English Carabao Cup

FT Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Watford WWLDL 1
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Manchester City WWWDD 2
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WAT011
MNC202
Etihad Stadium · 40,584 att.

Match Report

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Nunes scores 1st Man City goal in Carabao Cup win over Watford

Matheus Nunes scored his first Manchester City goal in his 34th appearance as the hosts eased to a 2-1 victory over second-tier Watford to reach the fourth round of the League Cup on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
5
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
10
5
Saves
0
27.6
Possession
72.4
5
SHOTS
24
1
ON GOAL
8
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
226
Accurate Passes
692
284
Passes
754
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
9
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.2
39
Long Balls
34
14
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
10
15
Effective Tackles
14
21
Tackles
21
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
15
Interceptions
3
24
Effective Clearances
11
24
Clearances
11

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

MNC · 3-2-4-1

  1. 18Stefan OrtegaG
  2. 5John StonesCD
  3. 61Kaden BraithwaiteLB
  4. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  5. 75Nico O'ReillyCM-L
  6. 82Rico LewisCM-R
  7. 10Jack GrealishLM
  8. 11Jérémy DokuRM
  9. 47Phil FodenF
  10. 27Matheus NunesAM-L
  11. 87James McAteeAM-R

WAT · 5-3-2

  1. 23Jonathan BondG
  2. 21Angelo OgbonnaCD
  3. 22James MorrisCD-L
  4. 5Ryan PorteousCD-R
  5. 37Yasser LarouciLB
  6. 36Festy EboseleRB
  7. 10Imran LouzaCM
  8. 12Ken SemaCM-L
  9. 7Tom InceCM-R
  10. 19Bayo YoussoufCF-L
  11. 34Kwadwo BaahCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Manchester City 1, Watford 0. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
  2. 38' Goal! Manchester City 2, Watford 0. Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rico Lewis.
  3. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Savinho replaces Jérémy Doku.
  4. 61' Substitution, Watford. Tom Dele-Bashiru replaces Yasser Larouci.
  5. 61' Substitution, Watford. Giorgi Chakvetadze replaces Vakoun Bayo.
  6. 73' Substitution, Manchester City. Jacob Wright replaces Nico O'Reilly.
  7. 75' Substitution, Watford. Mattie Pollock replaces Festy Ebosele.
  8. 76' Substitution, Watford. Rocco Vata replaces Kwadwo Baah.
  9. 76' Substitution, Manchester City. Josko Gvardiol replaces Kaden Braithwaite because of an injury.
  10. 83' Substitution, Watford. Pierre Dwomoh replaces Imrân Louza.
  11. 86' Goal! Manchester City 2, Watford 1. Tom Ince (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.

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