LONDON. Manchester City succeeded in turn the tables against West Ham United. It was West Ham United to score first with a goal from James Ward-Prowse. Nevertheless, later Manchester City found the way to reverse the scoreline scoring 3 consecutive goals with Jeremy Doku (46′), Bernardo Silva (76′) and Erling Haaland (86′). Manchester City was surely better in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the London Stadium stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 10:00 am local time. The referee was Andy Madley with the collaboration of Harry Lennard and Nicholas Hopton. The 4th official was Thomas Bramall. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22.56 degrees Celsius or 72.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.
Match Statistics
- ! 31 Ball Possession 69
Shots
- 6 Total 29
- 3 On Target 15
- 2 Off Target 5
- 1 Shots blocked 9
- 51 Attack 129
- 27 Dangerous attack 91
- 56 Ball safe 59
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 11
Fouls
- 7 Total 11
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Manchester City had a superior ball possession 69% while West Ham United was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Manchester City was putting more pressure with 91 dangerous attacks and 29 shots of which 15 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester City won the match.
West Ham United shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Manchester City shot 29 times, 15 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
West Ham United received 3 yellow cards (Lucas Paquetá, Tomáš Souček and Edson Álvarez). On the other side, Manchester City received 2 yellow cards (Rodri and Joško Gvardiol).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, West Ham United will stay with 10 points like Arsenal to hold in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Manchester City will have 15 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, West Ham United will play away against Aston Villa on the 22nd of October with a 12-7 head to head record in favor of West Ham United (10 draws).
Manchester City will host Brighton & Hove Albion on the 21st of October with a 11-1 head to head statistic in favor of Manchester City (2 draws).
West Ham United – Formation
West Ham United
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West Ham United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager David Moyes decided to play with the following team: Alphonse Aréola , Vladimír Coufal , Kurt Zouma , Nayef Aguerd , Emerson Palmieri , Tomáš Souček , Edson Álvarez , Jarrod Bowen , James Ward-Prowse , Lucas Paquetá and Michail Antonio .
The home team had on the bench: Saïd Benrahma , Thilo Kehrer , Danny Ings , Mohammed Kudus , Konstantinos Mavropanos, Angelo Ogbonna, Pablo Fornals, Łukasz Fabiański and Aaron Cresswell.
West Ham United could not rely on the presence of Saïd Benrahma (injured).
Substitutions
West Ham United made 4 changes: Edson Álvarez for Saïd Benrahma (68′), Michail Antonio for Mohammed Kudus (67′), Tomáš Souček for Danny Ings (87′) and Vladimír Coufal for Thilo Kehrer (87′).
Best player: Alphonse Aréola
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for West Ham United was the goalkeeper: Alphonse Aréola. His rating is 9.08. He performed 10 saves.
Manchester City – Formation
Manchester City
Also Manchester City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Josep Guardiola i Sala played with: Ederson , Kyle Walker , Manuel Akanji , Rúben Dias , Joško Gvardiol , Rodri , Bernardo Silva , Phil Foden , Julián Álvarez , Jeremy Doku and Erling Haaland .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Nathan Aké, Kalvin Phillips, Matheus Nunes , Stefan Ortega, Sergio Gómez, Scott Carson, Rico Lewis and Oscar Bobb.
Substitutions
Manchester City made 5 changes: Phil Foden for Matheus Nunes (67′), Erling Haaland for Rico Lewis (90′), Jeremy Doku for Sergio Gómez (90′), Bernardo Silva for Oscar Bobb (90′) and Joško Gvardiol for Nathan Aké (90′).
Best player: Rodri
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester City was Rodri even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 115 passes (97% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Wolverhampton Wanderers – Liverpool – 1-3
- West Ham United – Manchester City – 1-3
- Tottenham Hotspur – Sheffield United – 2-1
- Newcastle United – Brentford – 1-0
- Manchester United – Brighton & Hove Albion – 1-3
- Fulham – Luton Town – 1-0
- Aston Villa – Crystal Palace – 3-1
