Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 18 December 2016
Result
Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal
Premier League · Sunday 18 December 2016, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal: match report
Manchester City beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 18 December 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.
T. Walcott opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Leroy Sané (47') and Raheem Sterling (71'). Arsenal scored through T. Walcott (5').
Discipline: Manchester City received 4 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 4th on 33 points from 16 and Arsenal 3rd on 34 points from 16. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Arsenal 5th with 75.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (8.7), ahead of David Silva (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 3 draws and 4 for Arsenal.
Key events
- 5'Goal · T. Walcott
- 38'Yellow card · David Silva
- 47'Goal · Leroy Sané
- 51'Yellow card · Yaya Touré
- 71'Goal · Raheem Sterling
- 80'Yellow card · Kevin De Bruyne
- 88'Yellow card · Mohamed Elneny
- 90+4'Yellow card · Gabriel Paulista
- 90+5'Yellow card · Fernando
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-1-4-1)
Claudio Bravo, Pablo Zabaleta, Nicolás Otamendi, Aleksandar Kolarov, Gaël Clichy, Fernando, Leroy Sané, Yaya Touré, David Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Gabriel Paulista, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Francis Coquelin, Granit Xhaka, Theo Walcott, Mesut Özil, Alex Iwobi, Alexis Sánchez