by Ian S. Palmer
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Manchester City is fighting to hold onto fourth place in the English Premier League standings with neighboring Manchester City and West Ham United right behind them. They can’t afford to drop points at this stage of the campaign and will have to be at their best on Saturday, April 9th when they host West Bromwich Albion at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester. City has to finish the campaign in the top four to earn a spot in next season’s European Champions League or else win the tournament this year. Meanwhile, West Brom is a mediocre mid-table club which sits 13 points ahead of the relegation zone.
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Manchester City vs West Bromwich Albion – Head to Head
- The two teams faced off on the opening weekend of the season with Man City winning 3-0 away at the Hawthorns. They also won 3-1 away last campaign and were 3-0 winners at home at the Etihad. City has won the last eight meetings in a row and is unbeaten in the past 11with 10 wins and a draw. West Brom’s last win came in September of 2010 when they took a 2-1 decision at home in the League Cup. Their last league win was in December, 2008. Overall, the sides have met 145 times in the past with City winning 64, losing 53 and drawing 28.
City’s last Premier League outing was a 4-0 win over Bournemouth on the road last weekend. They enter the weekend with 54 points from 16 wins, six draws and nine losses with 56 goals scored and 32 allowed. They have 10 victories at home along with one draw and five defeats while scoring 39 goals and conceding 18. City has posted five clean sheets at the Etihad and has been shut out just twice. Overall they’ve registered 14 clean sheets and have failed to score on eight occasions. City has been struggling lately and has just two wins, three losses and a draw in their past six home fixtures.
West Brom currently occupies 11th place in the standings with 40 points from 10 wins, 10 draws and 11 losses with 30 goals scored and 37 allowed. The team has four victories on the road along with six draws and five defeats with 11 goals scored and 16 allowed. West Brom has posted six clean sheets on their travels this year and has been shut out seven times. Overall, they’ve registered 11 clean sheets and have failed to hit the back of the net on 11 occasions. West Brom has just one win in their past six road encounters to go with three draws and two defeats.
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Man City heads into the weekend just one point ahead of fifth-place Manchester United and two points up on sixth-place West Ham. They’re four back of third-place Arsenal and 15 points behind first-place Leicester City with a game in hand on the leaders. West Brom is 13 points upon 18th-place Sunderland and the relegation zone.