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Manchester City 3-2 Sporting CP - March 15, 2012 / (C3) Europa League 2011/2012

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(C3) Europa League 2011/2012 - Round of 16

City of Manchester Stadium - Manchester - England

March 15, 2012

3 - 2

Sporting CP

Portugal

Assist by Yaya Touré (right foot) Sergio Agüero

60'

(penalty) Mario Balotelli

75'

Assist by Edin Dzeko (left foot) Sergio Agüero

82'

33'

Matías Fernández (free kick)

40'

Ricky van Wolfswinkel (right foot) Assist by Marat Izmaylov

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33' - Goal Matías Fernández

40' - Goal Ricky van Wolfswinkel

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46' - Substitution Adam Johnsonis substituted by Nigel de Jong46

55' - Substitution David Pizarrois substituted by Edin Dzeko55

60' - Goal Sergio Agüero60

64' - Substitution Matías Fernándezis substituted by Jeffrén photo Renato Neto

64' - Substitution Diego Capelis substituted by Renato Neto

66' - Substitution David Silvais substituted by Samir Nasri66

68' - Substitution Ricky van Wolfswinkelis substituted by André Carrillo

75' - Goal Mario Balotelli75

82' - Goal Sergio Agüero82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

3 - 2

Sporting CP

Manchester City Sporting CP

Team line-ups

Manchester City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

16Agüero8260

Sergio Agüero

Argentina

B.date02/06/1988

Age23 years

H1m72

positionStriker

45Balotelli75

Mario Balotelli

Italy

B.date12/08/1990

Age21 years

H1m89

positionStriker

21Silva66

David Silva

Spain

B.date08/01/1986

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

11Johnson46

Adam Johnson

England

B.date14/07/1987

Age24 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

42Yaya Touré

Yaya Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date13/05/1983

Age28 years

H1m87

positionBox-to-box midfielder

8Pizarro55

David Pizarro

Chile

B.date11/09/1979

Age32 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

13Kolarov

Aleksandar Kolarov

Serbia

B.date10/11/1985

Age26 years

H1m87

positionLeft full-back

15Savic

Stefan Savic

Montenegro

B.date08/01/1991

Age21 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

28Kolo Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

2Richards

Micah Richards

England

B.date24/06/1988

Age23 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

25Hart

Joe Hart

England

B.date19/04/1987

Age24 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Joe Hart		24	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Kolo Touré		30	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Stefan Savic		21	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Micah Richards		23	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Aleksandar Kolarov		26	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	David Pizarro	55	32	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
42	M	Yaya Touré		28	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	David Silva	66	26	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Adam Johnson	46	24	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Sergio Agüero	8260	23	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
45	M	Mario Balotelli	75	21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sporting CP

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9van Wolfswinkel4068

Ricky van Wolfswinkel

Netherlands

B.date27/01/1989

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentre forward

10Izmaylov

Marat Izmaylov

Russia

B.date21/09/1982

Age29 years

H1m72

positionRight Midfielder

11Capel64

Diego Capel

Spain

B.date16/02/1988

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

25Bruno Pereirinha

Bruno Pereirinha

Portugal

B.date02/03/1988

Age24 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Schaars

Stijn Schaars

Netherlands

B.date11/01/1984

Age28 years

H1m77

positionLeft central midfielder

14Fernández3364

Matías Fernández

Chile

B.date15/05/1986

Age25 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

48Insúa

Emiliano Insúa

Argentina

B.date07/01/1989

Age23 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

4Polga

Anderson Polga

Brazil

B.date09/02/1979

Age33 years

H1m82

positionLeft central defender

93Xandão

Xandão

Brazil

B.date23/02/1988

Age24 years

H1m93

positionRight central defender

3Carriço

Daniel Carriço

Portugal

B.date04/08/1988

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft central defender

1Patricio

Rui Patricio

Portugal

B.date15/02/1988

Age24 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Rui Patricio		24	200	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Daniel Carriço		23	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Anderson Polga		33	332	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
93	D	Xandão		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
48	D	Emiliano Insúa		23	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Marat Izmaylov		29	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Stijn Schaars		28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Matías Fernández	3364	25	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Diego Capel	64	24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Bruno Pereirinha		24	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	4068	23	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

