EPL ~ West Brom 0-2 Man City

• zocoss

  7 Nov 10, 22:34

  West Brom    v    Man City

   

  Barclays Premier League
  Venue: The Hawthorns  

   

  Sunday, November 7 2010

  West Bromwich v  Manchester City     11:00      Mio Channel  103  (Live)

   

   

   

  TEAM NEWS

  West Brom defender Pablo Ibanez is available after the club won an appeal against his red card at Blackpool.

  Gonzalo Jara begins a three-match ban, but Peter Odemwingie and James Morrison could return from knee injuries.

  Manchester City could include captain Carlos Tevez, who is back in training after a thigh problem.

  Aleksandar Kolarov should feature after making his return from a long-term ankle injury in Thursday's Europa League defeat.

   

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  West Brom

  Suspended: Jara (three matches)

  Doubtful: Morrison & Odemwingie (both knee)

  Injured: Olsson (Achilles)

  Manchester City

  Doubtful: Tevez (thigh) Injured: Nimely (ankle), M Johnson (knee)

   

  MATCH PREVIEW

  Two suave Italian managers, two vastly different levels of expectation, just two points separating West Brom from Manchester City.

  Promoted Albion have been playing in Roberto Di Matteo's stylish image during their ascent to the upper reaches of the Premier League; they are unbeaten at home, won at Arsenal, and held Manchester United at Old Trafford.

  The Baggies have already dumped Roberto Mancini's Manchester City out of this season's Carling Cup, and a league victory on Sunday would take them above their opponents.

  City have been disquieted by three successive league and cup defeats and the club has put on a united front all week in a bid to gloss over recent signs of disharmony: several players have been involved in off-field antics, while the on-pitch argument last weekend between team-mates Vincent Kompany and Emmanuel Adebayor followed a spat in the tunnel the previous week involving Yaya Toure and James Milner.

  Mancini's side have fewer points after 10 games than under Mark Hughes last season (19), as well as under Sven-Goran Eriksson in 2007-08 (22). City's owners would have expected a better return on their £120m summer outlay, 11 times the spending by West Brom.

   

   

  MATCH FACTS

  Head-to-head

  • West Brom have won their last three Premier League home matches against Manchester City.

  • Albion have won 49 of their previous 126 league meetings, with City winning 51.

   

  West Brom

  • They have gone 11 months unbeaten at home in the league since a 3-1 defeat by Nottingham Forest on 8 January (W12, D3).

  • Albion have only won two of the 18 Premier League games they have played in November.

  • They have conceded in each of their last eight league matches since the 1-0 home victory against Sunderland on 21 August.

  • Chris Brunt will be making his 100th league start for West Brom.

   

  Manchester City

  • City are in danger of suffering three consecutive league defeats for the first time since November 2008.

  • They have failed to win any of the three league matches in which they have conceded the opening goal this season.

  • Roberto Mancini's side have been caught offside 33 times this season - the most in the Premier League.

  • They host Manchester United in the league on Wednesday.

   

   

  LEADING GOALSCORERS

   

  

  West Brom

  Odemwingie: 3 goals (3 league); Cox: 3 goals (0 league)

   

  

  Manchester City

  Tevez: 7 goals (7 league); Adebayor: 5 goals (1 league)

   

  MATCH OFFICIALS

  Referee: Lee Probert

  Assistant referees: Dean Mohareb & Ceri Richards

  Fourth official: Phil Dowd

   

• zocoss

  7 Nov 10, 22:35

   

  West Brom

  • 01 Carson
  • 04 Cech
  • 06 Pablo
  • 20 Shorey
  • 30 Tamas
  • 11 Brunt
  • 14 Thomas
  • 21 Mulumbu
  • 33 Scharner
  • 28 Fortune
  • 31 Cox

  Substitutes

  • 13 Myhill,
  • 05 Tchoyi,
  • 08 Barnes,
  • 12 Reid,
  • 17 Dorrans,
  • 10 Miller,
  • 24 Odemwingie

   

   

  Man City

  • 25 Hart
  • 04 Kompany
  • 05 Zabaleta
  • 17 Boateng
  • 28 Kolo Toure
  • 18 Barry
  • 21 Silva
  • 34 De Jong
  • 42 Yaya Toure
  • 32 Tevez
  • 45 Balotelli

  Substitutes

  • 01 Given,
  • 02 Richards,
  • 13 Kolarov,
  • 07 Milner,
  • 11 A Johnson,
  • 24 Vieira,
  • 09 Adebayor

   

   

• Rock^Star

  7 Nov 10, 22:49

  hope man city lose....hahaha. shut the money up.

• dragg

  7 Nov 10, 23:23

  are city too dependent on tevez?

   

• omgukilledkenny

  7 Nov 10, 23:31

  I switch over and balotelli makes it 0-2.

• omgukilledkenny

  8 Nov 10, 00:58

  Balotelli got sent off. WBA also have a man off.

• zocoss

  8 Nov 10, 01:07

  West Brom   0 - 2   Man City

  

  Tevez (left), Silva, and Balotelli all linked brilliantly for City during the first half

   

   

   

   

  Mario Balotelli's two goals inspired Manchester City to a much-needed win but the fiery Italian was sent off as both sides finished with 10 men.

  Brilliant David Silva passes created the Italian's first-half brace, the first slid in from a Carlos Tevez cross and the second a muscular low shot.

  But Balotelli got a straight red in the second half for kicking at Youssuf Mulumbu minutes after being booked.

  Mulumbu was then sent off for sliding through the back of Tevez.

  More to follow.

• zocoss

  8 Nov 10, 01:10

  Oh well... At least Super Mario won't be available for the United match and the Birmingham and Fulham ones too...

• Rooney9

  8 Nov 10, 01:27

  hope tevez dun play in the match thru injury