In this week 34 match, on Saturday Apr 23rd, Manchester City will play host to Watford in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 2nd placed Manchester City is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Liverpool. Ibrahima Konaté scored the first goal for Liverpool in the 9th minute, then Sadio Mané added another in the 17th minute. Manchester City should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while watford sits at 19th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Brentford. Christian Nørgaard scored the first goal for Brentford in the 15th minute, then Emmanuel Dennis tied it up for Watford in the 55th minute on a feed from Ismaila Sarr. Watford looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
On the 4th of December, Watford hosted Manchester City at the Vicarage Road in their last match together. Manchester City took the match by a score of 3 to 1. Raheem Sterling struck first for Manchester City in the 4th minute on a feed from Phil Foden, then Bernardo Silva added another in the 31st minute.
Cucho Hernández has been the most prolific scorer on Watford in the last five matches with two goals. Manchester City’s most prolific scorer has been Kevin De Bruyne. He has netted three goals over the last five matches
Josep Guardiola i Sala’s squad will be without Benjamin Mendy, Kyle Walker, Rúben Dias and Palmer, while Samuel Kalu is unavailable to play for Watford.