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Manchester City and Watford meet at Etihad Stadium in a match of the 16th round of the Barclays Premier League. The history of direct matches played at this stadium favors the home team, which in the last 3 matches has won 3. Indeed, in the last showdown at this stadium for the Barclays Premier League on 29-08-2015, Manchester City won by (2 -0). The goals of Manchester City were scored by R. Sterling (47 ‘) and Fernandinho (56’).
Manchester City
The home team is currently in 4th place with 30 points earned after 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost at home to Chelsea by (1-3). In the last match, lost out to Leicester City by (4-2). For the championship, Manchester City had 12 points in 21 chances, after 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in their last 7 games at their stadium.
In this competition, you do not win in your stadium for 4 matches. In the games played in his stadium there are some more frequent results: at the end of the first 45 ‘1-0 (3 in 7 matches) and at the end of match 1-1 (3 in 7 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games, but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In 15 games in this competition, he only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 5 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Manchester City are back at home for the English Premier League, trying to rediscover the path to victory in order to halt this poor start early on. In the last round, the team went to the home of Leicester City and left there defeated by 4×2, thus embittering their second defeat in a row. Before, the team had suffered a poor result to lose at home to Chelsea by 1×3 in the game that marked the end of an invincibility that lasted six games. After fifteen rounds, the club has nine wins, three draws and three defeats, taking fourth place in the table. For that game, the coach must keep the team in 3-4-3 or 4-5-1, and can again count on Agüero and Fernandinho, who return after meeting suspension.
Watford
The visiting team is currently in 8th place with 21 points, after 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost out to West Bromwich by (3-1). In the last match, he won at home to Everton by (3-2). In the last 7 away games for the championship, Watford has won 2, 2 draws and 3 losses, having won 8 points out of 21. The team has conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, as they managed to achieve in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 15 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 8 times and only got 2 turns on the scoreboard. There are 1 highlights in the last 8 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: he scored 3 of his 8 goals between the minutes (46’-60 ‘).
Watford take the field for their sixteenth match in the English Premier League after a comeback win at home, thus not allowing the negative results phase to be prolonged. In the last round, the team received Everton at home and managed to leave the field with the victory by 3×2. Before, the team came from two straight defeats: one for Stoke at home, 0x1, and the last for West Bromwich, away from home, by 3×1. After fifteen rounds, the club has six wins, three draws and six defeats, thus seventh place in the table. For that match, the coach should keep the team in 4-3-3 or 4-4-2, especially Okaka.
Prediction: over 2.5 goals @ 1.40