Manchester City U21

Match report

Manchester City U21 saw off Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 4-0 in the Premier League 2 Division One on Monday evening. The hosts took all three points at home, extending their unbeaten run while leaving the visitors still searching for a first win of the campaign. And here's the thing — the margin of victory told its own story before the whistle blew.

K. Midwood opened the scoring in the fifth minute, a quiet start that quickly turned decisive. T. Samba doubled the advantage eighteen minutes in, and by then Wolves were already on the back foot. F. Samba added a penalty goal in the fortieth minute before the break, putting the result beyond doubt. H. Miles picked up a yellow card on the stroke of half-time as frustration set in.

X. Parker struck twice in quick succession to complete the rout, netting in the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth minutes. Two substitutions followed immediately for Wolves — E. Gonzalez and Xu Bin both came on at the same time. The rest of the half saw a flurry of changes: Miles off in the sixty-fourth, then Edozie and Henderson-Hall, before Braithwaite replaced F. Samba in the seventy-ninth.

The statistics painted an even starker picture. City dominated possession at sixty-seven per cent to Wolves' thirty-three, and their attack count of eighty to thirty-three told you everything. Ten shots on target against a single attempt — Wolves had nothing to do all evening in the final third. Six corners to one, nine free kicks to eighteen, and the disparity was clear from start to finish.

City move to eleventh with three points from two games, a win and a loss. Wolves remain at the bottom in thirtieth place after their opening defeat. The gap between the two sides in the table was always going to be wide, but this performance made it wider still.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 67 – 33

Shots on target 10 – 1

Shots off target 6 – 3

Attacks 80 – 33

⚽ 5' K. Midwood — Goal ⚽ 18' T. Samba — Goal ⚽ 40' F. Samba — Penalty 🟨 45+3' H. Miles — Yellow card ⇄ 46' C. Dunbar-McDonald — Substitution ⚽ 54' X. Parker — Goal ⚽ 55' X. Parker — Goal ⇄ 55' E. Gonzalez — Substitution ⇄ 64' H. Miles — Substitution ⇄ 65' Xu Bin — Substitution ⇄ 65' T. Edozie — Substitution ⇄ 75' M. Henderson-Hall — Substitution ⇄ 79' K. Braithwaite — Substitution ⇄ 79' F. Samba — Substitution

Match events

5' Manchester City U21 Goal K. Midwood
18' Manchester City U21 Goal T. Samba
40' Manchester City U21 Penalty F. Samba
45+3' Manchester City U21 Yellow card H. Miles
46' Manchester City U21 Substitution C. Dunbar-McDonald off: B. Nfonkeu
54' Manchester City U21 Goal X. Parker assist: T. Samba
55' Manchester City U21 Goal X. Parker assist: T. Samba
55' Wolves U21 Substitution E. Gonzalez off: E. Ballard-Matthews
64' Manchester City U21 Substitution H. Miles off: F. Fapetu
65' Wolves U21 Substitution Xu Bin off: F. Ashworth
65' Wolves U21 Substitution T. Edozie off: D. Anunlopo
75' Manchester City U21 Substitution M. Henderson-Hall off: C. Courtman
79' Manchester City U21 Substitution K. Braithwaite off: O. Tevenan
79' Manchester City U21 Substitution F. Samba off: F. Gorman

Statistics

67 Possession, % 33

10 Shots on target 1

6 Shots off target 3

80 Attacks 33

6 Corners 1

9 Free kicks 18

2 Offsides 4

1 Yellow cards 0

0 Red cards 0

3 Goal kicks 11

20 Throw-ins 17

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