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TEAM NEWS

City make nine changes from the side that beat Cheltenham Town on Saturday.

Only Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez remain from the side that started at the Jonny-Rocks Stadium, as Pep Guardiola shuffles his pack for the trip to West Brom.

City: Ederson, Cancelo, Zinchenko, Dias, Stones, Gundogan, Rodrigo, Foden, Bernardo, Sterling (c), Mahrez

Substitutes: Steffen, Walker, Jesus, Laporte, Torres, Mendy, Fernandinho, Garcia, Bernabe

West Brom: Johnstone, Furlong, Gibbs, Ajayi, O’Shea, Robinson, Livermore, Pereira, Sawyers, Snodgrass, Grant

Formation: 4-3-3

Ruben Dias and John Stones resume their central defensive partnership with Oleks Zinchenko and Joao Cancelo the preferred full-backs.

Rodrigo will anchor a midfield that includes Foden and Ilkay Gundogan, while Raheem Sterling, Riyad Mahrez and Bernardo are the likely front three.

When and where

City face Sam Allardyce’s side at The Hawthorns on Tuesday 26 January, with kick-off at 20:15 (UK).

In the UK the game will be broadcast live on BT Sport 2 and fans living abroad can check out our global TV listings at the foot of the page to find out how they can tune in.

If you’re unable to watch the game, you can get minute by minute coverage in our Matchday Centre here on mancity.com and we’ll also have live updates on Twitter: @ManCity.

A full-match replay will be available to watch on CITY+ from midnight after the game.

Next Fixture

All fixtures

Tue 26 Jan

Premier League

West Brom

20:15

GMT

Man City

We’re Not Really Here

Wembley 1999 heroes Shaun Goater and Andy Morrison will be the guests on our live matchday show, which will be hosted by presenter Kyle Walker.

We’re Not Really Here provides a City focused perspective to your pre-match build-up and begins one hour before kick-off at 19:15 (UK).

It is available to watch on all our digital platforms and also includes a brief half-time summary and 30-minutes of post-match reaction.

During the game there will be live commentary, which you can enjoy exclusively on mancity.com and our official app.

Team news

Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero will both miss the game.

The Belgian midfielder is out for up to six weeks with injury, whilst City’s record goalscorer continues to self-isolate following a positive COVID-19 test.

Kyle Walker and Nathan Ake are also doubts.

The right-back missed the win over Cheltenham Town after picking up an injury against Aston Villa, but Pep Guardiola was hopeful it would not keep him out long term, whilst it remains to be seen where Ake is up to in his recovery.

Pep Guardiola preview

“I know how good Sam Allardyce teams are on set-pieces.

“They will have worked this week on that to see how they can hurt us, but we have to discover the weak points they may have and impose our game.

“Today our training session was very good. I am optimistic to take a bus tomorrow to West Bromwich and do a good game.”

		Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1		Manchester City Man City	5	5	0	0	13	5	8	15
2		Arsenal Arsenal	5	4	0	1	8	4	4	12
3		Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton	5	3	1	1	16	5	11	10

Form guide

City come into the game having won 10 games in a row as part of a 17-match unbeaten run in all competitions.

We have avoided defeat against West Brom in our last 18 meetings, 16 of which we have won.

The 19^th placed Baggies have won just twice in the league this season, but have claimed victory in two of their previous four games in all competitions. Their last outing ended in a 2-1 defeat away at West Ham United.

Last meeting

Our previous meeting was only six weeks ago, when we were held to a 1-1 draw by the Baggies, who were then managed by Slaven Bilic.

City took the lead when Ilkay Gundogan converted Raheem Sterling’s cut-back, but West Brom hit back before half-time via Semi Ajayi, whose volley on the turn deflected off Ruben Dias to wrong foot Ederson.

Sam Johnstone made two point-blank saves to deny Gundogan and Sterling in the dying minutes as Guardiola’s side were forced to settle for a frustrating point.

Match officials

Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Assistants: Adam Nunn, Sian Massey-Ellis
Fourth official: David Coote
VAR: Craig Pawson
Assistant VAR: Matthew Wilkes

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