Manchester City vs West Brom Prediction & Betting Tips - Premier League

Prediction published on 13/12/2020, 01:05  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 13/12/2020 at 01:07 in Premier League Prediction

Manchester City and West Bromwich Albion are coming from winless outing in the 12th round of matches in the Premier League and will both be hoping to bag three points when they face off at the Etihad. Hosts Manchester City are on 19 points and in ninth place while West Bromwich Albion have six points and in 19th place. Heading to this game, City played to a 0-0 draw with Manchester United in the Manchester Derby and they will feel like they dropped points in the game. City were dominant at Old Trafford and created the best chances in a game that had very few. The only positive coming from the game is that they kept a clean sheet and recorded a sixth straight unbeaten outing. Manchester City have now not conceded in their last six matches and have won four of those, while scoring two goals or more in three of their last five matches. In their last 16 matches, City have lost just once. They are unbeaten in seven home matches, winning six, and head to this game having won each of their last three home games. At home in the Premier League, City are unbeaten in the last four, winning three and keeping three clean sheets. With one loss and 13 wins in their last 16 league matches, City will be firm favorites here and that will be further boosted by the fact that they have scored in each of their last 20 home league matches. The former league champs have scored two goals or more in 17 of 20 league matches at home, and in the last five, they have scored at least two in three matches. City have been dominant in this fixture in the last 20 meetings, winning each of the last 14, and head to this one unbeaten in 17. Each of their last 11 meetings with West Brom has produced over 2.5 goals.

West Bromwich Albion have one win in 19 meetings with Manchester City and this was a League Cup game back in 2010. This season has not been good for them and coming from the Championship, they have found the going tough. West Brom head to this game on four losses in their last five matches and having played 14 matches this season, they have managed just three clean sheets. In their last outing, they conceded in the opening minute against Newcastle and though they managed to recover, they still went on to lose 2-1. The 14 matches they’ve played have produced just two wins for West Brom, coming against lower league side, Harrogate Town and Premier League strugglers Sheffield United. They have lost five of the last six matches ahead of this and failed to score in five of the last 10 games. West Brom have scored two or more goals in just one of their last 10 matches, which has contributed greatly to seven of their last 10 matches ending in under 2.5 goals. The Baggies have conceded in the first and last 10 minutes in their last two matches and also conceded in the final 10 minutes of the loss against Tottenham Hotspur earlier. In the loss to Newcastle, the Baggies missed Matheus Pereira’s guile, and were toothless. He is still suspended and will miss this game too, which will be tough for the side that has collected just one point on the road this season.