English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 13, 2024
Luton Town LDLLW 1
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Manchester City WDWWD 5
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LTN011
MNC145
Etihad Stadium · 53,449 att.

Match Report

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Man City thrash Luton 5-1 to put pressure on title chasers

Champions Manchester City provisionally climbed to the top of the Premier League table after thrashing lowly Luton Town 5-1 on Saturday, with Daiki Hashioka scoring an own goal off his face and Erling Haaland netting his 20th league goal of the season.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
7
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
12
9
Saves
1
26.4
Possession
73.6
4
SHOTS
37
2
ON GOAL
13
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
214
Accurate Passes
704
276
Passes
763
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
7
4
Crosses
27
0.0
Cross %
0.3
51
Long Balls
23
22
Accurate Long Balls
12
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
10
7
Effective Tackles
13
13
Tackles
20
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
5
28
Effective Clearances
3
28
Clearances
3

Head to Head

MNC leads series 2-0

Lineups

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 25Manuel AkanjiCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 24Josko GvardiolLB
  5. 82Rico LewisRB
  6. 17Kevin De BruyneAM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 27Matheus NunesRM
  9. 9Erling HaalandF
  10. 11Jérémy DokuAM-L
  11. 19Julián ÁlvarezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Stefan OrtegaSUB
  2. 6Nathan AkéSUB
  3. 10Jack GrealishSUB
  4. 16RodriSUB
  5. 21Sergio GómezSUB
  6. 47Phil FodenSUB
  7. 2Kyle WalkerSUB
  8. 52Oscar BobbSUB
  9. 20Bernardo SilvaSUB

LTN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 24Thomas KaminskiG
  2. 16Reece BurkeCD
  3. 45Alfie DoughtyCD-L
  4. 27Daiki HashiokaCD-R
  5. 6Ross BarkleyCM-L
  6. 8Luke BerryCM-R
  7. 14Tahith ChongLM
  8. 32Fred OnyedinmaRM
  9. 9Carlton MorrisF
  10. 18Jordan ClarkCF-L
  11. 30Andros TownsendCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Pelly Ruddock MpanzuSUB
  2. 1James SheaSUB
  3. 10Cauley WoodrowSUB
  4. 44Axel PiesoldSUB
  5. 43Zack NelsonSUB
  6. 41Taylan HarrisSUB
  7. 23Tim KrulSUB
  8. 42Christian ChigozieSUB
  9. 38Joseph JohnsonSUB

Timeline

  1. 2' Own Goal by Daiki Hashioka, Luton Town. Manchester City 1, Luton Town 0.
  2. 43' Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 59' Substitution, Luton Town. Cauley Woodrow replaces Andros Townsend.
  4. 64' Goal! Manchester City 2, Luton Town 0. Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Julián Álvarez following a corner.
  5. 76' Goal! Manchester City 3, Luton Town 0. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  6. 77' Substitution, Luton Town. Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu replaces Luke Berry.
  7. 81' Substitution, Manchester City. Sergio Gómez replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  8. 81' Substitution, Manchester City. Oscar Bobb replaces Erling Haaland.
  9. 81' Goal! Manchester City 3, Luton Town 1. Ross Barkley (Luton Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  10. 87' Goal! Manchester City 4, Luton Town 1. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol.
  11. 88' Substitution, Luton Town. Zack Nelson replaces Fred Onyedinma.
  12. 88' Substitution, Luton Town. Joe Johnson replaces Jordan Clark.
  13. 90'+3' Goal! Manchester City 5, Luton Town 1. Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.

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