
Man City vs Wolves 2021-22 English Premier League
Man City dig deep to overcome 10-man Wolves with Raheem Sterling penalty
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A-League
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 40': Rúben Dias (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 43': Rodri (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+1': Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+2': Second yellow card to Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 45'+4': Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
- 56': Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Ilkay Gündogan.
- 64': VAR Decision: Penalty Manchester City.
- 66': Goal! Manchester City 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
- 67': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hwang Hee-Chan replaces Adama Traoré.
- 74': Substitution, Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne replaces Jack Grealish.
- 78': Leander Dendoncker (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 81': João Cancelo (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 82': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Trincão replaces Rúben Neves.
- 87': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Daniel Podence replaces Leander Dendoncker.
Game Information
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 52,613
English Premier League Standings
POS | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
+35 | Liverpool | 23 | 56 | 1 |
+27 | Arsenal | 24 | 50 | 2 |
+13 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 47 | 5 |
+16 | Chelsea | 24 | 43 | 5 |
Statistics
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5 | Fouls | 12 |
2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
1 | Red Cards | 0 |
0 | Offsides | 1 |
1 | Corner Kicks | 14 |
8 | Saves | 1 |
29 | Possession | 71 |
2 | SHOTS | 24 |
1 | ON GOAL | 10 |
0.5 | On Target % | 0.4 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
231 | Accurate Passes | 679 |
310 | Passes | 746 |
0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
2 | Accurate Crosses | 8 |
4 | Crosses | 33 |
0.5 | Cross % | 0.2 |
54 | Long Balls | 38 |
16 | Accurate Long Balls | 33 |
0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.9 |
0 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
9 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
14 | Tackles | 11 |
0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
17 | Interceptions | 12 |
29 | Effective Clearances | 1 |
29 | Clearances | 1 |
Manchester City (4-3-3)
No. | Name |
---|---|
31 | Ederson (GK) |
14 | Aymeric Laporte |
3 | Rúben Dias ![]() |
11 | Oleksandr Zinchenko |
27 | João Cancelo ![]() |
16 | Rodri ![]() |
8 | Ilkay Gündogan |
20 | Bernardo Silva |
9 | Gabriel Jesus |
10 | Jack Grealish |
7 | Raheem Sterling |
Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-5-2)
No. | Name |
---|---|
1 | José Sá (GK) |
16 | Conor Coady |
27 | Romain Saïss |
23 | Max Kilman |
28 | João Moutinho |
32 | Leander Dendoncker ![]() |
8 | Rúben Neves ![]() |
3 | Rayan Aït-Nouri |
22 | Nélson Semedo |
37 | Adama Traoré |
9 | Raúl Jiménez ![]() |
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