Manchester City Football Formation

Lineup (4-1-2-3)

Manchester City Vs Arsenal - 2022-23 FA Cup Fourth Round (27/01/2023)

GK ORTEGA MORENO
CB STONES
CB AKANJI
RB LEWIS
LB AKÉ
DMF RODRI (Rodrigo)
CMF GÜNDOĞAN
AMF/CMF DE BRUYNE
RWF MAHREZ
LWF GREALISH
CF HAALAND

Substitutions: Laporte for Stones (47 mn - First Half - Injury), Álvarez for Mahrez (58 mn), Walker for Lewis (58 mn) and Bernardo Silva for De Bruyne (74 mn)
Notes: The formation above, display the team in defensive phase, but it morphed into a 3-2-2-3/3-6-1 almost consistently everytime Manchester City retrieved the ball possession from Arsenal
Stones withdraw injured at the 47th minute of the first half, but Laporte wasn't ready yet to play as he still had his training wear, the team played for a full minute with Rodrigo as right CB and De Bruyne with Gündoğan as CMFs
With Laporte on the pitch, he played as left CB, this relocated Akanji as right CB
Walker played as a pure RB/RWB
Álvarez played as SS alongside Haaland, this relocated De Bruyne as a some kind of right AMF/RWF

Captained by: İlkay Gündoğan
Short Free Kick: Jack Grealish
Long Free Kick: Jack Grealish/Rodri/Manuel Akanji (Taken with both feet)/Nathan Aké/Bernardo Silva/İlkay Gündoğan/Kyle Walker/Stefan Ortega Moreno
Free Kick 2: -
Left Corner: -
Right Corner: -
Penalty: Erling Haaland/Riyad Mahrez
/Kevin De Bruyne
Players to go up in freekicks and corners: Manuel Akanji, Nathan Aké, Rodri, Aymeric Laporte

Team Strategy

★Formation A/B - 3-2-2-3/3-6-1 (Mostly on ball possession): Stones (CB/RB), Akanji (CB), Aké (CB/LB); Lewis (DMF), Rodri (DMF); De Bruyne (AMF/CMF), Gündoğan (AMF/CMF); Mahrez (RWF/RMF), Grealish (LWF/LMF) and Haaland (CF) - Until Walker and Álvarez were introduced
★Pressure
★Change Sides: De Bruyne/Haaland - Second Half, when the team is set with the 4-1-2-3 formation | De Bruyne/Gündoğan - when the team is set with the 3-2-2-3/3-6-1 formation | Stones/Akanji - one-time in the first half | Álvarez/Haaland | Rodri/Gündoğan - Late in the Second Half
★Centre Attack
★Ball Possession ATT
★All Out Attack
★Counter Attack
★Right Side Attack
★Left Side Attack
★Ball Possession DEF - After they scored the 1-0