Manchester City 2-0 Salford City
Key numbers
- Possession 80% – 20%
- Shots 19 (4 on target) – 6 (2)
Alfie Dorrington 6' (OG)
Marc Guéhi 81'
Marc Guéhi 81'
HT 1:0
Manchester City won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.5–0.31).
Player of the matchRayan Cherki
Player of the match
Rayan Cherki Strong
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 7.8 (Strong)
Game state
Manchester City ahead 84 min · level 6 min · Salford City ahead 0 min
- Marc Guéhi — off the bench 25 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
6'
Alfie Dorrington
Own goal
−0.1
81'
Marc Guéhi
Goal
+0.1
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Salford City is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Manchester CitySalford City
80%Possession20%
1.5Expected goals (xG)0.31
0.08xG per shot0.05
19Shots6
4Shots on target2
21%Shots on target %33%
15Shots in box4
687Passes157
91%Pass accuracy55%
7Corners6
2Saves3
8Fouls6
0Yellow cards2
5Offsides3
Compared with usual
Manchester City
40 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.3 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.9 | |
| xG | 1.5 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 0.31 | 0.98 | |
| Shots | 19 | 15 | |
| On target | 4 | 5.8 | |
| Shots faced | 6 | 9.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 80% | 60.5% | high |
| Passes | 687 | 599.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 91% | 88.6% | |
| Corners | 7 | 5.5 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 10 |
Timeline
- 3' Yellow Kelly N'Mai
- 6' Goal Alfie Dorrington (OG)
- 22' Sub Max Alleyne → Ryan McAidoo
- 64' Sub Rayan Aït-Nouri → Nico O'Reilly
- 65' Sub John Stones → Marc Guéhi
- 65' Sub Phil Foden → Antoine Semenyo
- 70' Sub Jorge Grant → Ossama Ashley
- 70' Sub Kelly N'Mai → Daniel Udoh
- 75' Sub Nico González → Rodri
- 79' Sub Zach Awe → Oliver Turton
- 79' Sub Ben Woodburn → Matt Butcher
- 80' Yellow Rosaire Longelo
- 81' Goal Marc Guéhi competition goal #1
- 86' Sub Ryan Graydon → Princewill Ehibhatiomhan
Category leaders
- Key passesRayan Cherki6
- Duels wonLuke Garbutt8/11
- DribblesRyan McAidoo2/5
- Defensive actionsLuke Garbutt8
- Fouls wonBen Woodburn3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.