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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
49 mins: GOAL! WEST BROM 1 SWANSEA 0:
West Brom break the deadlock in the way that West Brom do so well. Salomon Rondon rose highest when Matt Phillips swung a set-piece into the Swansea box, and left Lukasz Fabianski with no chance as he powered his header home. It's a fifth Premier League goal of the season for the Venezuelan striker.
68 mins: GOAL! MIDDLESBROUGH 0 LIVERPOOL 3:
Divock Origi returns the favour of moments ago, and Adam Lallana has his second and Liverpool's third! Finding more joy down the right flank, the Belgian crossed low, two Middlesbrough defenders decided that was as good a time as any to take a nap, and Lallana slotted in.
Best of friends.
Are Divock Origi and Adam Lallana the new Gary Lineker and Willie Thorne?
61 mins: GOAL! WEST BROM 2 SWANSEA 0:
A first Premier League double for Salomon Rondon! A beautiful outswinging cross from Chris Brunt found the head of the Albion forward, and he planted a beautiful effort into the bottom left corner.
63 mins: GOAL! WEST BROM 3 SWANSEA 0:
A hat-trick for Salmon Rondon! A 13-minute hat-trick for Salomon Rondon! A 13-minute hat-trick of headers for Salomon Rondon! After Matt Phillips was crowded out on the edge of the box, Chris Brunt swung a deep left-footed over which Rondon looped into the top corner past Lukasz Fabianski. Sensational scenes!
63 mins: GOAL! TOTTENHAM 2 HULL 0:
And now Christian Eriksen has a double! The Dane was in the right place at the far post to convert after Kyle Walker had worked his way down the right and centered.
66 mins: GOAL! CRYSTAL PALACE 1 MANCHESTER UNITED 1:
James McArthur equalises at Selhurst Park! The home side had been pressing more and more in this second half, and they have their reward. An impudent flick from, of all people, Damian Delaney sent, of all people, McArthur free inside the penalty area. Having escaped from Pogba, the Scot kept his cool and sidefooted past David de Gea from close range.
70 mins: DISALLOWED GOAL! CRYSTAL PALACE 1 MANCHESTER UNITED 1:
Manchester United's players are fuming! Seconds after having appeals for a Crystal Palace handball inside the penalty area waved away, they have now had a goal chalked off - and it should have stood! Marcos Rojo headed down for Juan Mata to slide home, but celebrations were immediately cut short by the linesman's incorrect flag on the near side.
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