FOOTBALL FORMATIONS

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

GK TURNER
CB HOLDING
CB GABRIEL
RB TOMIYASU
LB TIERNEY
DMF PARTEY (Thomas)
DMF/CMF XHAKA
RMF SAKA
LMF TROSSARD
AMF/CMF FÁBIO VIEIRA
CF NKETIAH

Substitutions: Sambi Lokonga for Partey (46 mn), Saliba for Holding (46 mn), Martinelli for Trossard (65 mn), Zinchenko for Tierney (65 mn) and Ødegaard for Saka (74 mn)
Notes: Ødegaard played as AMF/CMF, this relocated Fábio Vieira as RMF
Ødegaard received the captain armband from Xhaka

Captained by: Granit Xhaka | Martin Ødegaard
Short Free Kick: -
Long Free Kick: Granit Xhaka/Thomas Partey/Rob Holding/Takehiro Tomiyasu/Matt Turner/William Saliba(Taken with both feet)
Free Kick 2: -
Left Corner: Gabriel Martinelli
Right Corner: Bukayo Saka
Penalty: Bukayo Saka/Martin Ødegaard
Players to go up in freekicks and corners: Rob Holding, Gabriel, Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, William Saliba, Albert Sambi Lokonga

Team Strategy

★Pressure
★Left Side Attack
★Ball Possession ATT
★Centre Attack
★Right Side Attack
★Total Defense
★Mark Key Player: Holding on Haaland (First Half) | Saliba and Gabriel on Haaland (Second Half)
★Formation A - 4-1-4-1/4-1-2-3: Partey/Sambi Lokonga (DMF); Saka/Fábio Vieira (RMF/RWF), Fábio Vieira/Ødegaard (CMF), Xhaka (CMF) and Trossard/Martinelli (LMF/LWF)
★Formation B - 3-2-2-3/3-6-1: Tomiyasu (CB/RB), Saliba (CB), Gabriel (CB/LB); Sambi Lokonga (DMF), Zinchenko (DMF); Ødegaard (AMF), Xhaka (CMF/AMF); Fábio Vieira (RWF/RMF), Martinelli (LWF/LMF) and Nketiah (CF)