Watford vs Manchester City Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics
💙Watford’s biggest ever top-flight home defeat (0-6 in September 2017) and biggest ever overall league defeat (0-8 in September 2019) have come against Manchester City.
💙Manchester City have won their last 12 games against Watford in all competitions by an aggregate score of 46-6, including an 8-0 victory in the reverse fixture in September.
💙Under manager Nigel Pearson, Watford have won six of their 10 Premier League home games (D2 L2) and have only failed to score once at Vicarage Road.
💙Watford have already beaten champions Liverpool at Vicarage Road and Manchester City are guaranteed to finish 2nd. The last team to beat both top-two teams at home in the Premier League in a season was Manchester United in 2016-17 (1-0 vs Spurs, 2-0 vs Chelsea).
💙Manchester City haven’t lost their final away game of a Premier League season since 2008-09 (1-2 vs Tottenham), winning eight and drawing two of their 10 such games since.
💙Man City need to score four goals in this match to equal the Premier League record for goals against an opponent in a single season (12), having won 8-0 in the reverse game. The record is held by Blackburn (1995-96 vs Nottingham Forest) and Spurs (2009-10 vs Wigan); City have averaged four goals per game under Pep Guardiola against Watford in the Premier League.
💙Pep Guardiola has made 137 changes to his Manchester City starting XI in the Premier League this season – only Man Utd in 2013-14 (144) and 2008-09 (140) have made more in a single campaign.
💙Four of Troy Deeney’s last six home league goals for Watford have been penalties, with the striker scoring two from the spot in the Hornets’ last home game against Newcastle. Indeed, since Watford’s promotion in 2015, Deeney has scored more Premier League penalties at Vicarage Road (13) than any other player at a single stadium in the competition.
💙Man City’s Raheem Sterling has been involved in nine goals in his last five games against Watford in all competitions (7 goals, 2 assists), including six in his last two (5 goals, 1 assist).
💙Gabriel Jesus has scored in 33 Premier League games for Manchester City and ended on the winning side in 32 of those (D1), a win ratio of 97% - the best of any player to have scored in at least 20 games in Premier League history. City have won the last 30 league games when Jesus has found the net.
💙Watford’s biggest ever top-flight home defeat (0-6 in September 2017) and biggest ever overall league defeat (0-8 in September 2019) have come against Manchester City.
💙Manchester City have won their last 12 games against Watford in all competitions by an aggregate score of 46-6, including an 8-0 victory in the reverse fixture in September.
💙Under manager Nigel Pearson, Watford have won six of their 10 Premier League home games (D2 L2) and have only failed to score once at Vicarage Road.
💙Watford have already beaten champions Liverpool at Vicarage Road and Manchester City are guaranteed to finish 2nd. The last team to beat both top-two teams at home in the Premier League in a season was Manchester United in 2016-17 (1-0 vs Spurs, 2-0 vs Chelsea).
💙Manchester City haven’t lost their final away game of a Premier League season since 2008-09 (1-2 vs Tottenham), winning eight and drawing two of their 10 such games since.
💙Man City need to score four goals in this match to equal the Premier League record for goals against an opponent in a single season (12), having won 8-0 in the reverse game. The record is held by Blackburn (1995-96 vs Nottingham Forest) and Spurs (2009-10 vs Wigan); City have averaged four goals per game under Pep Guardiola against Watford in the Premier League.
💙Pep Guardiola has made 137 changes to his Manchester City starting XI in the Premier League this season – only Man Utd in 2013-14 (144) and 2008-09 (140) have made more in a single campaign.
💙Four of Troy Deeney’s last six home league goals for Watford have been penalties, with the striker scoring two from the spot in the Hornets’ last home game against Newcastle. Indeed, since Watford’s promotion in 2015, Deeney has scored more Premier League penalties at Vicarage Road (13) than any other player at a single stadium in the competition.
💙Man City’s Raheem Sterling has been involved in nine goals in his last five games against Watford in all competitions (7 goals, 2 assists), including six in his last two (5 goals, 1 assist).
💙Gabriel Jesus has scored in 33 Premier League games for Manchester City and ended on the winning side in 32 of those (D1), a win ratio of 97% - the best of any player to have scored in at least 20 games in Premier League history. City have won the last 30 league games when Jesus has found the net.
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