MANCHESTER. Manchester City conquers Manchester United with a 2-0 win with a goal from B. Silva (45′) and an own goal from E. Bailly (7′). Manchester City was definitely better in terms of ball possession (68%) was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Michael Oliver with the collaboration of Stuart Burt and Simon Bennett. The 4th official was Robert Jones. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 11.8 degrees Celsius or 53.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- ! 33 Ball Possession 67
Shots
- 5 Total 16
- 1 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 11
- 0 Shots blocked 3
- 78 Attack 176
- 22 Dangerous attack 85
- 66 Ball safe 90
- 13 Free Kicks 13
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 9
- 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 10 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 0
Ball possession
Manchester City had a strong ball possession 68% while Manchester United was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Manchester City has a more offensive attitude with 85 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester City won the encounter.
Manchester United shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Manchester City shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Manchester United received 1 yellow card (C. Ronaldo). Talking about the opposition, Manchester City received 2 yellow cards (B. Silva and J. Cancelo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Manchester United will stay with 17 points like Arsenal to sit in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Manchester City will have 23 points to go down in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Manchester United will play away against Watford on the 20th of November with a 12-2 head to head in favor of Manchester United (0 draws).
Manchester City will host Everton on the 21st of November with a 16-11 head to head stats in favor of Manchester City (6 draws).
Manchester United – Formation
Manchester United
46'
90'
Manchester United started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær decided to play with the following team: David De Gea , Eric Bailly , Victor Lindelöf , Harry Maguire , Aaron Wan-Bissaka , Bruno Fernandes , Scott McTominay , Fred , Luke Shaw , Mason Greenwood and Cristiano Ronaldo .
The home team had on the bench: Jesse Lingard, Alex Telles , Marcus Rashford , Jadon Sancho , Donny van de Beek , Diogo Dalot, Nemanja Matić, Anthony Martial and Dean Henderson.
Manchester United could not rely on the presence of A. Telles (injured).
Substitutions
Manchester United made 4 changes: E. Bailly for J. Sancho (46′), M. Greenwood for M. Rashford (67′), L. Shaw for A. Telles (73′) and Fred for D. van de Beek (80′).
Best player: Alex Telles
The player that probably impressed the most for Manchester United was Alex Telles.
His rating is with 8 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 73′.
Manchester City – Formation
Manchester City
45'
Manchester City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the other side, Josep Guardiola i Sala played with: Ederson , Kyle Walker , John Stones , Rúben Dias , João Cancelo , Kevin De Bruyne , Rodri , İlkay Gündoğan , Gabriel Jesus , Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden .
These were the players on the bench: Nathan Aké, Zack Steffen, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Riyad Mahrez, Raheem Sterling, Fernandinho, Cole Palmer, Scott Carson and Jack Grealish.
Substitutions
Manchester City decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.
Best player: João Cancelo
The most impressive player for Manchester City was João Cancelo even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 104 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Brentford – Norwich City – 1-2
- Brighton & Hove Albion – Newcastle United – 1-1
- Chelsea – Burnley – 1-1
- Crystal Palace – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 2-0
- Manchester United – Manchester City – 0-2
