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FT Tuesday, July 27, 2021
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Manchester City LWLWL 2
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Match Report

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Manchester City open preseason with win over Preston North End

A stunning free kick from Riyad Mahrez helped Manchester City beat Preston North End 2-0 in their first preseason friendly of the summer.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
5
3
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
1
40.7
Possession
59.3
8
SHOTS
10
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
318
Accurate Passes
518
393
Passes
579
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
0
9
Crosses
10
0.1
Cross %
0.0
69
Long Balls
37
30
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
5
14
Tackles
7
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
14
Interceptions
16
9
Effective Clearances
13
9
Clearances
13

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 13Zack SteffenG
  2. 6Nathan AkéCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 25FernandinhoDM
  5. 22Benjamin MendyLB
  6. 27João CanceloRB
  7. 80Cole PalmerCM-L
  8. 66Iker PozoCM-R
  9. 72Morgan RogersLM
  10. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  11. 96Ben KnightF

Substitutes

  1. 84Cieran SlickerSUB
  2. 94Finley BurnsSUB
  3. 35Patrick RobertsSUB
  4. 56CJ Egan-RileySUB
  5. 81Claudio GomesSUB
  6. 41Pablo MorenoSUB
  7. 53Samuel EdozieSUB
  8. 65Matt SmithSUB
  9. 62Shea CharlesSUB
  10. 92Micah HamiltonSUB
  11. 74Luke BoltonSUB
  12. 87James McAteeSUB
  13. 39Yan CoutoSUB
  14. 34Philippe SandlerSUB

PNE · 5-3-2

  1. 25Connor RipleyG
  2. 6Liam LindsayCD
  3. 16Andrew HughesCD-L
  4. 14Jordan StoreyCD-R
  5. 3Joshua EarlLB
  6. 2Sepp van den BergRB
  7. 44Brad PottsCM
  8. 18Ryan LedsonCM-L
  9. 17Benjamin WhitemanCM-R
  10. 29Tom BarkhuizenCF-L
  11. 26Ched EvansCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Sean MaguireSUB
  2. 10Josh HarropSUB
  3. 5Patrick BauerSUB
  4. 19Emil Riis JakobsenSUB
  5. 34Jamie ThomasSUB
  6. 37Greg CunninghamSUB
  7. 7Tom BaylissSUB
  8. 28Matthew HudsonSUB
  9. 33Ethan WalkerSUB
  10. 31Scott SinclairSUB
  11. 40Lewis LeighSUB
  12. 15Joseph RaffertySUB
  13. 8Alan BrowneSUB

Timeline

  1. 25' Goal! Manchester City 1, Preston North End 0. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  2. 45' Substitution, Preston North End. Greg Cunningham replaces Joshua Earl.
  3. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Philippe Sandler replaces Nathan Aké.
  4. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Samuel Edozie replaces Morgan Rogers.
  5. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Pablo Moreno replaces Ben Knight.
  6. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. James Mcatee replaces Cole Palmer.
  7. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Luke Bolton replaces Benjamin Mendy.
  8. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Claudio Gomes replaces Fernandinho.
  9. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Patrick Roberts replaces Iker Pozo.
  10. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Yan Couto replaces João Cancelo.
  11. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Finley Burns replaces Rúben Dias.
  12. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Matthew Smith replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  13. 61' Substitution, Preston North End. Emil Riis Jakobsen replaces Tom Barkhuizen.
  14. 61' Substitution, Preston North End. Alan Browne replaces Brad Potts.
  15. 61' Substitution, Preston North End. Patrick Bauer replaces Liam Lindsay.
  16. 61' Substitution, Preston North End. Sean Maguire replaces Ched Evans.
  17. 64' Goal! Manchester City 2, Preston North End 0. Samuel Edozie (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by James Mcatee.
  18. 65' Substitution, Manchester City. Cieran Slicker replaces Zack Steffen.
  19. 71' Substitution, Preston North End. Tom Bayliss replaces Ryan Ledson.
  20. 71' Substitution, Preston North End. Josh Harrop replaces Benjamin Whiteman.
  21. 84' Substitution, Preston North End. Joseph Rafferty replaces Sepp van den Berg.
  22. 85' Substitution, Manchester City. Zack Steffen replaces Cieran Slicker because of an injury.

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