Stoke City vs Manchester City Preview

Stoke City vs Manchester City

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium – bet365 Stadium

Date: 12th March 2018

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

Stoke City head into this game in relegation trouble as they are 19th in the Premier League table.

However, they are one point away from safety and a good result here would not only boost their survival hopes, but it would also help boost their morale as they face other opponents.

They face Everton, Arsenal and Tottenham in their next couple of matches, so this is a defining moment for them.

They come into this game off the back of 3 consecutive draws and Paul Lambert should set them up not to lose here again.

Manchester City continue their march towards the league title with a visit to Stoke City.

Pep Guardiola’s men have more than a 15 points advantage over 2nd placed Manchester United and are set to win the league title with a win over their rivals in a couple of weeks time, but they have to survive the Potters here first.

They lost their last 2 Cup games against Wigan and Basel, but they have remain almost unbeatable in the league with 4 wins from their last five against opponents like Arsenal, Chelsea and Leicester City.

City have struggled away from home this year, winning only one of their last 3 away games including a 4-3 loss at Liverpool and a 1-1 draw at Burnley.

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

Stoke City

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Southampton 0-0 Stoke City 3 Mar, 2018 English Premier League
D Leicester City 1-1 Stoke City 24 Feb, 2018 English Premier League
D Stoke City 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion 10 Feb, 2018 English Premier League
L AFC Bournemouth 2-1 Stoke City 3 Feb, 2018 English Premier League
D Stoke City 0-0 Watford 31 Jan, 2018 English Premier League

Manchester City

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea 4 Mar, 2018 English Premier League
W Arsenal 0-3 Manchester City 1 Mar, 2018 English Premier League
W Arsenal 0-3 Manchester City 25 Feb, 2018 English Carabao Cup
L Wigan Athletic 1-0 Manchester City 19 Feb, 2018 English FA Cup
W FC Basel 0-4 Manchester City 13 Feb, 2018 UEFA Champions League

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Manchester City 7-2 Stoke City 14 Oct, 2017 English Premier League
Manchester City 0-0 Stoke City 8 Mar, 2017 English Premier League
Stoke City 1-4 Manchester City 20 Aug, 2016 English Premier League
Manchester City 4-0 Stoke City 23 Apr, 2016 English Premier League
Stoke City 2-0 Manchester City 5 Dec, 2015 English Premier League


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

February 23, 2024
Chelsea 01:00 Tottenham Hotspur
March 16, 2024
Crystal Palace 01:00 Newcastle United
Manchester United 01:00 Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 01:00 AFC Bournemouth
Arsenal 01:00 Chelsea
March 17, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 01:00 Manchester City
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
March 30, 2024
Newcastle United 13:30 West Ham United
Sheffield United 16:00 Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Luton Town
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Crystal Palace
Chelsea 16:00 Burnley
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Everton
Aston Villa 18:30 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brentford 21:00 Manchester United
March 31, 2024
Liverpool 13:00 Brighton & Hov…
Manchester City 15:30 Arsenal

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Arsenal 28 20 4 4 70 24 +46 64
2 Liverpool 28 19 7 2 65 26 +39 64
3 Manchester City 28 19 6 3 63 28 +35 63
4 Aston Villa 29 17 5 7 60 42 +18 56
5 Tottenham Hotspur 28 16 5 7 59 42 +17 53
6 Manchester United 28 15 2 11 39 39 +0 47
7 West Ham United 29 12 8 9 46 50 -4 44
8 Brighton & Hov… 28 11 9 8 50 44 +6 42
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 12 5 11 42 44 -2 41
10 Newcastle United 28 12 4 12 59 48 +11 40
11 Chelsea 27 11 6 10 47 45 +2 39
12 Fulham 29 11 5 13 43 44 -1 38
13 AFC Bournemouth 28 9 8 11 41 52 -11 35
14 Crystal Palace 28 7 8 13 33 48 -15 29
15 Brentford 29 7 5 17 41 54 -13 26
16 Everton 28 8 7 13 29 39 -10 25
17 Luton Town 29 5 7 17 42 60 -18 22
18 Nottingham Forest 29 6 7 16 35 51 -16 21
19 Burnley 29 4 5 20 29 63 -34 17
20 Sheffield United 28 3 5 20 24 74 -50 14

Latest Premier League Results

March 17, 2024
West Ham United 1 - 1 Aston Villa
March 16, 2024
Fulham 3 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur
Luton Town 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest
Burnley 2 - 1 Brentford
March 13, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 4 - 3 Luton Town
March 11, 2024
Chelsea 3 - 2 Newcastle United
March 10, 2024
Liverpool 1 - 1 Manchester City
West Ham United 2 - 2 Burnley
Brighton & Hov… 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa 0 - 4 Tottenham Hotspur
March 9, 2024
Arsenal 2 - 1 Brentford
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 1 Fulham
Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Luton Town
AFC Bournemouth 2 - 2 Sheffield United
Manchester United 2 - 0 Everton
March 4, 2024
Sheffield United 0 - 6 Arsenal
March 3, 2024
Manchester City 3 - 1 Manchester United
Burnley 0 - 2 AFC Bournemouth

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