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Your support makes all the difference.Things have got so drastic for Pep Guardiola, he's had to ask for 'more time' to turn things around at Manchester City.
Will that revival start on Wednesday? The Catalan's side entertain Watford, who come into the match off the back of a highly impressive win over Everton.
Kick-off: 8.00pm
Wednesday's Premier League fixtures
- Middlesbrough vs Liverpool (7.45pm)
- Sunderland vs Chelsea (7.45pm)
- West Ham United vs Burnley (7.45pm)
- Crystal Palace vs Manchester United (8.00pm)
- Manchester City vs Watford (8.00pm)
- Stoke City vs Southampton (8.00pm)
- Tottenham Hotspur vs Hull City (8.00pm)
- West Bromwich Albion vs Swansea City (8.00pm)
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It’s a big game for…
Kelechi Iheanacho: The young Nigerian finally has the chance to show Pep Guardiola what he can do while Sergio Aguero is still suspended and City will need him to fill the void in his absence. Iheanacho has five goals in 15 games and could claim more tonight against a Watford side guilty of shipping goals away from home.
Weird /best stat…
1: City have kept one clean sheet in their previous 17 games which came in a 4-0 win over West Brom in October.
Remember when…
Manchester City 4 Watford 2, FA Cup Fourth Round, January 2014
Premier League champions City were given an almighty scare after goals from Troy Deeney and Fernando Forestieri put Watford 2-0 up before half-time at the Etihad stadium. However, a second half hat-trick from Sergio Aguero saved City’s blushes and sent them into the Fifth round.
Player to watch…
Troy Deeney: The Watford captain and strike partner Stefano Okaka will be a big physical threat to City’s back four who continue to look shaky as the season goes on. Deeney has the added incentive of scoring his 100th goal for Watford after being stuck on 99 since early October.
Past three-meetings…
WATFORD 1 (Watson) MANCHESTER CITY 2 (Toure, Aguero), January 2016
MANCHESTER CITY 2 (Sterling, Fernandinho) WATFORD 0, August 2015
MANCHESTER CITY 4 (Aguero 3, Kolarov) WATFORD 2 (Deeney, Forestieri), January 2014
Form guide…
MANCHESTER CITY: LDLWDW
WATFORD: WLLWLW
Vital information…
KICK-OFF TIME: 8:00
TV: Highlights on BBC One at 10:45
14 mins: GOAL! TOTTENHAM 1 HULL 0:
Danny Rose and Christian Eriksen were two of Tottenham's better performers at Old Trafford on Sunday, and the two have just combined to break Hull's early resistance at White Hart Lane. The left-back burst into the box before pulling a cross back for the Dane to slot home past David Marshall.
29 mins: GOAL! MIDDLESBROUGH 0 LIVERPOOL 1:
Another goal for Adam Lallana has Liverpool in the lead at the Riverside Stadium. Georginio Wijnaldum searched out the marauding Nathaniel Clyne on the right with a crossfield pass, and the full-back's whipped cross into the middle was met powerfully by the head of the arriving Lallana. Victor Valdes had no chance, and the England man, recently back from injury, continues his scintillating scoring form.
20 mins: Crystal Palace 0 Manchester United 0: Eric Bailly chose to stay on and run off his early knock, and it may be a decision he is regretting right now. Having recovered from one injury, the makeshift right-back has just been booted on the knee by Lee Chung-Yong.
23 mins: RED CARD! STOKE 0 SOUTHAMPTON 0:
Marko Arnautovic has been dismissed at the Britannia Stadium, and Stoke City are down to ten men. It's the cause of confusion on the wires as early reports state it is as a result of two bookings, but it now appears that the Austrian has been given a straight red by referee Anthony Taylor after he lunged into the back of Sofiane Boufal.
40 mins: GOAL! SUNDERLAND 0 CHELSEA 1:
The leaders lead! Having won possession in midfield, Chelsea broke at pace and when Willian slipped a pass into the path of Cesc Fabregas from the right, the Spaniard midfielder curled a peach of a shot into the bottom right corner of Jordan Pickford's goal from the edge of the box.
45+2 mins: PENALTY! WEST HAM 0 BURNLEY 0:
Penalty to West Ham! On the brink of half-time, Andy Carroll won a Dimitri Payet corner in the air and as Winston Reid went to poke home, he was impeded by Ben Mee. Referee Bobby Madley pointed to the spot, and the Londoners have a great opportunity to take the lead.
33 mins: GOAL! MANCHESTER CITY 1 WATFORD 0:
Breakthrough for Manchester City! Raheem Sterling and Nolito combined to work the ball out to Kevin De Bruyne on the left from where the Belgian chipped a cross into the Watford danger area. Forwards and defenders missed their connections alike, but that allowed the ball to travel through to Pablo Zabaleta at the far post, who poked a shot past Heurelho Gomes on the half-volley.
45+3 mins: GOAL! WEST HAM 1 BURNLEY 0:
Mark Noble has his penalty saved by Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton, but the West Ham captain reacts quickest to fire home the loose ball from the rebound. Slaven Bilic's men will once again go in at half-time in front. Can they hold on this time is the question?
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