Guardiola visits the Hawthorns for the first time looking to re-ignite City’s season

At the start of the season, few would’ve expected Albion to go into this fixture on better form than Manchester City, but based on the last six results, that is indeed the case.

Tony Pulis’s men have registered one win and three draws from their last half dozen games, whereas Pep Guardiola’s side have just three draws, the longest winless run of the Spaniard’s managerial career.

Runs, however, always come to end at some point. Tony Pulis had not lost in eight matches as a manager against Liverpool before last Saturday’s defeat, but then the Baggies have lost their last nine matches against Manchester City, and their last victory over City in the Premier League was back in December 2008 when a late winner from Roman Bednar gave Albion the points.

Prediction

I don’t think this will be an easy game for City, and Pulis may have the tactical nous to extend Pep’s winless run, but I still fancy the visitors to make it ten wins on the bounce against the Baggies.

Stat Attack

Current Form

Albion L W D D D L
Manchester City D L D L D L

All competitions; most recent game on the right

Last matches

Last meeting

9 Apr 2016 – Premier League
Manchester City 2 (Aguero (pen), Nasri)
West Brom 1 (Sessègnon)

Last meeting at the Hawthorns

10 Aug 2015 – Premier League
West Brom 0
Manchester City 3 (Touré (2), Kompany)

Last win

22 Sep 2010 – League Cup 3rd Round
West Brom 2 (Zuiverloon, Cox)
Manchester City 1 (Jo)
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Albion’s Record against Manchester City

Overall Home
P W D L F A P W D L F A
League 140 50 28 62 223 242 70 34 17 19 127 80
FA Cup 4 2 1 1 7 3 3 2 0 1 6 2
League Cup 4 2 0 2 8 7 2 2 0 0 6 3
Other 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 149 54 29 66 239 258 75 38 17 20 139 85

 

Premier League Record
Pld W D L F A Pts
Home 10 3 1 6 11 16 10
Away 10 1 2 7 7 22 5
Total 20 4 3 13 18 38 15

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