Manchester City — Coventry City 1:0, 5 September: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 3 Saturday 5 September · 14:00 UTC

Manchester City 1th · 9 pts WWWWW

1 : 0 1st half 1:0

Coventry City 20th · 0 pts WWLLL

Etihad Stadium · referee P. Tierney

Match predictionValue

Manchester City to score

89% · Both teams scored in 2 of 3 Manchester City games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Manchester City to score”, and the match finished 1:0.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Manchester City 60% draw 22% Coventry City 18%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Manchester City win, and the match finished 1:0. Fans backed Manchester City win — they got it right.

fans 64 votes

Manchester City 73% draw 11% Coventry City 16%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

M. van Ewijk 19'

E. Haaland assist: A. Semenyo 1-0 26'

L. Tchaouna for J. Rudoni 63'

C. Yirenkyi for F. Onyeka 63'

P. Foden for R. Cherki 66'

E. Simms for T. Awoniyi 71'

B. Thomas-Asante for E. Mason-Clark 71'

A. Bouaddi for E. Fernandez 76'

G. Hamer for J. Dasilva 85'

R. McAidoo for I. Ndiaye 87'

E. Pinnock 90+2'

A. Khusanov 90+5'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Manchester City 4-2-3-1 · Enzo Maresca 3-4-2-1 · Frank Lampard Coventry City

Gianluigi Donnarumma  
Abdukodir Khusanov  3 Rúben Dias  6 Marc Guéhi  24 Joško Gvardiol  
Enzo Fernández  5 Elliot Anderson  
Antoine Semenyo  10 Rayan Cherki  7 Iliman Ndiaye  
Erling Haaland  

Taiwo Awoniyi  
Jack Rudoni  10 Ephron Mason-Clark  
Milan van Ewijk  16 Frank Onyeka  6 Matt Grimes  3 Jay DaSilva  
Aurèle Amenda  4 Bobby Thomas  2 Ethan Pinnock  
Carl Rushworth  

Manchester City bench

32Ayyoub Bouaddi
75Floyd Samba
28Gerónimo Rulli
8Mateo Kovačić
27Matheus Nunes
47Phil Foden
21Rayan Aït-Nouri
82Rico Lewis
56Ryan McAidoo

Coventry City bench

23Brandon Thomas-Asante
8Caleb Yirenkyi
25Daniel Bentley
9Ellis Simms
38Gustavo Hamer
22Joel Latibeaudiere
18Loum Tchaouna
7Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
29Victor Torp

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

78%Possession22%

15Shots12

4Shots on target3

5Shots off target6

6Blocked shots3

14Shots inside box8

1Shots outside box4

147Attacks75

63Dangerous attacks30

4Corners5

5Offsides2

5Fouls16

1Yellow cards2

3Saves2

800Passes216

733Accurate passes139

21Free kicks13

17Throw-ins8

5Goal kicks10

0Penalties0

Manchester City

Coventry CityThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Manchester City and Coventry City met on matchday 3 of the Premier League on 5 September at Etihad Stadium. Final score — 1:0.

Manchester City sit 1th on 9 points after 7 matches (7 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses), unbeaten in 7 matches, 3 matches without conceding. Coventry City sit 20th on 0 points after 6 matches (2 wins, 0 draws, 4 losses), won 2 matches in a row.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Manchester City last five Coventry City

WWWWW form WWLLL

7 Matches 6

7 — 0 — 0 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 0 — 4

19 — 7 Scored — conceded 5 — 11

3 Points per game 1

2.71 Goals scored per game 0.83

3 Clean sheets 1

0 Failed to score 4

unbeaten in 7 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Manchester City at home: 4 matches, 4 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 11—6, 3 points per match.

Coventry City away: 3 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 1—4, 1 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Manchester City	6	6	0	0	16—5	18
2	Arsenal FC	6	5	0	1	10—5	15
…
13	Manchester United	6	1	3	2	9—9	6
14	Coventry City	6	2	0	4	5—11	6
15	Nottingham Forest	6	1	2	3	5—8	5

Full Premier League table