Ten days after having held the Citizens to a goalless draw, Championship side Huddersfield travel to the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday for the replay of the match against Manchester City. It's interesting to point out that Manchester City have not won against Huddersfield in the last three matches, even though the previous two were all the way back in the 1990-2000 season.
Manchester City have to be well-rested after not playing last weekend due to the League Cup final. They are unbeaten in their last seven competitive matches, a streak which includes last week's spectacular 5-3 comeback victory over AS Monaco in the Champions League. Ilkay Gundogan and Gabriel Jesus remain injured, while Vincent Kompany is still some way short of match fitness.
Huddersfield have their own unbeaten streak going on, they have not lost in nine matches and they are third in the Championship after last weekend's 1-1 draw at Barnsley. They really seem to have what it takes to push for promotion to the Premier League this season, and an upset at the Etihad Stadium will further boost their confidence. However, manager David Wagner will most likely choose to rotate his squad for his match as he did the same thing the first time they met the Citizens.
Probable line-ups:
Man City: Bravo - Sagna, Otamendi, Kolarov, Clichy - Delph, Fernando - Navas, Garcia, Nolito - Aguero
Huddersfield: Coleman - Cranie, Hudson, Stankovic, Holmes-Dennis - Billing, Whitehead - Lolley, Payne, Parra - Quaner
My prediction: Manchester City to win 3-1.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Man City win - 1.14
Draw - 10.00
Huddersfield win - 21.00
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sharpe
03/02/17, 01:03:56 AM
Huddersfield doing pretty well in Championship and probably will make the play-offs there so that of course is their main priority but replay with City is definitely...
Huddersfield doing pretty well in Championship and probably will make the play-offs there so that of course is their main priority but replay with City is definitely a bonus and will have quite great effect over their finances. In the end easy win for City who are on the rise lately despite that visitors took the early lead, there could be 4 top teams at the semis of the FA CUP which would be exiting probably.
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