Manchester City v Cardiff City, 03 April 2019

Score2-0 to Manchester City
RefereeJonathan Moss
CompetitionPremier League
VenueEtihad Stadium
Attendance53,559
Kick-off: 7.45pm Cardiff City had now not kept a clean sheet in the last 14 league meetings since February 1962. Premier League Head to Head Played: 4 Manchester City won: 3 Drawn: 0 Cardiff City won: 1 Manchester City scored: 13 Cardiff City scored: 5

2 Manchester City

Manager: Pep Guardiola

0 Cardiff City

Manager: Neil Warnock

Goals:

Kevin De Bruyne 6 G
Leroy Sané 44 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ederson
Defender Danilo
Defender Aymeric Laporte
Defender/Midfielder Fernandinho
Defender/Midfielder John Stones
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder/Forward Kevin De Bruyne
Midfielder/Forward Phil Foden
Midfielder/Forward Riyad Mahrez
Midfielder/Forward Leroy Sané

Starting lineup:

Neil Etheridge Goalkeeper
Sean Morrison Defender/Centre back
Lee Peltier Defender/Midfielder
Joe Bennett Defender/Left back
Víctor Camarasa Midfielder
Aron Gunnarsson Midfielder
Joe Ralls Midfielder
Junior Hoilett Midfielder/Forward
Josh Murphy Forward
Oumar Niasse Forward

Substitutions:

Kyle Walker for Olexsandr Zinchenko 19

Substitutions:

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing for Josh Murphy 60
Leandro Bacuna for Aron Gunnarsson 81
Bobby Decordova-Reid for Víctor Camarasa 83

Cards:

Cards:

Joe Bennett 8 Y
Lee Peltier 34 Y
Joe Ralls 53 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Aro Murić
Defender Vincent Kompany
Defender Kyle Walker
Midfielder David Silva
Midfielder Ilkay Gündogan
Midfielder/Forward Bernardo Silva
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Brian Murphy
Defender/Midfielder Leandro Bacuna
Defender/Midfielder Greg Cunningham
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bobby Decordova-Reid
Midfielder Kadeem Harris
Midfielder/Forward Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
Forward Kenneth Zohore

Comments:

League position: 1st With an average age of 25 years and 139 days, Manchester City fielded their youngest starting XI in a Premier League game since 3 April 2011 against Sunderland (won 5-0). At 18 years and 310 days, Phil Foden became the youngest player to start a game in the Premier League for City since Jose Pozo at Leicester City on 13 December 2014 (18 years and 273 days). They had now scored 17 goals within the opening 15 minutes of their games so far in this Premier League season; seven more than any other team.

Comments:

League position: 18th Cardiff City became the 40th club to play 700 games in the top division (won 239, lost 294). The Bluebirds had now lost five of their last six games, all Premier League. City had now lost all 11 of the away games they had played in the Premier League against the big six teams.

2 Manchester City

Manager: Pep Guardiola

Goals:

Kevin De Bruyne 6 G
Leroy Sané 44 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ederson
Defender Danilo
Defender Aymeric Laporte
Defender/Midfielder Fernandinho
Defender/Midfielder John Stones
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder/Forward Kevin De Bruyne
Midfielder/Forward Phil Foden
Midfielder/Forward Riyad Mahrez
Midfielder/Forward Leroy Sané

Substitutions:

Kyle Walker for Olexsandr Zinchenko 19

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Aro Murić
Defender Vincent Kompany
Defender Kyle Walker
Midfielder David Silva
Midfielder Ilkay Gündogan
Midfielder/Forward Bernardo Silva
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling

Comments:

League position: 1st With an average age of 25 years and 139 days, Manchester City fielded their youngest starting XI in a Premier League game since 3 April 2011 against Sunderland (won 5-0). At 18 years and 310 days, Phil Foden became the youngest player to start a game in the Premier League for City since Jose Pozo at Leicester City on 13 December 2014 (18 years and 273 days). They had now scored 17 goals within the opening 15 minutes of their games so far in this Premier League season; seven more than any other team.

0 Cardiff City

Manager: Neil Warnock

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Neil Etheridge Goalkeeper
Sean Morrison Defender/Centre back
Lee Peltier Defender/Midfielder
Joe Bennett Defender/Left back
Víctor Camarasa Midfielder
Aron Gunnarsson Midfielder
Joe Ralls Midfielder
Junior Hoilett Midfielder/Forward
Josh Murphy Forward
Oumar Niasse Forward

Substitutions:

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing for Josh Murphy 60
Leandro Bacuna for Aron Gunnarsson 81
Bobby Decordova-Reid for Víctor Camarasa 83

Cards:

Joe Bennett 8 Y
Lee Peltier 34 Y
Joe Ralls 53 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Brian Murphy
Defender/Midfielder Leandro Bacuna
Defender/Midfielder Greg Cunningham
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bobby Decordova-Reid
Midfielder Kadeem Harris
Midfielder/Forward Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
Forward Kenneth Zohore

Comments:

League position: 18th Cardiff City became the 40th club to play 700 games in the top division (won 239, lost 294). The Bluebirds had now lost five of their last six games, all Premier League. City had now lost all 11 of the away games they had played in the Premier League against the big six teams.