English FA Cup

FT Saturday, January 23, 2021
Manchester City WWWWW 3
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Cheltenham Town DDWDD 1
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Match Report

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Man City survive FA Cup scare at Cheltenham with late goals

Manchester City needed late goals from Phil Foden, Gabriel Jesus and Ferran Torres to beat Cheltenham 3-1 in the FA Cup.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
6
71.9
Possession
28.1
20
SHOTS
6
9
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
522
Accurate Passes
135
601
Passes
233
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.6
8
Accurate Crosses
0
20
Crosses
10
0.4
Cross %
0.0
68
Long Balls
65
34
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
2
1
Effective Tackles
7
1
Tackles
9
1.0
Tackle %
0.8
6
Interceptions
11
16
Effective Clearances
16
16
Clearances
16

Lineups

CHL · 5-4-1

  1. 20Joshua GriffithsG
  2. 4Ben TozerCD
  3. 15William BoyleCD-L
  4. 5Charlie RaglanCD-R
  5. 17Lewis FreestoneLB
  6. 11Matt BlairRB
  7. 10Alfie MayCM-L
  8. 8Chris ClementsCM-R
  9. 7Conor ThomasLM
  10. 18Finn AzazRM
  11. 19George LloydF

Substitutes

  1. 30Callum EbanksSUB
  2. 6Daniel BowrySUB
  3. 22Max HarrisSUB
  4. 16Alex AddaiSUB
  5. 2Sean LongSUB
  6. 14Andy WilliamsSUB
  7. 1Scott FlindersSUB

MNC · 4-4-2

  1. 13Zack SteffenG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 50Eric GarcíaCD-R
  4. 22Benjamin MendyLB
  5. 78Taylor Harwood-BellisRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM-L
  7. 69Tommy DoyleCM-R
  8. 47Phil FodenLM
  9. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  10. 9Gabriel JesusCF-L
  11. 21Ferran TorresCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 31EdersonSUB
  2. 3Rúben DiasSUB
  3. 20Bernardo SilvaSUB
  4. 8Ilkay GündoganSUB
  5. 82Adrián BernabéSUB
  6. 7Raheem SterlingSUB
  7. 16RodriSUB
  8. 27João CanceloSUB
  9. 11Oleksandr ZinchenkoSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' William Boyle (Cheltenham Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 48' Charlie Raglan (Cheltenham Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 59' Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Manchester City 0. Alfie May (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by George Lloyd.
  4. 60' Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 67' Substitution, Manchester City. Rúben Dias replaces Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
  6. 68' Substitution, Manchester City. Ilkay Gündogan replaces Tommy Doyle.
  7. 68' Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Sean Long replaces George Lloyd.
  8. 77' Substitution, Manchester City. João Cancelo replaces Benjamin Mendy.
  9. 81' Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Andy Williams replaces Finn Azaz.
  10. 81' Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Manchester City 1. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by João Cancelo with a cross.
  11. 84' Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Manchester City 2. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fernandinho with a through ball.
  12. 84' Ben Tozer (Cheltenham Town) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 88' Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Alex Addai replaces Chris Clements.
  14. 90'+4' Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Manchester City 3. Ferran Torres (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.

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