Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2016
Result
Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2016, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City: match report
Liverpool won against Manchester City 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Georginio Wijnaldum of Liverpool in the 8th minute.
Discipline: Liverpool received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 40 points from 18 and Manchester City 3rd on 39 points from 18. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Manchester City 3rd with 78.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pablo Zabaleta of Manchester City (8.2), ahead of Georginio Wijnaldum (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 3 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-W-D-L and Manchester City's W-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · R. Klavan
- 8'Goal · Georginio Wijnaldum
- 75'Yellow card · Emre Can
- 90+3'Yellow card · Nicolás Otamendi
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Dejan Lovren, Ragnar Klavan, James Milner, Georginio Wijnaldum, Jordan Henderson, Emre Can, Sadio Mané, Roberto Firmino, Adam Lallana
Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Claudio Bravo, Pablo Zabaleta, John Stones, Nicolás Otamendi, Aleksandar Kolarov, Yaya Touré, Fernandinho, Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Sergio Agüero