Man City vs Newcastle

26 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Andre Marriner

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Ilkay Gündogan 14’
  • Ferrán Torres 55’

Match summary

Man City beat Newcastle 2-0. Man City led 1-0 at half-time.

Ilkay Gündogan put Man City ahead in the 14th minute, set up by Raheem Sterling and Ferrán Torres made it 2-0 in the 55th minute.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 3.20 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Newcastle's 0.20 from 7.

Match stats

Man City Newcastle
11 Shots 7
6 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3.20 xG 0.20
3.20 Non-penalty xG 0.20
18 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Man City Newcastle
Kick-off
Ilkay Gündogan
Assist: Raheem Sterling1-0 (Man City)
14’
Half-time1-0
Ferrán Torres2-0 (Man City)
55’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Man City
  • Rodri
  • João Cancelo
Newcastle
  • Fabian Schär
  • Matt Ritchie

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 3.20 0.20 14’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 1-0 14’ 55’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), 2-0 55’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.20 0.20 14’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 1-0 Gündogan 14’ 55’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), 2-0 Torres 55’
Man City 3.20 xGNewcastle 0.20 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Newcastle attacking Man City attacking 
81’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.70 xG, saved 59’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.64 xG, hit the woodwork 55’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 35’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 51’ John Stones (Man City), set piece, 0.33 xG, off target 24’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.17 xG, saved 14’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.15 xG, goal 51’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 37’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 86’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 51’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 48’ Ciaran Clark (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 79’ Andy Carroll (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 78’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 61’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Joelinton (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 61’ DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 81’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.70 xG, saved 59’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.64 xG, hit the woodwork 55’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 35’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 51’ John Stones (Man City), set piece, 0.33 xG, off target 24’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.17 xG, saved 14’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.15 xG, goal 51’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 37’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 86’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 51’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 48’ Ciaran Clark (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 79’ Andy Carroll (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 78’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 61’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Joelinton (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 61’ DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
Nathan Aké DEF900 0.000.000
Rúben Dias DEF900 0.000.000
John Stones DEF901 0.330.000
Rodri MID591 0.020.000
Ilkay Gündogan MID9011 0.150.122
João Cancelo MID900 0.000.783
Kevin De Bruyne MID902 0.450.502
Raheem Sterling FWD9012 0.190.792
Ferrán Torres FWD7912 0.720.371
Bernardo Silva FWD901 0.640.000
Fernandinho Sub310 0.000.000
Sergio Agüero Sub111 0.700.000
Phil Foden Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 86% Avg odds 1.12
Draw 10% Avg odds 9.74
Newcastle win 4% Avg odds 21.01

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man City WWDDW
Newcastle LWWLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Man City 5-0 Newcastle, 08 Jul 20 Next meeting: Newcastle 3-4 Man City, 14 May 21  All Man City vs Newcastle meetings

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.