Cardiff vs Man City

22 September 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 0 – 5

Half-time: 0–3

  • Sergio Agüero 32’
  • Bernardo Silva 35’
  • Ilkay Gündogan 44’
  • Riyad Mahrez 67’, 89’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 5-0 away at Cardiff. Man City led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Sergio Agüero put Man City ahead in the 32nd minute, set up by Bernardo Silva, Bernardo Silva made it 0-2 with a header in the 35th minute, set up by Leroy Sané, and Ilkay Gündogan made it 0-3 in the 44th minute, set up by Raheem Sterling. In the second half, Riyad Mahrez made it 0-4 in the 67th minute, set up by Ilkay Gündogan and Mahrez made it 0-5 in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 3.12 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Cardiff's 0.10 from 2.

Match stats

Cardiff Man City
2 Shots 21
2 Shots on Target 10
1 Corners 9
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.10 xG 3.08
0.10 Non-penalty xG 3.08
2 Deep Completions 18

Key events

Cardiff Man City
Kick-off
32’
Sergio Agüero
Assist: Bernardo Silva0-1 (Man City)
35’
Bernardo Silva
Assist: Leroy Sané0-2 (Man City)
44’
Ilkay Gündogan
Assist: Raheem Sterling0-3 (Man City)
Half-time0-3
67’
Riyad Mahrez
Assist: Ilkay Gündogan0-4 (Man City)
89’
Riyad Mahrez0-5 (Man City)
Full-time0-5

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Cardiff
  • Joe Ralls
Man City
  • Fernandinho

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.10 3.12 32’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), 0-1 32’ 35’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), 0-2 35’ 44’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 0-3 44’ 67’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 0-4 67’ 89’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 0-5 89’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.10 3.12 32’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), 0-1 Agüero 32’ 35’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), 0-2 Silva 35’ 44’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 0-3 Gündogan 44’ 67’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 0-4 Mahrez 67’ 89’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 0-5 Mahrez 89’
Cardiff 0.10 xGMan City 3.12 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Cardiff attacking 
67’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 29’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.46 xG, off target 59’ Leroy Sané (Man City), set piece, 0.38 xG, hit the woodwork 87’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 57’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 58’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), from a corner, 0.13 xG, saved 40’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 58’ Leroy Sané (Man City), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 32’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 73’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 41’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 58’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 88’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 89’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 56’ Bobby Reid (Cardiff), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 80’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 27’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 41’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 82’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 35’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, goal 42’ Fernandinho (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 36’ Danny Ward (Cardiff), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 67’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 29’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.46 xG, off target 59’ Leroy Sané (Man City), set piece, 0.38 xG, hit the woodwork 87’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 57’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 58’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), from a corner, 0.13 xG, saved 32’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 40’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 58’ Leroy Sané (Man City), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 73’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 41’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 58’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 88’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 56’ Bobby Reid (Cardiff), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 89’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 80’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 27’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 41’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 82’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 35’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, goal 42’ Fernandinho (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 36’ Danny Ward (Cardiff), open play, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Neil Etheridge GK900 0.000.000
Lee Peltier DEF530 0.000.000
Bruno Ecuele Manga DEF900 0.000.000
Sean Morrison DEF900 0.000.081
Greg Cunningham DEF900 0.000.000
Junior Hoilett MID770 0.000.000
Víctor Camarasa MID900 0.000.021
Joe Ralls MID900 0.000.000
Harry Arter MID900 0.000.000
Bobby Reid MID901 0.080.000
Danny Ward FWD651 0.020.000
Jazz Richards Sub370 0.000.000
Kenneth Zohore Sub250 0.000.000
Josh Murphy Sub130 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Cardiff win 4% Bet365 odds 23.00
Draw 12% Bet365 odds 8.00
Man City win 84% Bet365 odds 1.16

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Cardiff LDDLL
Man City WWDWW

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.