Man City vs Norwich

21 August 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Graham Scott

Full time 5 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Tim Krul 7’ (og)
  • Jack Grealish 22’
  • Aymeric Laporte 64’
  • Raheem Sterling 71’
  • Riyad Mahrez 84’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 5-0 at home to Norwich. Man City led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Krul's own goal put Man City ahead in the 7th minute and Jack Grealish made it 2-0 in the 22nd minute, set up by Gabriel Jesus. In the second half, Aymeric Laporte made it 3-0 from a corner in the 64th minute, Raheem Sterling made it 4-0 in the 71st minute, set up by Gabriel Jesus, and Riyad Mahrez made it 5-0 in the 84th minute, set up by Rúben Dias.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 2.44 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Norwich's 0.03 from 1.

Match stats

Man City Norwich
16 Shots 1
4 Shots on Target 0
6 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2.44 xG 0.03
2.44 Non-penalty xG 0.03
16 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Man City Norwich
Kick-off
Tim Krul
Own goal1-0 (Man City)
7’
Jack Grealish
Assist: Gabriel Jesus2-0 (Man City)
22’
Half-time2-0
Aymeric Laporte3-0 (Man City)
64’
Raheem Sterling
Assist: Gabriel Jesus4-0 (Man City)
71’
Riyad Mahrez
Assist: Rúben Dias5-0 (Man City)
84’
Full-time5-0

Bookings

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

Man City
  • Ilkay Gündogan

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.44 0.03 7’ Tim Krul (Man City) own goal, 1-0 7’ 22’ Jack Grealish (Man City), 2-0 22’ 64’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), 3-0 64’ 71’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 4-0 71’ 84’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 5-0 84’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.44 0.03 7’ Tim Krul (Man City) own goal, 1-0 Krul 7’ 22’ Jack Grealish (Man City), 2-0 Grealish 22’ 64’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), 3-0 Laporte 64’ 71’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 4-0 Sterling 71’ 84’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 5-0 Mahrez 84’
Man City 2.44 xGNorwich 0.03 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Norwich attacking Man City attacking 
71’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 22’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 84’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 64’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.10 xG, goal 55’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 87’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 46’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 59’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 64’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 11’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 31’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 89’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 27’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 78’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 52’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 2’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Kyle Walker (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 7’ Tim Krul (Norwich), own goal 71’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 22’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 84’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 64’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.10 xG, goal 55’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 87’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 46’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 59’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 64’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 11’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 31’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 89’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 27’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 78’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 52’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Kyle Walker (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 2’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 7’ Tim Krul (Norwich), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker DEF901 0.020.000
Rúben Dias DEF9010 0.000.552
Aymeric Laporte DEF9012 0.160.000
João Cancelo DEF901 0.030.000
Bernardo Silva MID901 0.040.000
Rodri MID902 0.040.102
Ilkay Gündogan MID700 0.000.102
Gabriel Jesus FWD9021 0.081.323
Ferrán Torres FWD623 0.170.000
Jack Grealish FWD7611 0.600.041
Raheem Sterling Sub2812 0.740.000
Cole Palmer Sub200 0.000.000
Riyad Mahrez Sub1412 0.570.031

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 86% Avg odds 1.12
Draw 10% Avg odds 9.88
Norwich win 4% Avg odds 23.15

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

Form going into the game

Man City LWLWL
Norwich LLLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Man City 5-0 Norwich, 26 Jul 20 Next meeting: Norwich 0-4 Man City, 12 Feb 22  All Man City vs Norwich 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.