West Brom vs Man City

26 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 0 – 5

Half-time: 0–4

  • Ilkay Gündogan 6’, 30’
  • João Cancelo 20’
  • Riyad Mahrez 45+2’
  • Raheem Sterling 57’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 5-0 away at West Brom. Man City led 4-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ilkay Gündogan put Man City ahead in the 6th minute, set up by João Cancelo, João Cancelo made it 0-2 in the 20th minute, set up by Bernardo Silva, Gündogan made it 0-3 in the 30th minute, and Riyad Mahrez made it 0-4 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Raheem Sterling. In the second half, Raheem Sterling made it 0-5 in the 57th minute, set up by Riyad Mahrez.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 2.25 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to West Brom's 0.60 from 4.

Match stats

West Brom Man City
4 Shots 18
1 Shots on Target 7
3 Corners 8
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.57 xG 2.25
0.57 Non-penalty xG 2.25
3 Deep Completions 15

Key events

West Brom Man City
Kick-off
6’
Ilkay Gündogan
Assist: João Cancelo0-1 (Man City)
20’
João Cancelo
Assist: Bernardo Silva0-2 (Man City)
30’
Ilkay Gündogan0-3 (Man City)
45+2’
Riyad Mahrez
Assist: Raheem Sterling0-4 (Man City)
Half-time0-4
57’
Raheem Sterling
Assist: 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.

West Brom
  • Dara O'Shea
  • Hal Robson-Kanu

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 0.60 2.25 6’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 0-1 6’ 20’ João Cancelo (Man City), 0-2 20’ 30’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 0-3 30’ 45+2’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 0-4 45+2’ 57’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 0-5 57’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.60 2.25 6’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 0-1 Gündogan 6’ 20’ João Cancelo (Man City), 0-2 Cancelo 20’ 30’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 0-3 Gündogan 30’ 45+2’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 0-4 Mahrez 45+2’ 57’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 0-5 Sterling 57’
West Brom 0.60 xGMan City 2.25 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking West Brom attacking 
57’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.94 xG, goal 30’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 2’ Semi Ajayi (West Brom), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 57’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 36’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 47’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 28’ Callum Robinson (West Brom), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 2’ Jake Livermore (West Brom), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 3’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 73’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 60’ Darnell Furlong (West Brom), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 6’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 20’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 12’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 48’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+1’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 73’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 78’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 51’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 78’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 57’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.94 xG, goal 30’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 2’ Semi Ajayi (West Brom), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 57’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 36’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 47’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 28’ Callum Robinson (West Brom), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 2’ Jake Livermore (West Brom), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 3’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 73’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 60’ Darnell Furlong (West Brom), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 6’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 20’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 12’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 48’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+1’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 73’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 78’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 78’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Sam Johnstone GK900 0.000.000
Darnell Furlong DEF901 0.070.000
Dara O'Shea DEF900 0.000.000
Semi Ajayi DEF901 0.350.000
Kieran Gibbs DEF900 0.000.000
Robert Snodgrass MID620 0.000.091
Romaine Sawyers MID900 0.000.000
Jake Livermore MID901 0.080.000
Karlan Grant MID670 0.000.000
Matheus Pereira MID900 0.000.071
Callum Robinson FWD491 0.090.000
Kyle Bartley Sub410 0.000.000
Matt Phillips Sub280 0.000.000
Hal Robson-Kanu Sub230 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Brom win 5% Avg odds 19.50
Draw 12% Avg odds 8.28
Man City win 83% Avg odds 1.15

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

Form going into the game

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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.