Newcastle vs Man City

19 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 0 – 4

Half-time: 0–2

  • Rúben Dias 5’
  • João Cancelo 27’
  • Riyad Mahrez 64’
  • Raheem Sterling 86’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 4-0 away at Newcastle. Man City led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Rúben Dias put Man City ahead with a header in the 5th minute, set up by João Cancelo and João Cancelo made it 0-2 in the 27th minute, set up by Riyad Mahrez. In the second half, Riyad Mahrez made it 0-3 in the 64th minute, set up by Oleksandr Zinchenko and Raheem Sterling made it 0-4 in the 86th minute, set up by Gabriel Jesus.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 3.65 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Newcastle's 0.17 from 5.

Match stats

Newcastle Man City
5 Shots 18
1 Shots on Target 7
3 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.17 xG 3.65
0.17 Non-penalty xG 3.65
5 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Newcastle Man City
Kick-off
5’
Rúben Dias
Assist: João Cancelo0-1 (Man City)
27’
João Cancelo
Assist: Riyad Mahrez0-2 (Man City)
Half-time0-2
64’
Riyad Mahrez
Assist: Oleksandr Zinchenko0-3 (Man City)
86’
Raheem Sterling
Assist: Gabriel Jesus0-4 (Man City)
Full-time0-4

Bookings

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

Newcastle
  • Isaac Hayden
Man City
  • Bernardo Silva
  • Rodri

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 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.17 3.65 5’ Rúben Dias (Man City), 0-1 5’ 27’ João Cancelo (Man City), 0-2 27’ 64’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 0-3 64’ 86’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 0-4 86’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.17 3.65 5’ Rúben Dias (Man City), 0-1 Dias 5’ 27’ João Cancelo (Man City), 0-2 Cancelo 27’ 64’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 0-3 Mahrez 64’ 86’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 0-4 Sterling 86’
Newcastle 0.17 xGMan City 3.65 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Newcastle attacking 
86’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.91 xG, goal 52’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.64 xG, saved 5’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.55 xG, goal 68’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.30 xG, off target 64’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 54’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 53’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 60’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 51’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 41’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 43’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 70’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 27’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 22’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 46’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 53’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 57’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 81’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 11’ João Cancelo (Man City), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 82’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 86’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.91 xG, goal 52’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.64 xG, saved 5’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.55 xG, goal 68’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.30 xG, off target 64’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 54’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 53’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 60’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 51’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 70’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 41’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 27’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 43’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 22’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 46’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 53’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 57’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 81’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 11’ João Cancelo (Man City), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 82’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Martin Dubravka GK900 0.000.000
Jacob Murphy DEF901 0.010.000
Ciaran Clark DEF900 0.000.000
Jamaal Lascelles DEF900 0.000.000
Matt Ritchie DEF900 0.000.000
Miguel Almirón MID810 0.000.000
Joelinton MID901 0.020.000
Isaac Hayden MID621 0.070.000
Joe Willock MID470 0.000.000
Ryan Fraser MID900 0.000.133
Callum Wilson FWD901 0.050.000
Allan Saint-Maximin Sub431 0.020.000
Sean Longstaff Sub280 0.000.000
Jeff Hendrick Sub90 0.000.021

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 5% Avg odds 20.93
Draw 10% Avg odds 9.45
Man City win 85% Avg odds 1.13

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

Form going into the game

Newcastle LDWLL
Man City WWWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Newcastle 3-4 Man City, 14 May 21 Next meeting: Man City 5-0 Newcastle, 08 May 22  All Newcastle vs Man City 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.