Manchester City can climb up to third place in the Premier League table if they beat West Bromwich Albion at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday. The Citizens won the reverse fixture 4-0 in October, with Sergio Aguero and Ilkay Gundogan scoring two goals each. That was the tenth consecutive win for Manchester City against West Bromwich Albion as the Baggies have not won a Premier League match against the Citizens since 2008.
Manchester City can finish third in the Premier League table and it all depends only on themselves as they are guaranteed to finish just behind Chelsea and Tottenham if they win their last two matches of the season. This is totally doable for Pep Guardiola's men as they face Watford away on the last day of the season, but they still have to play and score the goals they need as the opponents won't just let them win. Fabian Delph, Ilkay Gundogan and Claudio Bravo remain the only injury concerns for the home side.
West Bromwich Albion still have something to play for during the last two games of the season, they need to defend their eighth place as they are tied on 45 points with both Southampton and Bournemouth. However, they have not won a match since March 18, when they pulled off an upset by beating Arsenal 3-1. They lost five of their seven matches since then, including last week's 1-0 defeat that gave Chelsea the Premier League title with two games to spare. Matt Phillips, Hal Robson-Kanu, Gareth McAuley and Sam Field are all fitness doubts for manager Tony Pulis.
Probable line-ups:
Man City: Caballero - Zabaleta, Otamendi, Stones, Kolarov - Fernandinho - Sane, De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling - Aguero
West Brom: Foster - Dawson, McAuley, Evans, Nyom - Yacob - Brunt, Livermore, Fletcher, Chadli - Rondon
My prediction: Manchester City to win 2-0.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Man City win - 1.17
Draw - 8.00
West Brom win - 21.00
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