English Premier League

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Manchester City WWWLW 5
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Wolverhampton Wanderers WLLLD 1
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MNC325
WOL101
Molineux Stadium

Match Report

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
2
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
0
66.3
Possession
33.7
15
SHOTS
7
5
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
721
Accurate Passes
319
787
Passes
383
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
5
12
Crosses
15
0.1
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
50
47
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.8
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
9
22
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
8
10
Effective Clearances
12
10
Clearances
12

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-2

Lineups

WOL · 3-5-2

  1. 1José SáG
  2. 16Conor CoadyCD
  3. 15Willy BolyCD-L
  4. 19JonnyCD-R
  5. 28João MoutinhoCM-L
  6. 32Leander DendonckerCM-R
  7. 8Rúben NevesAM
  8. 3Rayan Aït-NouriLM
  9. 20ChiquinhoRM
  10. 9Raúl JiménezCF-L
  11. 7Pedro NetoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 21John RuddySUB
  2. 14Yerson MosqueraSUB
  3. 39Luke CundleSUB
  4. 5Fernando MarçalSUB
  5. 26Hwang Hee-ChanSUB
  6. 11Francisco TrincãoSUB
  7. 24Toti GomesSUB
  8. 17Fábio SilvaSUB
  9. 2Ki-Jana HoeverSUB

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 25FernandinhoCD-R
  4. 11Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 27João CanceloRB
  6. 17Kevin De BruyneAM
  7. 8Ilkay GündoganLM
  8. 16RodriRM
  9. 20Bernardo SilvaF
  10. 47Phil FodenAM-L
  11. 7Raheem SterlingAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Jack GrealishSUB
  2. 6Nathan AkéSUB
  3. 90Romeo LaviaSUB
  4. 80Cole PalmerSUB
  5. 13Zack SteffenSUB
  6. 79Luke MbeteSUB
  7. 56CJ Egan-RileySUB
  8. 26Riyad MahrezSUB
  9. 9Gabriel JesusSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Manchester City 1. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a through ball.
  2. 11' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Manchester City 1. Leander Dendoncker (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedro Neto following a fast break.
  3. 16' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Manchester City 2. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  4. 24' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Manchester City 3. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  5. 60' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Manchester City 4. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  6. 61' Substitution, Manchester City. Nathan Aké replaces Aymeric Laporte because of an injury.
  7. 72' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hwang Hee-Chan replaces Raúl Jiménez.
  8. 72' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Trincão replaces Pedro Neto.
  9. 77' Substitution, Manchester City. Riyad Mahrez replaces Fernandinho.
  10. 78' Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 81' Substitution, Manchester City. Jack Grealish replaces Phil Foden.
  12. 84' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Manchester City 5. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  13. 85' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Luke Cundle replaces João Moutinho.

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