Manchester City-Burnley is a match valid for the 22nd day of the Premier League and is played on Wednesday at 20:30: live TV, probable formations, predictions.
At the weekend Manchester City managed to violate the Tottenham stadium, where they had never won in their last five visits, which ended without scoring a single goal. It took defender Aké – as usual also decisive in scoring – to break this taboo when there were only two minutes to the final whistle, thus avoiding a replay of the match. No FA Cup replay with Spurs, then, with the Cityzens able to continue defending the title they won last year.
For Pep Guardiola’s battleship, it is the seventh consecutive victory between competitions: since the Club World Cup, the reigning European and English champions have had only successes, including league victories against Everton, Sheffield United and Newcastle, which were crucial to make up ground against the current leaders, Liverpool. Manchester City currently shares second place with Arsenal and Aston Villa (43 points apiece) and has five fewer than the Reds, but they have played one more match (City has to make up the match postponed in December due to the Saudi trip).
Guardiola dreams of another run of form
Bearing the best attack in the tournament (48 goals scored), Guardiola’s men in the next three rounds will try to take advantage of a not at all complicated schedule (Burnley, Brentford and Everton) to get back in front of everyone.
It starts with the Clarets coached by former captain as well as protégé of the Catalan coach Vincent Kompany, who was confirmed despite Burnley being only second-to-last in the standings. Since the season began, the newly promoted side has practically never left the relegation zone, and the feeling is that a feat will be needed to avoid ending up in the Championship again. However, the team is alive and proved it in the last match with Luton Town, which ended 1-1 last Jan. 12.
The prediction
City has always got the better of Burnley in the last 13 meetings with an overall monstrous score of 43-1. There seems little doubt that Guardiola’s team-despite Haaland’s probable absence-will come out on top again this time, scoring two to four total goals.
The probable lineups of Manchester City-Burnley
MANCHESTER CITY (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Walker, Ruben Dias, Aké, Gvardiol; Rodri, Kovacic; Bernardo Silva, Foden, Doku; Julian Alvarez.
BURNLEY (4-4-2): Trafford; Vitinho, O’Shea, Ekdal, Al-Dakhil; Gudmundsson, Cullen, Brownhill, Odobert; Amdouni, Foster.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 3-0
