Man City v Stoke - Sat 23rd April 12:45

[Whitechapel]

TEAM NEWS
Manchester City playmaker David Silva is available after missing the previous two games with an ankle injury.

Gael Clichy and Bacary Sagna are also fit but Samir Nasri is again ruled out with a muscle problem.

Stoke winger Xherdan Shaqiri will miss the game because of a hamstring injury suffered against Tottenham on Monday.

Shay Given is expected to continue in goal against his former club, while defender Erik Pieters completes a two-match suspension.

MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head

• Stoke recorded their first ever Premier League victory at Manchester City last season.
• The Potters are looking to complete a league double over City for the first time since the 1980-81 season.

Manchester City

• Manchester City have lost three of their last five league games at home, winning the other two.
• However, they are unbeaten in their last six matches in all competitions (W4, D2).
• City have won just one of their 13 games against the current top nine (Stoke are ninth) in the top flight this season (D3, L9).
• Sergio Aguero has scored six goals in his last four league games and now has 100 Premier League goals in just 147 appearances.

Stoke City

• Stoke have only won one of their last six league matches (D2, L3).
• They have conceded 10 goals in their last three league games.
• The Potters have only won one of their matches away to sides currently in the top half of the table (D3, L4).
• Mark Hughes' side have kept 10 league clean sheets this season, but only one of those has come in their last 12 league games.

 

[Stevencc]

Busy thread for a City game as usual.

Lot of empty seats at the Emptyhad as usual.

 

[Stevencc]

4-0 win for City then, surprised Silkyman hasn't shown up seconds after the whistle as he usually does in this situation.

 

[silkyman]

Sigh. Emptyhad, right?

Good result though and gets the GD boosted while being able to give some of them a bit of a low impact game before Real on Tuesday. Good to see the lad Iheanacho grabbing a couple more. No idea why he's not been used more this season.

Annoying that they've left it too late to make any sort of tilt at the title. And more annoying that I had money on 5-0...

 

[Stevencc]

Keep pretending you aren't reading my posts.

It's definitely not absolutely mental.