB
  2. 21Ferran TorresSUB
  3. 9Gabriel JesusSUB
  4. 22Benjamin MendySUB
  5. 25FernandinhoSUB
  6. 2Kyle WalkerSUB
  7. 13Zack SteffenSUB
  8. 82Adrián BernabéSUB
  9. 50Eric GarcíaSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Manchester City 1. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by João Cancelo.
  2. 20' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Manchester City 2. João Cancelo (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  3. 22' VAR Decision: Goal West Bromwich Albion 0-2 Manchester City (João Cancelo).
  4. 30' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Manchester City 3. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  5. 45'+2' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Manchester City 4. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  6. 45' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Kyle Bartley replaces Callum Robinson.
  7. 52' Substitution, Manchester City. Ferran Torres replaces Phil Foden.
  8. 52' Substitution, Manchester City. Aymeric Laporte replaces Ilkay Gündogan.
  9. 57' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Manchester City 5. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
  10. 59' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Matt Phillips replaces Robert Snodgrass.
  11. 61' Substitution, Manchester City. Gabriel Jesus replaces Bernardo Silva.
  12. 64' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Hal Robson-Kanu replaces Karlan Grant.
  13. 84' Hal Robson-Kanu (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+2' Dara O'Shea (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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