Watford and Manchester City will clash on Saturday the 4th of December at 5:30 pm in the 15th week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in Watford at the Vicarage Road. The chosen referee is Kevin Friend.
Watford is in the 17th place in the standings with 13 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Chelsea in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 4 times, drawn once, and lost 9 times.
Manchester City is in the 2nd place in the table with 32 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Aston Villa in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 10 times, drawn twice, and lost twice.
Manchester City won the last 4 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 30th of October against Crystal Palace and the score was 0-2.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Watford
Watford has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 64.29%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (9 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 4-4-2 (once).
Claudio Ranieri is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: D. Bachmann, D. Rose, C. Cathcart, W. Troost-Ekong, F. Femenía Far, I. Louza, E. Dennis, T. Cleverley, M. Sissoko, J. Junqueira de Jesus and J. King.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Watford would be 27.91.
B. Foster, C. Kabasele, A. Masina, F. Sierralta Carvallo, O. Etebo, I. Sarr, K. Sema and K. Baah will definitely miss the match.
Manchester City
Manchester City has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 92.86%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (13 times) and 4-2-3-1 (once).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Watford with the following players: E. Santana de Moraes, J. Cavaco Cancelo, R. Santos Gato Alves Dias, J. Stones, K. Walker, İ. Gündoğan, R. Hernández Cascante, P. Foden, J. Grealish, B. Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva and K. De Bruyne.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Manchester City would be 27.00.
F. Torres García will definitely miss the match.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will not be able to have the presence of B. Mendy who is suspended.
