Watford vs Manchester City
Competition – Barclays Premier League
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Date: 21st July 2020
Kick-off time – 18:00 GMT
Watford will look to start the post-Nigel Pearson era when they welcome Manchester City to Vicarage Road for this tough game.
The Hornets have made their third managerial sacking of the season after they fired Pearson.
They still have small hopes of beating the drop but if they don’t win this game and other teams around them get favourable results then they risk going down on the final day of the season.
Manchester City have just been eliminated from the FA Cup after they were beaten 2-0 by Arsenal in the semifinal.
They now have just the Champions League to play for but they would not want to drop points in this game.
A win for City is important because Watford has struggled all season and Pep Guardiola’s men will be careful of the strugglers after they ended Liverpool’s unbeaten run with a 3-0 win earlier in the season.
Watford has two wins and three losses from their last five games while Manchester City has won all but the last of their last five matches.
City hold a fine head-to-head record against Watford with five wins from their last five head-to-head meetings with City scoring 14 goals and conceding none in their last two meetings.
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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