MANCHESTER. Manchester City had a surprising win over Sheffield United with a 2-0 win with a goal from Rodri (14′) and a goal from J. Álvarez (61′). Manchester City was decisively better in terms of ball possession (82%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Etihad Stadium stadium in Manchester on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was David Coote assisted by Tim Wood and Derek Eaton. The 4th official was Chris Kavanagh. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.4 degrees Celsius or 47.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Manchester City had a superior ball possession 82% while Sheffield United was struggling with a 18% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester City had a more offensive attitude with 96 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester City won the match​.

Manchester City shot 18 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Sheffield United shot 4 times, 2 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

Manchester City received 2 yellow cards (M. Kovačić and Josep Guardiola i Sala). Talking about the opposition, Sheffield United received 1 yellow card (Jayden Bogle).

Standings

After this match, Manchester City has 40 points like Arsenal to hold in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Sheffield United will stays with 9 points to remain in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Manchester City will play away against Newcastle United on the 13th of January with a 27-4 head to head statistic in favor of Manchester City (6 draws).

Sheffield United will host West Ham United on the 13th of January with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of West Ham United (2 draws).

Manchester City – Formation

Manchester City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Josep Guardiola i Sala decided to play with the following team: Ederson (7.5), K. Walker (7.0), M. Akanji (7.8), N. Aké (7.9), J. Gvardiol (7.3), M. Kovačić (7.7), Rodri (9.1), Bernardo Silva (7.3), P. Foden (9.5), J. Grealish (7.0) and J. Álvarez (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Matheus Nunes, Rúben Dias (6.8), K. Phillips, K. De Bruyne, S. Ortega, Sergio Gómez, O. Bobb (7.1), R. Lewis (6.8) and M. Hamilton.

Substitutions

Manchester City made 3 changes: J. Grealish for O. Bobb (52′), M. Kovačić for Rúben Dias (68′) and K. Walker for R. Lewis (68′).

Player of the match: P. Foden​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester City was P. Foden even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 9.5 with 84 passes (98% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.

Sheffield United – Formation

Sheffield United started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Chris Wilder played with: Max Lowe, Wes Foderingham (6.3), George Baldock (6.8), Jack Robinson (6.8), Auston Trusty (6.7), Jayden Bogle (7.1), Oliver Norwood (6.6), Vini Souza (6.7), Luke Thomas (6.3), Anis Slimane (6.3) and Andre Brooks (6.6), William Osula (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Cameron Archer (6.7), Adam Davies, Rhian Brewster (6.4), Oli McBurnie, Bénie Traoré, Ben Osborn (6.8), Yasser Larouci, Rhys Norrington-Davies and Femi Seriki.

Substitutions

Sheffield United made 4 changes: Andre Brooks for Ben Osborn (80′), William Osula for Cameron Archer (67′), Anis Slimane for Rhian Brewster (67′) and Luke Thomas for Rhys Norrington-Davies (90′).

Player of the match: Jayden Bogle​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sheffield United was Jayden Bogle.

His rating is 7.1 with 19 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Wolverhampton Wanderers – Everton – 3-0
• Nottingham Forest – Manchester United – 2-1
• Manchester City – Sheffield United – 2-0
• Luton Town – Chelsea – 2-3
• Crystal Palace – Brentford – 3-1
• Aston Villa – Burnley – 3-2