Manchester City – Stoke City: 8th March 2017

Manchester City:

Manchester City are found currently in 3rd place in the Premier League standings with 55 points accumulated after 26 games of the championship.
The hosts undergoing a very good 3 consecutive wins in all competitions registered. They defeated Monaco in the Champions League (5-3), Huddersfield in the FA Cup (score 5-1) and Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League.
Argentine Sergio Aguero is the team’s top scorer in the league, managing to score points 12 times so far.
Pep Guardiola does not have available in this duel accidentatii Illkay Gundogan and Gabriel Jesus.

Probable team: Caballero – Clichy, Stones, Otamendi, Zabaleta – Fernandinho – Sane, Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling – Aguero

Stoke:

On the other side, Stoke ranks 9th in the ranking first league England team managed to collect 35 points in 27 rounds.
The guests were part of developments alternating with 6 points accumulated in the last 4 matches of the championship. Previous round, Stoke managed to beat Middlesbrough at home 2-0.
Welshman Joe Allen is the best scorer of the team in the Premier League with 6 goals scored in 27 matches of the championship.
Stephen Ireland and Jack Butland will not make this trip because of a medical problems.

Probable team: Grant – Bardsley, Shawcross, India, Pieters – Cameron Whelan – Arnautovic, Allen, Sobhi – Crouch