English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 23, 2023
Nottingham Forest WLLWD 0
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Manchester City WWWWW 2
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Etihad Stadium · 53,413 att.

Match Report

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Man City ease past Forest, stay perfect despite Rodri red card

Manchester City maintained their perfect start to the Premier League season with a 2-0 home win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday, making it six wins out of six despite losing midfielder Rodri to a red card early in the second half.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
5
7
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
3
42.6
Possession
57.4
10
SHOTS
7
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
354
Accurate Passes
509
414
Passes
570
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
1
17
Crosses
11
0.1
Cross %
0.1
30
Long Balls
53
21
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
6
18
Tackles
8
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
8
Interceptions
6
12
Effective Clearances
23
12
Clearances
23

Highlights

01:39 Dawson: Man City win vs. Forest should've been more comfortable Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MNC leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 3Rúben DiasCD-L
  3. 25Manuel AkanjiCD-R
  4. 24Josko GvardiolLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 19Julián ÁlvarezAM
  7. 16RodriLM
  8. 27Matheus NunesRM
  9. 9Erling HaalandF
  10. 11Jérémy DokuAM-L
  11. 47Phil FodenAM-R

NFO · 5-4-1

  1. 1Matt TurnerG
  2. 30Willy BolyCD
  3. 19Moussa NiakhatéCD-L
  4. 24Sèrge AurierCD-R
  5. 3Nuno TavaresLB
  6. 43Ola AinaRB
  7. 5Orel MangalaCM-L
  8. 6Ibrahim SangaréCM-R
  9. 16Nicolás DomínguezLM
  10. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteRM
  11. 9Taiwo AwoniyiF

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Manchester City 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kyle Walker.
  2. 14' Goal! Manchester City 2, Nottingham Forest 0. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Matheus Nunes with a cross.
  3. 18' Manuel Akanji (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 21' Nuno Tavares (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 39' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Gonzalo Montiel replaces Nuno Tavares because of an injury.
  6. 45'+1' Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 46' Rodri (Manchester City) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  8. 46' Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 51' Substitution, Manchester City. Kalvin Phillips replaces Jérémy Doku.
  10. 56' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Anthony Elanga replaces Ibrahim Sangaré.
  11. 56' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces Sèrge Aurier.
  12. 57' Substitution, Manchester City. Nathan Aké replaces Julián Álvarez.
  13. 58' Ederson (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 58' Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 75' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Chris Wood replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
  16. 75' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Divock Origi replaces Ola Aina.
  17. 77' Orel Mangala (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 81' Divock Origi (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 87' Substitution, Manchester City. Jack Grealish replaces Phil Foden.
  20. 90'+3' Jack Grealish (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  21. 90'+3' Gonzalo Montiel (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.

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