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Manchester City vs Watford Prediction & Betting tips
Watford closes on Saturday a long afternoon when The Hornets can visit the champion Manchester City. In May these two teams were on Wembley in the FA Cup final and Manchester City was no less than 6-0 strong. Can Watford prevent such a decline?
Manchester City:
Five. So many points are the backlog of champion Manchester City to league-leader Liverpool. The Citizens lost points in the second round by drawing 2-2 against Tottenham Hotspur and last weekend Manchester City suffered the first defeat of the season. Not Chelsea, Liverpool or Manchester United was too strong for Manchester City. No, PhD student Norwich City sent The Citizens back to Manchester with a 3-2 defeat. Given the proportions on the field, it was an unjustified defeat for the team of Pep Guardiola, who saw that especially his defense played unluckily on Carrow road. The duo John Stones and Nicolás Otamendi simply cannot play together, the first one got injured during the training on Tuesday morning and, just like Aymeric Laporte, is out for a while.
As a result, Guardiola played in the Champions League match with Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday-evening with Fernandinho in the center next to Otamendi. The duo did keep the zero in the 0-3 win in Ukraine, but it is not ideal for Guardiola. In the matches with clubs such as Shakhtar Donetsk and Watford, Manchester City can play well with Fernandinho and Otamendi in the center, but against the larger teams that will really cause problems at The Citizens. Strangely, Manchester City can play against a Watford without central defenders, because even then The Citizens will win nine out of ten times. Guardiola is expected to make some changes in the run-up to the Watford duel, so Kevin de Bruyne and Gabriel Jesus could be replaced by David Silva and Sergio Agüero.
Watford:
With Quique Sánchez Flores, Watford has had a new trainer at the helm since the interland break and the Spaniard immediately took a point with The Hornets in his first game. Last Sunday, Arsenal was a guest on Vicarage Road and Watford faced a 0-2 deficit after more than half an hour of play, but The Hornets were left with a run because Tom Cleverley made the connection goal in the 53rd minute and Roberto Pereyra was the goal. nine minutes before time from the penalty spot responsible for the equalizer. A great result for Flores in his first match with Watford, but Manchester City is still a size bigger than Arsenal.
That also became clear last season when Watford was really humiliated by Manchester City in the FA Cup final and stepped off the field with a 6-0 defeat. Flores undoubtedly wants to prevent such a disgrace and with The Hornets he will mainly dig into Etihad Stadium and you cannot blame him. In the last six meetings with Manchester City, Watford had to collect no less than 25 goals and it shows that The Hornets have no best memories of the games against Manchester City. Also on Saturday afternoons it will be difficult, if not impossible, for Watford to book a result against the title holder.
Manchester City vs Watford head to head matches
18.05.19 FAC Manchester City Watford 6 : 0
09.03.19 PL Manchester City Watford 3 : 1
04.12.18 PL Watford Manchester City 1 : 2
02.01.18 PL Manchester City Watford 3 : 1
16.09.17 PL Watford Manchester City 0 : 6