English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 18, 2024
Manchester City LLLWW 2
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Chelsea LWLLD 0
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Match Report

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Manchester City start title defence with 2-0 win over Chelsea

Erling Haaland scored his 91st goal in his 100th appearance for Manchester City on Sunday as the champions kicked off their Premier League title defence with a lively 2-0 away win over Chelsea.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
3
51.8
Possession
48.2
11
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
477
Accurate Passes
436
535
Passes
490
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
18
0.1
Cross %
0.3
35
Long Balls
35
17
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
14
16
Tackles
20
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
10
17
Effective Clearances
13
17
Clearances
13

Highlights

01:10 Michallik worried for size of Chelsea squad and job facing Maresca Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Robert SánchezG
  2. 6Levi ColwillCD-L
  3. 29Wesley FofanaCD-R
  4. 3Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 27Malo GustoRB
  6. 8Enzo FernándezAM
  7. 45Romeo LaviaLM
  8. 25Moisés CaicedoRM
  9. 15Nicolas JacksonF
  10. 18Christopher NkunkuAM-L
  11. 20Cole PalmerAM-R

MNC · 3-2-4-1

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 3Rúben DiasCD
  3. 24Josko GvardiolLB
  4. 25Manuel AkanjiRB
  5. 8Mateo KovacicCM-L
  6. 82Rico LewisCM-R
  7. 26SávioLM
  8. 11Jérémy DokuRM
  9. 9Erling HaalandF
  10. 17Kevin De BruyneAM-L
  11. 20Bernardo SilvaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 18' Goal! Chelsea 0, Manchester City 1. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
  2. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Savinho because of an injury.
  3. 58' Substitution, Chelsea. Pedro Neto replaces Christopher Nkunku.
  4. 66' Erling Haaland (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 66' Substitution, Chelsea. Marc Guiu replaces Nicolas Jackson because of an injury.
  6. 66' Substitution, Chelsea. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall replaces Roméo Lavia.
  7. 80' Substitution, Chelsea. Renato Veiga replaces Marc Cucurella because of an injury.
  8. 84' Goal! Chelsea 0, Manchester City 2. Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  9. 89' Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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