English FA Cup

Swindon Town vs Man City 2021-22 English FA Cup, Third Round

  • 78': Harry McKirdy
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1 - 4
  • 14': Bernardo Silva
  • 28': Gabriel Jesus
  • 59': Ilkay Gündogan
  • 82': Cole Palmer

No dramas as Manchester City ease past Swindon Town in FA Cup

Premier League leaders Manchester City made light work of fourth-tier Swindon Town in a 4-1 away victory in the opener of a busy weekend of FA Cup.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 14': Goal! Swindon Town 0, Manchester City 1. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cole Palmer.
  • 28': Goal! Swindon Town 0, Manchester City 2. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
  • 59': Goal! Swindon Town 0, Manchester City 3. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 62': Penalty saved! Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 64': Rodri (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Substitution, Manchester City. James McAtee replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  • 71': Substitution, Swindon Town. Jonathan Williams replaces Ben Gladwin.
  • 71': Substitution, Swindon Town. Romoney Crichlow replaces Akinwale Odimayo.
  • 78': Goal! Swindon Town 1, Manchester City 3. Harry McKirdy (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonathan Williams.
  • 80': Kyle Walker (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 82': Goal! Swindon Town 1, Manchester City 4. Cole Palmer (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner.
  • 83': Substitution, Manchester City. Romeo Lavia replaces Ilkay Gündogan.
  • 83': Substitution, Swindon Town. Harry Parsons replaces Tyreece Simpson.
  • 86': Substitution, Manchester City. Luke Mbete replaces Nathan Aké.
  • 86': Substitution, Manchester City. Kayky replaces Cole Palmer.
  • 87': Substitution, Swindon Town. Mohammad Dabre replaces Harry McKirdy because of an injury.
  • 87': Substitution, Swindon Town. Ryan East replaces Louis Reed.
  • 90'+2': James McAtee (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Swindon Town 1, Manchester City 4.

Game Information

Competition: English FA Cup

Venue: The County Ground
Location: Swindon, England
Attendance: 14,753

Statistics

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5 Fouls 9
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 3
2 Corner Kicks 9
5 Saves 2
23 POSSESSION 77
5 SHOTS 23
3 ON GOAL 9
0.6 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
164 Accurate Passes 726
228 Passes 782
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 4
8 Crosses 17
0.3 Cross % 0.2
54 Long Balls 54
25 Accurate Long Balls 39
0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
1 Blocked Shots 7
6 Effective Tackles 9
14 Tackles 17
0.4 Tackle % 0.5
7 Interceptions 6
26 Effective Clearances 8
26 Clearances 8

Line-Ups

SWI Swindon Town (3-1-4-2)

No. Name
12 Lewis Ward (GK)
4 Dion Conroy
2 Akinwale Odimayo
24 Rob Hunt
25 Louis Reed
7 Ben Gladwin
8 Jordan Lyden
3 Ellis Iandolo
22 Kaine Kesler Hayden
9 Tyreece Simpson
11 Harry McKirdy

MNC Manchester City (4-3-3)

No. Name
13 Zack Steffen (GK)
6 Nathan Aké
3 Rúben Dias
27 João Cancelo
2 Kyle Walker Yellow Card
16 Rodri Yellow Card
8 Ilkay Gündogan
17 Kevin De Bruyne
20 Bernardo Silva
9 Gabriel Jesus
80 Cole Palmer

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