English Premier League

FT Thursday, January 5, 2023
Manchester City LWWWD 1
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Chelsea LLLWD 0
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Stamford Bridge · 39,998 att.

Match Report

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Manchester City beat Chelsea to cut gap to Premier League leaders Arsenal

Manchester City closed the gap to Premier League leaders Arsenal back to five points with a 1-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Thursday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
0
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
0
2
Saves
0
52.3
Possession
0
12
SHOTS
0
3
ON GOAL
0
0.3
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
548
Accurate Passes
0
612
Passes
0
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.0
2
Accurate Crosses
0
14
Crosses
0
0.1
Cross %
0.0
50
Long Balls
0
30
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.6
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
0
13
Effective Tackles
0
19
Tackles
0
0.7
Tackle %
0.0
10
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
0
14
Clearances
0

Highlights

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Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-2

Lineups

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 6Thiago SilvaCD-R
  4. 32Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaRB
  6. 17Raheem SterlingAM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 20Denis ZakariaRM
  9. 29Kai HavertzF
  10. 10Christian PulisicAM-L
  11. 22Hakim ZiyechAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 42Bashir HumphreysSUB
  2. 9Pierre-Emerick AubameyangSUB
  3. 5JorginhoSUB
  4. 14Trevoh ChalobahSUB
  5. 67Lewis HallSUB
  6. 30Carney ChukwuemekaSUB
  7. 23Conor GallagherSUB
  8. 56Omari HutchinsonSUB
  9. 13Marcus BettinelliSUB

MNC · 3-2-4-1

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 5John StonesCD
  3. 6Nathan AkéLB
  4. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  5. 16RodriCM-L
  6. 20Bernardo SilvaCM-R
  7. 47Phil FodenLM
  8. 7João CanceloRM
  9. 9Erling HaalandF
  10. 17Kevin De BruyneAM-L
  11. 8Ilkay GündoganAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Riyad Mahrez
  2. 19Julián Álvarez
  3. 21Sergio Gómez
  4. 18Stefan Ortega
  5. 10Jack Grealish
  6. 82Rico Lewis
  7. 80Cole Palmer
  8. 4Kalvin Phillips
  9. 25Manuel Akanji

Timeline

  1. 5' Substitution, Chelsea. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang replaces Raheem Sterling because of an injury.
  2. 22' Substitution, Chelsea. Carney Chukwuemeka replaces Christian Pulisic because of an injury.
  3. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Manuel Akanji replaces Kyle Walker.
  4. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Rico Lewis replaces João Cancelo.
  5. 59' Substitution, Manchester City. Riyad Mahrez replaces Bernardo Silva.
  6. 60' Substitution, Manchester City. Jack Grealish replaces Phil Foden.
  7. 63' Goal! Chelsea 0, Manchester City 1. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
  8. 68' Substitution, Chelsea. Omari Hutchinson replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
  9. 68' Substitution, Chelsea. Lewis Hall replaces Marc Cucurella.
  10. 69' Substitution, Chelsea. Conor Gallagher replaces Hakim Ziyech.
  11. 86' Substitution, Manchester City. Kalvin Phillips replaces Rodri.
  12. 89' Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+4' Kalidou Koulibaly (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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