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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 4 (setup 1, season 33)
Manchester City
v.
Ipswich Town
Formation:
4-1-3-2
League position:
21
Overall form:
Keylor Antonio NAVAS Gamboa17Nestor 'Fernando' MUSLERA Fernando
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Joshua BRENET82Tony JANTSCHKE
Bastian OCZIPKA836Miguel Arturo LAYÚN Prado
Jorrit HENDRIX4Roberto SORIANO
Nicolas ISIMAT-MIRIN57Héctor Alfredo MORENO Herrera
Dejan LOVREN6Xabier ETXEITA Gorritxategi
Daniel CALIGIURI7Nemanja GUDELJ
Yevhen KONOPLYANKA78Shinji KAGAWA
Danny WELBECK9Luis 'Marcelo' TORRES
Karol LINETTY710Giannelli IMBULA Wanga
GERARD Moreno Balagueró711Queensy MENIG
Alex LakerManager
RÚBEN Miguel Nunes VEZO12Danny DEVINE
Benoît COSTIL13Koen CASTEELS
Mahmoud DAHOUD14Jules 'Olivier' NTCHAM
Giovanni Pablo SIMEONE15Adelino André VIEIRINHA Freitas
Alessandro SCHÖPF16Aaron LEYA ISEKA

Manchester City 1 Ipswich Town 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 43,982, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Scott MATHIESON 7½)
27 GerardScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings9 Kagawa, 81 Imbula
3Corners12
5Fouls13
8Offsides0
11Shots on1
13Shots off5
24Total shots6
8Shots saved1
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Joshua BRENET
1A free-kick from WELBECK went inches over.
5A shot from HENDRIX was headed off the line by ETXEITA.
9KAGAWA given a yellow card by the ref for a bad challenge.
11HENDRIX's header was well saved by the Ipswich Town 'keeper.
12GUDELJ made space on the right and touched the ball to TORRES who clipped the ball over.
19GERARD hit a looping shot over from twenty yards out.
22A twenty-five yard drive from GERARD caused MUSLERA no problem.
27GOAL!! An energetic BRENET ran down the right wing and touched the ball back for GERARD to hammer home. (1-0 Manchester City)
30KONOPLYANKA beat four Ipswich Town players and thundered a great chance over the bar.
31OCZIPKA beat JANTSCHKE but placed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
37KONOPLYANKA stabbed an easy chance past the far post.
 
46A mix up in the Ipswich Town defence enabled GERARD to volley an effort inches over.
53A cross from IMBULA left KAGAWA in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
56The motionless 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from KAGAWA fell just wide.
58A lovely cross from LINETTY, was hit goalbound by GERARD only for MUSLERA to palm clear.
60The Manchester City 'keeper was able to palm clear a tame shot from GUDELJ.
70A corner fell to KAGAWA who touched an effort over the bar.
75An exceptional effort from GERARD scraped the woodwork.
76A tame strike from KONOPLYANKA trickled agonisingly wide.
78TORRES shot wide.
81A high tackle gets IMBULA a yellow card.
84GERARD was put clear by LINETTY and he nutmegged the 'keeper but rammed his shot just beyond the near post.