KøBENHAVN. Manchester City tops FC Copenhagen 3-1. Manchester City was surely superior in terms of ball possession (79%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Parken stadium in København on Tuesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was José María Sánchez Martínez who had the assistance of Raúl Cabañero Martínez and Iñigo Prieto López de Ceraín. The 4th official was César Soto Grado. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 5.03 degrees Celsius or 41.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.
Match Statistics
- ! 21 Ball Possession 79
Shots
- 4 Total 27
- 1 On Target 13
- 2 Off Target 7
- 1 Shots blocked 8
- 58 Attack 164
- 15 Dangerous attack 83
- 54 Ball safe 57
- 4 Free Kicks 13
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 6
Fouls
- 13 Total 2
- 2 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Manchester City was in firm control of the ball 79% while FC Copenhagen was struggling with a 21% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Manchester City was more pushing with 83 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 13 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester City won the encounter.
FC Copenhagen shot 4 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Manchester City shot 27 times, 13 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
FC Copenhagen received 3 yellow cards (Rasmus Falk Jensen, Kevin Diks and Jacob Neestrup Hansen). On the other side, Manchester City didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Next matches
In the next match in the Champions League, FC Copenhagen will play away with Manchester City on the 6th of March with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Manchester City (2 draws).
Manchester City will host FC Copenhagen on the 6th of March with a 3-0 head to head stats in favor of Manchester City (2 draws).
FC Copenhagen and Manchester City will play the return match on the at the
FC Copenhagen – Formation
FC Copenhagen
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FC Copenhagen started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Jacob Neestrup Hansen decided to play with the following team: Kamil Grabara , Elias Jelert , Denis Vavro , Scott McKenna , Kevin Diks , Diogo Gonçalves , Rasmus Falk Jensen , Magnus Mattsson , Mohamed Elyounoussi , Viktor Claesson and Elias Achouri .
The home team had on the bench: Christian Sørensen , Jordan Larsson , Andreas Cornelius , Orri Óskarsson, Birger Meling, Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson, William Clem, Oscar Højlund , Roony Bardghji, Victor Froholdt, Oscar Gadeberg-Buur and Peter Ankersen.
Substitutions
FC Copenhagen made 4 changes: Viktor Claesson for Andreas Cornelius (55′), Elias Achouri for Christian Sørensen (81′), Magnus Mattsson for Jordan Larsson (81′) and Diogo Gonçalves for Oscar Højlund (70′).
Player of the match: Kamil Grabara
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Copenhagen was the goalkeeper: Kamil Grabara. His rating is 8.47. He performed 9 saves.
Manchester City – Formation
Manchester City
Manchester City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Josep Guardiola i Sala played with: Josko Gvardiol, Ederson , Kyle Walker , John Stones , Rúben Dias , Nathan Aké , Rodri , Bernardo Silva , Phil Foden , Kevin De Bruyne and Jack Grealish , Erling Haaland .
These were the players on the bench: Stefan Ortega, Julián Álvarez, Manuel Akanji, Matheus Nunes , Scott Carson, Oscar Bobb, Jacob Wright, Mahamadou Susoho, Rico Lewis and Jérémy Doku .
Manchester City could not rely on the presence of Jérémy Doku (injured) and Matheus Nunes (injured).
Substitutions
Manchester City made 2 changes: Jack Grealish for Jérémy Doku (21′) and Bernardo Silva for Matheus Nunes (78′).
Player of the match: Phil Foden
The most impressive player for Manchester City was Phil Foden.
His rating is with 1 goal, 73 passes (92% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League.
