West Bromwich Albion vs Manchester City preview
Posted on | December 20, 2008 | 1 Comment
Game : West Bromwich Albion (20th-12 points) vs Manchester City (17th-18 points)
Venue : Hawthorns ( West Brom are at home)
Date : Sunday, December 21, 2008
Kickoff : 13.30 GMT
Struggling West Bromwich Albion host Mark Hughes’ Man City this week at Hawthorns in an early Sunday kickoff.
Only six points separate both the teams in the Premiership table, and City may find themselves in the bottom three going into the game if Sunderland beat Hull in their Saturday afternoon fixture. Robinho is a doubt for City after injuring his ankle in the midweek defeat against Racing Santander. Skipper Richard Dunne should return to the squad after missing the Santander game due to the birth of his son. Attacking players Jo and Daniel Sturridge could return to the first eleven, but Zimbabwean forward Benjani is still out.
Manchester City- last five games- all competitions ( Man City scorers indicated in brackets)
Racing Santander 3-1 Man City ( Felipe Caicedo)
Man City 0-1 Everton
Fulham 1-1 Man City ( Benjani Mwaruwari)
Man City 0-0 PSG
Man City 0-1 Man United
Manchester City away form- last five games- all competitions
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City have won just once on their travels away from Eastlands.
West Brom are in an equally bad state, if not worse, when compared to City. They lie marooned at the bottom of the table with 12 points, and have just picked up two points from their last ten games, scoring five and conceding a whopping twenty five. Tony Mowbray is woefully short of attacking options, with former City player Ishmael Miller ruled out for the rest of the season with ligament damage.
West Bromwich Albion- last five games- all competitions
Sunderland 4-0 West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Portsmouth ( Jonathan Greening)
Wigan 2-1 West Brom ( Ishmael Miller)
Stoke 1-0 West Brom
West Brom 0-3 Chelsea
West Brom home form- last five games
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Last fixture between these two sides was on Dec 10, 2005 when West Brom won 2-0 with Diomansy Kamara and Kevin Campbell scoring.
This is a game City must take three points from. Nothing else will suffice. City to win 2-0, with Wright Philips and Ireland scoring.
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December 22nd, 2008 @ 7:32 PM
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