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Manchester City vs Salford City

FA Cup
Man City
MNC
2-0
Final
Salford City
SAL
Etihad Stadium

Match pulse

MNCAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'HTSAL
3'Kelly N'MaiSAL80'Rosaire LongeloSAL
Team1H2HT
MNC112
SAL000

Who won: Man City 2-0

Manchester City beat Salford City 2-0 on Saturday, February 14, 2026 at Etihad Stadium. Goals for Man City: Alfie Dorrington (own goal) (6') and Marc Guéhi (81').

Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0
  1. 17.1James TraffordG
  2. 26.7John StonesCD-L
  3. 36.7Abdukodir KhusanovCD-R
  4. 46.7Rayan Aït-NouriLB
  5. 56.3Rayan CherkiAM
  6. 66.3Nico GonzálezLM
  7. 76.3Rico LewisRM
  8. 86.3Omar MarmoushF
  9. 96.3Tijjani ReijndersAM-L
  10. 106.3Phil FodenAM-R
  11. 116.3Ryan McAidooSUB
  12. 126.0Max AlleyneRB

Player of the game

James Trafford

MNC · clean sheet

7.1

Deserved to win

16%
MNC · 0.19 xG
80%
Draw
4%
SAL · 0.05 xG

Man City created better chances: they win this game 16% of the time

Play by play

  1. Match ends, Manchester City 2, Salford City 0.
  2. Second Half ends, Manchester City 2, Salford City 0.
  3. 90'+2'Tijjani Reijnders

    Free kick won

    Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  4. 90'+2'SAL

    Foul

    Foul by Josh Austerfield (Salford City).

  5. 90'+1'

    Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.

  6. 89'

    Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Luke Garbutt.

  7. 88'Tijjani Reijnders

    Shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a headed pass.

  8. 86'
    Sub

    Subbed on for R. Graydon

    Substitution, Salford City. Princewill Ehibhatiomhan replaces Ryan Graydon.

    P. Ehibhatiomhan

  9. 86'Tijjani Reijnders

    Right footed shot just wide

    Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.

    T. Reijnders

  10. 85'

    Omar marmoush shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.

    O. Marmoush

  11. 85'

    Shot hit woodwork

    Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a through ball.

  12. 84'MNC

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Alfie Dorrington.

  13. 84'Tijjani Reijnders

    Tijjani reijnders shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan McAidoo.

    T. Reijnders

  14. 83'

    Ryan mcaidoo shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Ryan McAidoo (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

    R. McAidoo

  15. GOAL81'

    Goal! Right footed shot

    M. Guéhi

    Goal! Manchester City 2, Salford City 0. Marc Guéhi (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.

    MNC 2 - 0 SAL
  16. 80'

    Yellow card

    Rosaire Longelo (Salford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    R. Longelo

  17. 80'

    Foul

    Foul by Rosaire Longelo (Salford City).

  18. 80'

    Free kick won

    Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  19. 79'

    Delay over. They are ready to continue.

  20. 79'
    Sub

    Subbed on for Z. Awe

    Substitution, Salford City. Oliver Turton replaces Zach Awe because of an injury.

    O. Turton

  21. 79'
    Sub

    Subbed on for B. Woodburn

    Substitution, Salford City. Matt Butcher replaces Ben Woodburn.

    M. Butcher

  22. 78'

    Delay in match because of an injury Zach Awe (Salford City).

  23. 77'

    Left footed shot just wide

    Attempt missed. Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left following a corner.

    A. Semenyo

  24. 77'

    Nico o'reilly shot on target

    Attempt saved. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner by Matt Young (Salford City). Assisted by Omar Marmoush.

    N. O'Reilly

  25. 77'MNC

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Alfie Dorrington.

Leaders

MNCSAL
Total Shots
Tijjani Reijnders
4
Alfie Dorrington
1
Accurate Passes
Nico González
103
Matt Young
17
Saves
James Trafford
2
Matt Young
3

Season seriesMNC leads series 1-0

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