Watford vs Manchester City Preview

Watford vs Manchester City

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium – Vicarage Road Stadium

Date: 4th December 2018

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

The last two times Manchester City have visited this ground, they have not only won, but in emphatic fashion.

City beat the Hornets 5-0 in May of last year – 4 months later, they recorded a 6-0 victory with Sergio Aguero netting 5 times.

This game should be much harder for the unbeaten Premier League leaders however Watford have conceded 5 goals and scored none in their last 2 Premier League games making this a formidable task.

Javi Garcia has done a good job at the helm at Vicarage Road this season.

The Spaniard has turned Watford into one of the division’s more impressive outfits, but they have suffered a slump in form recently.

When they play at home, the Hornets seem to go for all of the points on offer or nothing.

Watford haven’t drawn any home game this season, winning 4 and losing 3 of their 7 at Vicarage Road so far.

Manchester City have been solid away from home this season. The Cityzens have only conceded one goal away from home this season and they are heavy favourites with oddsmakers to get all three points yet again in this game.

Goal markets point to a high-scoring affair while Sergio Aguero is bookmakers favourite to bag the first goal.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Watford

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Watford 0-3 Liverpool 24 Nov, 2018 English Premier League
D Southampton 1-1 Watford 10 Nov, 2018 English Premier League
L Newcastle United 1-0 Watford 3 Nov, 2018 English Premier League
W Watford 3-0 Huddersfield Town 27 Oct, 2018 English Premier League
W Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Watford 20 Oct, 2018 English Premier League

Manchester City

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Lyon 2-2 Manchester City 27 Nov, 2018 Champions League
W West Ham United 0-4 Manchester City 24 Nov, 2018 English Premier League
W Manchester City 3-1 Manchester United 11 Nov, 2018 English Premier League
W Manchester City 6-0 Shakhtar Donetsk 7 Nov, 2018 Champions League
W Manchester City 6-1 Southampton 4 Nov, 2018 English Premier League

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Manchester City 3-1 Watford 2 Jan, 2018 English Premier League
Watford 0-6 Manchester City 16 Sep, 2017 English Premier League
Watford 0-5 Manchester City 21 May, 2017 English Premier League
Manchester City 2-0 Watford 14 Dec, 2016 English Premier League
Watford 1-2 Manchester City 2 Jan, 2016 English Premier League


Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

December 7, 2024
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
December 26, 2024
Manchester City 13:30 Everton
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Crystal Palace
Southampton 16:00 West Ham United
Chelsea 16:00 Fulham
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 16:00 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:30 Manchester United
Liverpool 21:00 Leicester City
December 27, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Arsenal 21:15 Ipswich Town
December 29, 2024
Leicester City 15:30 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 16:00 Southampton
Everton 16:00 Nottingham Forest
West Ham United 18:15 Liverpool
December 30, 2024
Aston Villa 20:45 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 20:45 Chelsea
Manchester United 21:00 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 16 12 3 1 37 16 +21 39
2 Chelsea 17 10 5 2 37 19 +18 35
3 Arsenal 17 9 6 2 34 16 +18 33
4 Nottingham Forest 17 9 4 4 23 19 +4 31
5 AFC Bournemouth 17 8 4 5 27 21 +6 28
6 Aston Villa 17 8 4 5 26 26 +0 28
7 Manchester City 17 8 3 6 29 25 +4 27
8 Newcastle United 17 7 5 5 27 21 +6 26
9 Fulham 17 6 7 4 24 22 +2 25
10 Brighton & Hov… 17 6 7 4 27 26 +1 25
11 Tottenham Hotspur 17 7 2 8 39 25 +14 23
12 Brentford 17 7 2 8 32 32 +0 23
13 Manchester United 17 6 4 7 21 22 -1 22
14 West Ham United 17 5 5 7 22 30 -8 20
15 Everton 16 3 7 6 14 21 -7 16
16 Crystal Palace 17 3 7 7 18 26 -8 16
17 Leicester City 17 3 5 9 21 37 -16 14
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 3 3 11 27 40 -13 12
19 Ipswich Town 17 2 6 9 16 32 -16 12
20 Southampton 17 1 3 13 11 36 -25 6

Latest Premier League Results

December 22, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 6 Liverpool
Manchester United 0 - 3 AFC Bournemouth
Leicester City 0 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 0 - 0 Southampton
Everton 0 - 0 Chelsea
December 21, 2024
Crystal Palace 1 - 5 Arsenal
Brentford 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Ipswich Town 0 - 4 Newcastle United
West Ham United 1 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Manchester City
December 16, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 1 - 1 West Ham United
December 15, 2024
Southampton 0 - 5 Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea 2 - 1 Brentford
Manchester City 1 - 2 Manchester United
Brighton & Hov… 1 - 3 Crystal Palace
December 14, 2024
Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Aston Villa
Liverpool 2 - 2 Fulham
Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton
Newcastle United 4 - 0 Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Ipswich Town

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