This Di’Shon Barnard red card vs Luton (VIDEO BELOW) saw the Sheffield Wednesday defender sent off for handling the ball and denying Mark McGuinness a header goal. The Barnard handball for SWFC came in the 74th minute with the Owls leading 1-0. Luton scored from the resulting penalty through Morris and went on to win the game 2-1
This Mateo Kovacic goal vs Luton Town (VIDEO BELOW) was a superb volley from the midfielder. This was also Kovacic’s first ever league goal for Man City, and it came in the 64th minute of their clash. Kovacic’s goal put City 2-0 up- they eventually won 5-1.
Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Luton v Manchester City (Official crowd attendance of 11,163 in the FA Cup). Man City progressed to the next round courtesy of a solo show from Erling Haaland, who scored five goals. Both of Luton’s goals were fine ones- low on xG, but very nice finishes from Jordan Clark
xG Luton 1.29-2.85 Man City shots map (Actual score Luton 2-6 MCFC)
0-1 Haaland first goal v Luton xG 0.23
0-2 Haaland second goal vs Luton xG 0.12
0-3 Haaland third goal v Luton xG 0.11
1-3 Clark first goal vs Man City xG 0.03
2-3 Clark second goal vs Man City xG 0.06
2-4 Haaland fourth goal vs Luton xG 0.85
2-5 Haaland fifth goal vs Luton xG 0.09
2-6 Kovacic goal vs Luton xG 0.05
Haaland also had other decent chances to score more, notably in the 25th and 30th minutes.
Luton Man City 2-6 Match Stats for comparison
(Luton stats on left; MCFC on right)
15 of Man City’s 17 shots in the game were on target!