Added on January 30, 2018 Category Football Tips

Counting the days to mathematically secure the Premier League title, Manchester City hosts on Wednesday, January 31, West Bromwich. At Ethirad Stadium, the match is part of the twenty-fifth round schedule. It is scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m. (Brasília time).

The recent performance of Manchester City

The title of the English Championship is just one of the targets of the powerful City of Pepe Guardiola in the 2017/2018 season. After eliminating Bristol City and ensuring their presence in the final of the League Cup of England, the team also advanced to the last 16 of the FA Cup. On Sunday, January 28, he defeated Wales in Cardiff by 2-0.
Although the most coveted title is even the European Champions League, the possibility that City will be the first team in English history to close the “block” has packed its fans.
That’s true despite the large number of recent bruises. The club has five athletes in injury treatment who should not be released for Wednesday’s duel. They are the defender Benjamin Mendy (four games of English Championship 2017/2018, no goal); Fabian Delph (16 matches, one goal), Phil Foden (one match, no goal) and Leroy Sane (22 matches, seven goals); and striker Gabriel Jesus (18 games, eight goals).
Even with these problems, the good squad in the hands of Guardiola has been enough to keep the fight on four fronts. The most likely title seems to be even the Premier League title. With 65 points (21 wins, two draws and a loss), City has 12 points ahead of Manchester United. Thanks to an excellent balance of goals, this means that the club can simply ‘discard’ four of the remaining 14 rounds.
This can be very useful a bit further forward. In February, the calendar establishes the return of the European Champions League dispute, where City will face Basel, Switzerland, and also the League Cup decision. The big front can allow Guardiola to save players in matches of the English Championship.
For Wednesday’s duel, this will not be necessary. Thus, the Spaniard should put in the field the best team that has at disposal.

The current form of West Bromwich

The situation in West Bromwich is quite different. With 20 points (three wins, 11 draws and ten losses), the team is in the relegation zone. He finished the twenty-fourth round in the 19th place with the same Swansea score, flashlight, which only had a disadvantage in the tiebreaker criteria.
However, the team gained a great boost of self-esteem on Saturday, January 27. For the fourth phase of the Cup of England, eliminated the mighty Liverpool. In the heart of Anfield Road, they scored 3-2 and also secured their place in the last 16 of the competition.
More than that, the game marked the growth of the team, which has won three of the last four games. Enough to boost their fans’ hopes of escaping the fall to the Championship, the Second Division of the English Premier League.
Coach Alan Pardew, however, has far more problems than his rivals. In addition to his cast being inferior in quality and also numerically, the bruises are many. Defenders Jonny Evans (21 games in English Premier League 2017/2018, two goals), Kieran Gibbs (21 games, no goal) and Gareth McAuley (seven games, no goal) are handed over to the care of the medical department; and Nacer Chadli (three games, one goal), Sam Field (seven games, one goal), Jake Livermore (23 games without a goal), James Morrison (four games, one goal) and Hal Robson-Kanu , two goals).

History of the bouts between Manchester City and West Bromwich
City have won the last 13 matches against West Bromwich. The invincibility before the rival, however, is even longer. There are 16 games (15 wins and a draw). The latest WBA success came in 2010.

If under normal conditions Manchester City would be widely favored against West Bromwich, acting out against a much-off rival becomes even more the best guessing option for the showdown. It has a price of 1.14 in Bet365. Draw pays 10.00. The visiting team is naturally the biggest underdog in the twenty-fourth round of the English Championship with a return of 21.00 in case of victory. Prices valid at 13:20 on 1/29/2018.