Manchester City v Newcastle United
Line-ups
Who started; on the bench, who came on and for how long
Manchester City3-5-24-4-2Newcastle United
Manchester City bench
- Georgios Samaras25 min
- Antoine Sibierski21 min
- Micah Richards12 min
Newcastle United bench
- Nolberto Solano45 min
- Albert Luque45 min
- Alan O'Brien9 min
Goals
3–0- 14'1–0Albert RieraManchester City
- 38'2–0Andrew ColeManchester City
- 62'3–0Darius VassellManchester City
Match numbers
14
Shots
48
Shots on target
13
Corners
313
Fouls
101
Yellow cards
10
Red cards
0Who played
| Manchester City | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David James | 90 | – | ||
| Sun Jihai | 90 | – | ||
| Richard Dunne | 90 | – | ||
| Sylvain Distin | 90 | – | ||
| Stephen Jordan | 90 | – | ||
| Trevor Sinclair | 90 | – | ||
| Kizito Musampa | 90 | – | ||
| Albert Riera | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Joey Barton | 78 | 1 | – | |
| Darius Vassell | 69 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Andrew Cole | 65 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Georgios Samaras sub | 25 | – | ||
| Antoine Sibierski sub | 21 | – | ||
| Micah Richards sub | 12 | – |
| Newcastle United | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shay Given | 90 | – | ||
| Peter Ramage | 90 | – | ||
| Jean Alain Boumsong | 90 | – | ||
| Titus Bramble | 90 | – | ||
| Celestine Babayaro | 90 | – | ||
| Lee Clark | 90 | – | ||
| Scott Parker | 90 | – | ||
| Alan Shearer | 90 | – | ||
| Emre Belözoglu | 81 | – | ||
| Charles N'Zogbia | 45 | – | ||
| Michael Chopra | 45 | – | ||
| Nolberto Solano sub | 45 | – | ||
| Albert Luque sub | 45 | – | ||
| Alan O'Brien sub | 9 | – |