This Raul Jimenez dismissal vs Newcastle (VIDEO BELOW) saw the Fulham forward sent off for an ill-time challenge on Sean Longstaff as he made contact with the face of the Magpies player who was receiving the ball from a throw-in. Jimenez was initially in a Kung-Fu like motion, but attempted to pull out, and ended up colliding with Longstaff’s face, and VAR deemed it to be a red card
xG Man City vs Crystal Palace December 2023 | Expected Goals Stats MCFC 2-2 CPFC
Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Manchester City vs Crystal Palace on December 16, 2023. Despite dominating the game in terms of possession (75%-25%) and shots (19 to 5), MCFC finished with lower xG than Palace, owing to the easy nature of then latter’s goals.
xG Man City 1.46-1.85 Crystal Palace shots map (Actual score MCI 2-2 CRY)
1-0 Grealish goal vs Palace xG 0.23
2-0 Lewis goal vs Palace xG 0.19
2-1 Mateta goal vs Man City xG 0.94
2-2 Olise penalty goal vs Man City xG 0.80
Man City vs Palace 2-2 Match Stats for comparison
(MCFC stats on left; CPFC stats on right)
Video Yves Bissouma red card vs Nottingham Forest 2023 | Bissouma tackle on Ryan Yates
This Yves Bissouma red card v Forest (VIDEO BELOW) saw the Spurs midfielder sent off in their GW16 game against NFFC. The Bissouma dismissal v Forest came in the 70th minute for a challenge on Ryan Yates- VAR ruled that the foul merited a sending off. Spurs however were leading 2-0 at that stage, & managed to preserve their lead.