FIFA Club World Cup

FT Wednesday, June 18, 2025
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Manchester City WDLWW 2
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Lincoln Financial Field · 37,446 att. · DAZN

Match Report

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Man City make winning start but lose Lewis to late red

Phil Foden's second-minute strike sparked Manchester City's 2-0 victory over Morocco's Wydad AC in the Club World Cup opener for both teams on Wednesday in Philadelphia.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
9
4
Saves
2
32.4
Possession
67.6
12
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
234
Accurate Passes
559
287
Passes
616
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
7
13
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.5
46
Long Balls
22
25
Accurate Long Balls
10
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
5
18
Tackles
7
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
16
Interceptions
4
20
Effective Clearances
17
20
Clearances
17

Lineups

MNC · 4-4-2

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 6Nathan AkéCD-L
  3. 22Vitor ReisCD-R
  4. 75Nico O'ReillyLB
  5. 82Rico LewisRB
  6. 4Tijjani ReijndersCM-L
  7. 47Phil FodenCM-R
  8. 11Jérémy DokuLM
  9. 26SávioRM
  10. 7Omar MarmoushCF-L
  11. 29Rayan CherkiCF-R

WYD · 5-4-1

  1. 12El Mehdi BenabidG
  2. 14Abdelmounaim BoutouilCD
  3. 22Bart MeijersCD-L
  4. 72Guilherme Ferreira de OliveiraCD-R
  5. 2Mohamed MoufidLB
  6. 18Fahd MoufiRB
  7. 19El Mehdi El MoubarikCM-L
  8. 23Oussama ZemraouiCM-R
  9. 4Thembinkosi LorchLM
  10. 11Nordin AmrabatRM
  11. 21Cassius MailulaF

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Manchester City 1, Wydad Casablanca 0. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 16' Cassius Mailula (Wydad Casablanca) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 42' Goal! Manchester City 2, Wydad Casablanca 0. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Phil Foden with a cross following a corner.
  4. 45' Substitution, Wydad Casablanca. Mohamed Rayhi replaces Cassius Mailula.
  5. 60' Substitution, Manchester City. Oscar Bobb replaces Jérémy Doku.
  6. 60' Substitution, Manchester City. Erling Haaland replaces Rayan Cherki.
  7. 60' Substitution, Manchester City. Rodri replaces Phil Foden.
  8. 62' Substitution, Wydad Casablanca. Mickaël Malsa replaces Oussama Zemraoui.
  9. 62' Substitution, Wydad Casablanca. Samuel Obeng replaces Nordin Amrabat.
  10. 69' Substitution, Manchester City. Ilkay Gündogan replaces Omar Marmoush.
  11. 75' Substitution, Wydad Casablanca. Ismail Moutaraji replaces Bart Meijers.
  12. 84' Substitution, Wydad Casablanca. Aziz Ki replaces Thembinkosi Lorch.
  13. 88' Rico Lewis (Manchester City) is shown the red card.
  14. 90'+2' Substitution, Manchester City. Matheus Nunes replaces Savinho.

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