109

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
34	M	Nigel de Jong	46	27	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Samir Nasri	66	24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Edin Dzeko	55	25	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
31	M	Renato Neto	64	20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	André Carrillo	68	20	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Jeffrén	64	24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Aleksandar Kolarov

Gaël Clichy

OUT

Adam Johnson

Samir Nasri

OUT

David Pizarro

Gareth Barry

OUT

Sergio Agüero

Nigel de Jong

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Emiliano Insúa

Joao Pereira

OUT

Bruno Pereirinha

Elías

OUT

Daniel Carriço

Evaldo

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roberto Mancini

131

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Mancini vs Sporting CP

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 15, 2012

Mancini vs Sa Pinto

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 15, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Ricardo Sa Pinto

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

63 %

Sa Pinto vs Manchester City

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 15, 2012

Sa Pinto vs Mancini

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 15, 2012

Referee

Tom Harald Hagen

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Manchester City1 match	General total	Sporting CP1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Manchester City1 match	Season total	Sporting CP1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 15, 2012					Latest figure on March 15, 2012

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Key figures

The last time Sergio Agüero scored at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career with , it was on the 21/12/2011 (avec vs )

Manchester City keeps its 19 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 21/09/2011). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 13/12/2008-28/09/2009 time period (19 matches).

It's the first time Matías Fernández scores 1 goal vs Sporting CP in his professional career

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester City 0-1 Liverpool11/01/2012

VManchester City 3-2 Tottenham22/01/2012

VManchester City 3-0 Fulham04/02/2012

VManchester City 4-0 FC Porto22/02/2012

VManchester City 3-0 Blackburn25/02/2012

VManchester City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers03/03/2012

Overall

VFC Porto 1-2 Manchester City16/02/2012

VManchester City 4-0 FC Porto22/02/2012

VManchester City 3-0 Blackburn25/02/2012

VManchester City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers03/03/2012

LSporting CP 1-0 Manchester City08/03/2012

LSwansea 1-0 Manchester City11/03/2012

Current form

Away

LBraga 2-1 Sporting CP15/01/2012

DOlhanense 0-0 Sporting CP23/01/2012

VNacional Madeira 1-3 Sporting CP08/02/2012

LMaritimo Funchal 2-0 Sporting CP11/02/2012

DLegia Warsaw 2-2 Sporting CP16/02/2012

LVitória Setúbal 1-0 Sporting CP03/03/2012

Overall

VSporting CP 1-0 Paços de Ferreira19/02/2012

VSporting CP 1-0 Legia Warsaw23/02/2012

VSporting CP 1-0 Rio Ave26/02/2012

LVitória Setúbal 1-0 Sporting CP03/03/2012

VSporting CP 1-0 Manchester City08/03/2012

VSporting CP 5-0 Vitória Guimarães11/03/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	18	9
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	4	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	1	6
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	50
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	11
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
2	Victories (Competition total)	7
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
1	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	14
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.27
4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.8
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.64
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
4-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (1 times)

Bookings

8	Yellow cards (Competition total)	23
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	8
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Sergio Agüero	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Ricky van Wolfswinkel
David Pizarro	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Emiliano Insúa
Yaya Touré	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Stijn Schaars
David Pizarro	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Sergio Agüero	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Xandão

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	March 08, 2012
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

March 08, 2012 - (C3) Europa League 2011/2012

Sporting CP

1 - 0

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Best historical scorers against Sporting CP

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Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Xandão

1 goal

2012 - 2012

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Players with most games played vs Sporting CP

Mario Balotelli	1 match	2012 - 2012
Joe Hart	1 match	2012 - 2012
Vincent Kompany	1 match	2012 - 2012
Aleksandar Kolarov	1 match	2012 - 2012
Gareth Barry	1 match	2012 - 2012
David Silva	1 match	2012 - 2012

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Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Renato Neto	1 match	2012 - 2012
Anderson Polga	1 match	2012 - 2012
Joao Pereira	1 match	2012 - 2012
Xandão	1 match	2012 - 2012
Marat Izmaylov	1 match	2012 - 2012
Diego Capel	1 match	2012 - 2012