Manchester City 3-0 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 31 January 2018

Result

Manchester City 3-0 West Bromwich Albion

Premier League · Wednesday 31 January 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Manchester City · West Bromwich Albion · Premier League predictions

Manchester City 3-0 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Manchester City won against West Bromwich Albion 3-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 31 January 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Fernandinho opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Fernandinho (19'), Kevin De Bruyne (68') and Sergio Agüero (89'). West Bromwich Albion did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; West Bromwich Albion received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 65 points from 24 and West Bromwich Albion 20th on 20 points from 24. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 100 points, and West Bromwich Albion 20th with 31.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (9.1), ahead of Kyle Walker (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 10 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 0 for West Bromwich Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · FernandinhoManchester City · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · David SilvaManchester City
  • 68'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 2-0
  • 68'Yellow card · James McCleanWest Bromwich Albion
  • 75'Yellow card · S. RondónWest Bromwich Albion
  • 85'Yellow card · M. PhillipsWest Bromwich Albion
  • 89'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 10, draws 0, West Bromwich Albion 0.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Ederson, Kyle Walker, Nicolás Otamendi, Aymeric Laporte, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, David Silva, Bernardo Silva, Sergio Agüero, Raheem Sterling

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-4-1-1)

Ben Foster, Craig Dawson, Gareth McAuley, Ahmed Hegazy, Allan Nyom, Sam Field, Claudio Yacob, Grzegorz Krychowiak, James McClean, Jay Rodríguez, Salomón Rondón