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During the third round of the League Cup, Preston North End and Manchester City meet. Preston North End is very handsome third in the Championship, while Manchester City is the number two in the Premier League to chase Liverpool. Is there room for a surprise at Deepdale or is Manchester City taking this game very seriously? Looking ahead!
Preston North End:
Preston North End is as said the surprising number three in the Championship. The Deepdale players are currently cautiously competing for promotion to the Premier League. It probably won’t come to that, but the start is of course excellent with sixteen points from eight games. Especially in-house, it is very strong with twelve points from four competitions. In addition, a score was scored ten times and only twice a hit was collected. Last weekend an away match was also won for the first time. In Birmingham, it was against City 0-1 by a goal from Sean Maguire.
Tomorrow a trip to the League Cup where Manchester City awaits. In principle, Preston North End has no chance and it is unfortunate that Manchester City has already been surprised by Norwich City this season. Whether this will happen twice within three weeks is questionable. Manager Alex Neil looked ahead Monday afternoon: ‘When the draw comes, you know that a lower placed team can draw a top team. I only hope that we can keep our dream alive. ”
Manchester City:
Manchester City had a good general for the cup match against Preston North End. At home, last Saturday in the league, 8-0 was won against a staggeringly weak Watford. Five of the eight goals were scored within a timeframe of eighteen minutes. What struck the goals of David Silva, Sergio Aguero, Riyad Mahrez, Bernardo Silva and Nicolas Otamendi was the space that these players were offered. An average amateur team can in principle defend even more clearly. In particular the space that Watford constantly left at the two post was laughable. It seemed as if the players wanted to get rid of manager Quique Sanchez Flores with this misrepresentation. Of course Manchester City played strong and there was a great will to brush away the 3-2 defeat of a week before, but City was not put in the way by Watford either.
For this cup duel, of course, it remains to be seen which eleven names Pep Guardiola brings within the lines. I do not expect that there will be eleven other players, but seven or eight new names is very possible. In that regard, it is a good test to see how good the numbers 12 to 22 from Manchester City are. Certainly against a strong opponent such as Preston North End, sagging is fatal. Guardiola cannot call on Aymeric Laporte, John Stones and Leroy Sane on Tuesday evening.
Preston vs Manchester City head to head matches
18.02.07 FAC Preston Manchester City 1 : 3
10.02.02 CHA Manchester City Preston 3 : 2
21.10.01 CHA Preston Manchester City 2 : 1
04.04.99 LO Preston Manchester City 1 : 1
11.10.98 LO Manchester City Preston 0 : 1