MANCHESTER. Manchester City obliterates Luton Town 5-1 with goals of Daiki Hashioka (2′ own), Mateo Kovacic (64′), Erling Haaland (76′ pen), Jérémy Doku (87′) and Josko Gvardiol (90′). Talking about the opposition, Luton Town scored with ​Ross Barkley (81′). Manchester City was much better in terms of ball possession (74%) 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 John Brooks with the collaboration of Lee Betts and Akil Howson. The 4th official was Darren Bond. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 12.41 degrees Celsius or 54.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Manchester City

5 - 1

Luton Town

  • ! 74 Ball Possession 26
Shots
  • 37 Total 4
  • 13 On Target 2
  • 14 Off Target 2
  • 10 Shots blocked 0
  • 155 Attack 42
  • 127 Dangerous attack 14
  • 43 Ball safe 60
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 12 Corners 1
Fouls
  • 7 Total 6
  • 1 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 2 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Manchester City had a superior ball possession 74% while Luton Town was struggling with a 26% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester City was more aggressive with 127 dangerous attacks and 37 shots of which 13 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester City won the match​.

Manchester City shot 37 times, 13 on target, 14 off target. Talking about the opposition, Luton Town shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Manchester City received 1 yellow card (Kevin De Bruyne ). On the other side, Luton Town didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

2'
Daiki Hashioka(own-goal)
Kevin De Bruyne- Yellow
43'
59'
Cauley Woodrow- sub ->Andros Townsend
Mateo Kovacic(goal)Julián Álvarez
64'
Erling Haaland(penalty)
76'
77'
Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu- sub ->Luke Berry
Oscar Bobb- sub ->Erling Haaland
81'
81'
Ross Barkley(goal)
Sergio Gómez- sub ->Kevin De Bruyne
81'
Jérémy Doku(goal)Josko Gvardiol
87'
Josko Gvardiol(goal)Jérémy Doku
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Manchester City
88
37
Arsenal
86
37
Liverpool
79
37
Aston Villa
68
37
Tottenham Hotspur
63
37
Newcastle United
57
36
Chelsea
57
36
Manchester United
54
36
West Ham United
52
37
Brighton & Hove Albion
48
36
AFC Bournemouth
48
37
Crystal Palace
46
37
Wolverhampton Wanderers
46
37
Fulham
44
37
Everton
40
37
Brentford
39
37
Nottingham Forest
29
37
Luton Town
26
37
Burnley
24
37
Sheffield United
16
37

After playing this match, Manchester City has 73 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Luton Town will stays with 25 points to remain in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Manchester City will play away with Tottenham Hotspur on the 20th of April with a 20-18 head to head statistic in favor of Tottenham Hotspur (4 draws).

Luton Town will host Brentford on the 20th of April with a 6-3 head to head stats in favor of Brentford (1 draw).

Manchester City – Formation

Manchester City
G
Ederson 31.Brazil
6.7
D
Rúben Dias 3.Portugal
7.9
D
Josko Gvardiol 24.Croatia
8.8
90'
D
Manuel Akanji 25.Switzerland
7.8
D
Rico Lewis 82.England
7.8
M
Mateo Kovacic 8.Croatia
9.1
64'
M
Jérémy Doku 11.Belgium
9.9
87'
M
Kevin De Bruyne 17.Belgium
9.2
81' 43'
M
Julián Álvarez 19.Argentina
8.2
M
Matheus Nunes 27.Portugal
6.8
F
Erling Haaland 9.Norway
7.3
81' 76'
Substitutes
G
Stefan Ortega 18.Germany
D
Kyle Walker 2.England
D
Nathan Aké 6.Netherlands
M
Rodri 16.Spain
M
Bernardo Silva 20.Portugal
M
Oscar Bobb 52.Norway
7.3
81'
M
Jack Grealish 10.England
M
Sergio Gómez 21.Spain
6.6
81'
M
Phil Foden 47.England

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  (6.7), Rico Lewis (7.8), Rúben Dias (7.9), Manuel Akanji (7.8), Josko Gvardiol (8.8), Matheus Nunes (6.8), Mateo Kovacic (9.1), Julián Álvarez (8.2), Kevin De Bruyne  (9.2), Jérémy Doku (9.9) and Erling Haaland (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Kyle Walker , Nathan Aké, Jack Grealish, Stefan Ortega, Sergio Gómez (6.6), Phil Foden and Oscar Bobb (7.3).

Substitutions

Manchester City made 2 changes: Kevin De Bruyne  for Sergio Gómez (81′) and Erling Haaland for Oscar Bobb (81′).

Player of the match: Jérémy Doku​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester City was Jérémy Doku.

His rating is 9.9 with 1 goal, 55 passes (96% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 5 crosses.

Luton Town – Formation

Luton Town
G
Thomas Kaminski 24.Belgium
7.7
D
Teden Mengi 15.England
D
Reece Burke 16.England
6.1
D
Daiki Hashioka 27.Japan
6.1
D
Fred Onyedinma 32.Nigeria
6.0
88'
D
Alfie Doughty 45.England
6.7
M
Luke Berry 8.England
6.4
77'
M
Ross Barkley 6.England
7.0
81'
M
Jordan Clark 18.England
6.3
88'
F
Carlton Morris 9.England
6.3
F
Tahith Chong 14.Netherlands
7.0
F
Andros Townsend 30.England
6.6
59'
Substitutes
G
James Shea 1.England
G
Tim Krul 23.Netherlands
M
Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu 17.England
6.8
77'
F
Cauley Woodrow 10.England
7.0
59'

Luton Town started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Rob Edwards played with: Teden Mengi, Thomas Kaminski (7.7), Fred Onyedinma (6.0), Daiki Hashioka (6.1), Reece Burke (6.1), Alfie Doughty (6.7), Luke Berry (6.4), Ross Barkley (7.0), Jordan Clark (6.3), Andros Townsend (6.6) and Carlton Morris (6.3), Tahith Chong (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: J. Johnson, James Shea, Cauley Woodrow (7.0), Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu (6.8), Tim Krul, T. Harris, C. Chigozie, Z. Nelson and A. Piesold.

Substitutions

Luton Town made 2 changes: Andros Townsend for Cauley Woodrow (59′) and Luke Berry for Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu (77′).

Player of the match: Thomas Kaminski​

The player that probably impressed the most for Luton Town was the goalkeeper: Thomas Kaminski. His rating is 7.65. He performed 9 saves.

Results of the day

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