Manchester City versus Wigan Athletic – EPL match preview
The match will kick off on 5th March when hosts Manchester City will take on minnows Wigan Athletic at the City of Manchester Stadium.
Wigan Athletic’s biggest concern would be Manchester City’s impressive home matches’ record. On their home ground, the Citizens have won eight, lost only two and have drawn four matches. This impressive track record makes them even a more formidable opponent
for Roberto Martinez’s team.
On the other hand, Wigan Athletic have been demoralising when it comes to playing away fixtures. Of their 13 away matches, they have won only two, lost five and drawn six. This ‘scary’ record needs to be changed if they want to qualify for the next English
Premier League (EPL) season as they are fighting hard to avoid relegation.
Even in the head-to-head comparison between the two teams, Manchester City is the dominant side as they have won three of their last five encounters. The last time Wigan Athletic came over to Manchester United was way back on 28th September, 2008, when
they got a 2-1 victory over the Citizens.
Roberto Mancini’s Manchester City have been in tremendous form and haven’t lost a single match in their last five encounters. Instead, they have thrashed some other teams with pretty humiliating margins. They won against Aston Villa 3-0, defeated Aris Thessaloniki,
again 3-0, and came over to Notts County FC with an impressive 5-0 dominance.
Manchester City will seek to get a comfortable win over Wigan Athletic as a win will secure them a place in the UEFA Champions League qualifying position. But a defeat can give them a slip to fifth spot if case http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 and Tottenham Hotspur win their upcoming
games.
Manchester City
Ivorian Kolo Toure will be the most significant loss to Manchester City as he is under a lengthy suspension after he failed to pass a drug test some days ago. Thus, he will not be able to represent City until the case is solved.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vincent-Kompany-c36184 is expected to make his return to the final eleven after recovering from a hip problem.
Wigan Athletic
Roberto Martinez will have the full squad available except for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Emmerson-Boyce-c12578, who has been struggling with a hamstring problem.
Players to watch out for:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mario-Balotelli-c23937
The Italian has been in remarkable form of late and has all the abilities to destroy the opponent’s planning with his skills. He has just extended his goal tally to 10 goals in the match against Aston Villa.
Carlos Tevez
He is the biggest threat to Wigan because his goal-striking prowess can easily turn the match in his team’s favour. He has scored 18 goals in this EPL season so far, which also makes him the second top scorer after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/James-McCarthy-c17702
McCarthy needs to tighten his shoes as he will be one of the players who is expected to deliver for Wigan. After being elbowed by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736, his form at the back would be crucial in case they want to outperform Manchester city.
Prediction
It will not be difficult for Manchester City to achieve victory as their home record makes them the favourites for the match.
Prediction: A 2-0 victory for Manchester City.
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