West Bromwich Albion v Manchester City, 10 August 2015

Score3-0 to Manchester City
RefereeMike Dean
CompetitionPremier League
VenueThe Hawthorns
Attendance24,564

View West Bromwich Albion v Manchester City head to head

Kick-off: 8.00pm This was the first Monday night game of the 2015-16 Premier League season. The eventual champions had been involved in the first Monday game of the new campaign in each of the last five seasons, winning the last three.

0 West Bromwich Albion

3 Manchester City

Goals:

Goals:

David Silva 9 G
Yaya Touré 24 G
Vincent Kompany 59 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Boaz Myhill
Defender James Chester
Defender Craig Dawson
Defender Joleon Lescott
Defender/Midfielder Craig Gardner
Defender/Midfielder/Forward James McClean
Midfielder Chris Brunt
Midfielder Darren Fletcher
Midfielder James Morrison
Midfielder/Forward Rickie Lambert
Forward Saido Berahino

Starting lineup:

Joe Hart Goalkeeper
Aleksandar Kolarov Defender
Vincent Kompany Defender
Bakary Sagna Defender
Fernandinho Defender/Midfielder
Eliaquim Mangala Defender/Midfielder
David Silva Midfielder
Jesús Navas Midfielder
Yaya Touré Midfielder
Raheem Sterling Midfielder/Forward
Wilfried Bony Forward

Substitutions:

Claudio Yacob for James McClean 46
Victor Anichebe for Rickie Lambert 74
Callum McManaman for Saido Berahino 80

Substitutions:

Sergio Agüero for Wilfried Bony 63
Samir Nasri for Raheem Sterling 74
Martín Demichelis for Yaya Touré 80

Cards:

Darren Fletcher 39 Y
Craig Gardner 57 Y
James Chester 58 Y
Claudio Yacob 62 Y

Cards:

Fernandinho 51 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jack Rose
Defender Jonas Olsson
Midfielder Claudio Yacob
Midfielder/Forward Callum McManaman
Midfielder/Forward Stéphane Sessègnon
Forward Victor Anichebe
Forward Brown Ideye

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Willy Caballero
Defender Jason Denayer
Defender Pablo Zabaleta
Defender/Midfielder Martín Demichelis
Midfielder Samir Nasri
Forward Sergio Agüero
Forward Kelechi Iheanacho

Comments:

West Bromwich Albion had now won only one of their opening games during their ten seasons in the Premier League. This was the Baggies fifth successive home season opener. Last season, West Bromwich Albion kept ten clean sheets in 18 league games under new manager Tony Pulis.

Comments:

Manchester City had now won their first game of a Premier League season for the fifth year in a row. They had now also won seven successive Premier League matches, their best run in the competition since December 2014. Yaya Toure had now scored four goals in his last three Premier League visits to the Hawthorns. David Silva had now scored in four of his last five appearances against the Baggies. Vincent Kompany scored in his first league appearance of 2015-16; this after failing to score in his 25 top-flight appearances in 2014-15. The Premier League’s Goal Accreditation Panel ruled on the following: - Manchester City’s first goal against West Bromwich Albion on Monday 10th August 2015 was in fact a David Silva goal and has therefore not been credited to Yaya Toure. (Circular 1 – 13th August 2015) Due to the Goal Accreditation Panel ruling, it now meant that David Silva had scored the opening goal of the season for City for the past three years.

0 West Bromwich Albion

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Boaz Myhill
Defender James Chester
Defender Craig Dawson
Defender Joleon Lescott
Defender/Midfielder Craig Gardner
Defender/Midfielder/Forward James McClean
Midfielder Chris Brunt
Midfielder Darren Fletcher
Midfielder James Morrison
Midfielder/Forward Rickie Lambert
Forward Saido Berahino

Substitutions:

Claudio Yacob for James McClean 46
Victor Anichebe for Rickie Lambert 74
Callum McManaman for Saido Berahino 80

Cards:

Darren Fletcher 39 Y
Craig Gardner 57 Y
James Chester 58 Y
Claudio Yacob 62 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jack Rose
Defender Jonas Olsson
Midfielder Claudio Yacob
Midfielder/Forward Callum McManaman
Midfielder/Forward Stéphane Sessègnon
Forward Victor Anichebe
Forward Brown Ideye

Comments:

West Bromwich Albion had now won only one of their opening games during their ten seasons in the Premier League. This was the Baggies fifth successive home season opener. Last season, West Bromwich Albion kept ten clean sheets in 18 league games under new manager Tony Pulis.

3 Manchester City

Goals:

David Silva 9 G
Yaya Touré 24 G
Vincent Kompany 59 G

Starting lineup:

Joe Hart Goalkeeper
Aleksandar Kolarov Defender
Vincent Kompany Defender
Bakary Sagna Defender
Fernandinho Defender/Midfielder
Eliaquim Mangala Defender/Midfielder
David Silva Midfielder
Jesús Navas Midfielder
Yaya Touré Midfielder
Raheem Sterling Midfielder/Forward
Wilfried Bony Forward

Substitutions:

Sergio Agüero for Wilfried Bony 63
Samir Nasri for Raheem Sterling 74
Martín Demichelis for Yaya Touré 80

Cards:

Fernandinho 51 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Willy Caballero
Defender Jason Denayer
Defender Pablo Zabaleta
Defender/Midfielder Martín Demichelis
Midfielder Samir Nasri
Forward Sergio Agüero
Forward Kelechi Iheanacho

Comments:

Manchester City had now won their first game of a Premier League season for the fifth year in a row. They had now also won seven successive Premier League matches, their best run in the competition since December 2014. Yaya Toure had now scored four goals in his last three Premier League visits to the Hawthorns. David Silva had now scored in four of his last five appearances against the Baggies. Vincent Kompany scored in his first league appearance of 2015-16; this after failing to score in his 25 top-flight appearances in 2014-15. The Premier League’s Goal Accreditation Panel ruled on the following: - Manchester City’s first goal against West Bromwich Albion on Monday 10th August 2015 was in fact a David Silva goal and has therefore not been credited to Yaya Toure. (Circular 1 – 13th August 2015) Due to the Goal Accreditation Panel ruling, it now meant that David Silva had scored the opening goal of the season for City for the past three years.