English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 5, 2020
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Manchester City DLWWD 2
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Etihad Stadium

Match Report

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Sterling, De Bruyne see Man City past Fulham as Guardiola celebrates 700th match

Pep Guardiola celebrated his 700th match as a manager as Manchester City cruised to a 2-0 win over Fulham in the Premier League.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
7
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
9
4
Saves
1
31.1
Possession
68.9
6
SHOTS
15
1
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
274
Accurate Passes
712
351
Passes
793
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
2
7
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.2
45
Long Balls
33
16
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
11
17
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
18
Interceptions
13
23
Effective Clearances
7
23
Clearances
7

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 3Rúben DiasCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 22Benjamin MendyLB
  5. 27João CanceloRB
  6. 17Kevin De BruyneAM
  7. 8Ilkay GündoganLM
  8. 16RodriRM
  9. 9Gabriel JesusF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingAM-L
  11. 26Riyad MahrezAM-R

FUL · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 5Joachim AndersenCD
  3. 16Tosin AdarabioyoCD-L
  4. 34Ola AinaCD-R
  5. 21Harrison ReedCM-L
  6. 29Frank AnguissaCM-R
  7. 15Ruben Loftus-CheekAM
  8. 33Antonee RobinsonLM
  9. 14Bobby De Cordova-ReidRM
  10. 17Ivan CavaleiroCF-L
  11. 19Ademola LookmanCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Manchester City 1, Fulham 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a through ball.
  2. 26' Goal! Manchester City 2, Fulham 0. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 68' Substitution, Fulham. Mario Lemina replaces Harrison Reed.
  4. 71' Substitution, Fulham. Aboubakar Kamara replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
  5. 83' Substitution, Fulham. Tom Cairney replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

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