Manchester Metropolis will play their eleventh sport of the Premier League 23/24 season in opposition to Seventeenth-placed Bournemouth and can goal to get one other three factors of their try to take over Arsenal and Tottenham on the high of the desk.
After going into the worldwide break with two Premier League losses on the bounce just a few weeks in the past, they returned with the best begin as they claimed a 2-1 win over Brighton after which an enormous 3-0 victory within the derby final weekend.
Metropolis are solely two factors behind the present league leaders, Spurs, who’re on 26 and have amassed the identical variety of factors as second spot Arsenal, 24, however have Liverpool proper behind them on 23 pts.
With a repeat of their fixture with Younger Boys arising this week, Pep and the squad will hope to have the identical final result as final time, particularly understanding that it could just about verify their presence within the subsequent spherical of the Champions League. However first, all focus will probably be on Saturday’s sport.
Pep Guardiola forward of tomorrow’s conflict
“After the primary win, they (Bournemouth) are assured. They in contrast properly in opposition to Liverpool. They’ve a very good spirit, and they don’t sit again. A end result provides confidence.”
“Each season it will get more durable,” Pep defined relating to relating to successful the PL, “the necessary factor is that we’re shut, we’re there. There are nonetheless 28 video games to play, and numerous issues are going to occur. We goal to maintain getting higher.”
Final weekend, Pep’s aspect placed on a incredible efficiency in opposition to their Metropolis rivals to earn three factors in that 3-0 win, “It was simple; it helped to attain the second aim early within the second half, however by no means simple. We gained as a result of we performed a very good sport, that’s all.”
Positively a very good sport from the Cityzens, and let’s hope to see one other show like that over Bournemouth.
Manchester Metropolis vs Bournemouth begins at 15:00 (UK) on Saturday, the 4th.
Predicted Line-up:
Ederson
Walker, Dias, Ake, Gvardiol
Rodri, Kovacic
Doku, Alvarez, Foden
Haaland
Rating prediction:
Man Metropolis 3-1 Bournemouth
