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 UEFA 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 UEFA 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:

May 2, 2024
Chelsea 19:30 Tottenham Hotspur
May 3, 2024
Luton Town 20:00 Everton
May 4, 2024
Arsenal 12:30 AFC Bournemouth
Brentford 15:00 Fulham
Burnley 15:00 Newcastle United
Sheffield United 15:00 Nottingham Forest
Manchester City 17:30 Wolverhampton Wanderers
May 5, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 14:00 Aston Villa
Chelsea 14:00 West Ham United
Liverpool 16:30 Tottenham Hotspur
May 6, 2024
Crystal Palace 20:00 Manchester United
May 11, 2024
Fulham 12:30 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 15:00 Burnley
West Ham United 15:00 Luton Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00 Crystal Palace
Newcastle United 15:00 Brighton & Hov…
AFC Bournemouth 15:00 Brentford
Everton 15:00 Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest 17:30 Chelsea
May 12, 2024
Manchester United 16:30 Arsenal

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Arsenal 35 25 5 5 85 28 +57 80
2 Manchester City 34 24 7 3 82 32 +50 79
3 Liverpool 35 22 9 4 77 36 +41 75
4 Aston Villa 35 20 7 8 73 52 +21 67
5 Tottenham Hotspur 33 18 6 9 67 52 +15 60
6 Manchester United 34 16 6 12 52 51 +1 54
7 Newcastle United 34 16 5 13 74 55 +19 53
8 West Ham United 35 13 10 12 56 65 -9 49
9 Chelsea 33 13 9 11 63 59 +4 48
10 AFC Bournemouth 35 13 9 13 52 60 -8 48
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 13 7 15 48 55 -7 46
12 Brighton & Hov… 34 11 11 12 52 57 -5 44
13 Fulham 35 12 7 16 51 55 -4 43
14 Crystal Palace 35 10 10 15 45 57 -12 40
15 Everton 35 12 8 15 37 48 -11 36
16 Brentford 35 9 8 18 52 60 -8 35
17 Nottingham Forest 35 7 9 19 42 62 -20 26
18 Luton Town 35 6 7 22 48 77 -29 25
19 Burnley 35 5 9 21 38 70 -32 24
20 Sheffield United 35 3 7 25 34 97 -63 16

Latest Premier League Results

April 28, 2024
Nottingham Forest 0 - 2 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 3 Arsenal
AFC Bournemouth 3 - 0 Brighton & Hov…
April 27, 2024
Aston Villa 2 - 2 Chelsea
Everton 1 - 0 Brentford
Fulham 1 - 1 Crystal Palace
Manchester United 1 - 1 Burnley
Newcastle United 5 - 1 Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 1 Luton Town
West Ham United 2 - 2 Liverpool
April 25, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 0 - 4 Manchester City
April 24, 2024
Manchester United 4 - 2 Sheffield United
Everton 2 - 0 Liverpool
Crystal Palace 2 - 0 Newcastle United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
April 23, 2024
Arsenal 5 - 0 Chelsea
April 21, 2024
Fulham 1 - 3 Liverpool
Aston Villa 3 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 5 - 2 West Ham United
Everton 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest

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