Manchester City vs Watford
England – Premier League
Date: Saturday, 21 September 2019
Kick-off at 15:00 UK/ 16:00 CET
Venue: Etihad Stadium (Manchester)
Manchester City’s purpose to come returned of song afterwards a remarkable breach to Norwich City begins, domestically at least, with a home sport in opposition to Watford concerning Saturday.
The champions knock in imitation of a shock 3-2 miscarriage at Carrow Road last weekend. They eased in accordance with a 3-0 overmatch outdoors in opposition to Shakhtar Donetsk within the Champions League on Wednesday evening, but that hold in the meanwhile drifted five factors at the back of Premier League leaders Liverpool at it promptly stage.
Meanwhile, Watford best upon simply their 2nd point of the day however yoke among an remarkable show between a 2-2 write including Arsenal at Vicarage Road.
But will Quique Sanchez Flores manage in conformity with attract off an not going result in opposition to Pep Guardiola’s men? Read of for our predictions, viable XIs, answer men yet more.

Team news

As already mentioned, Stones is set to miss a month of action after suffering a muscular injury in training ahead of the win over Shakhtar, although Phil Foden is expected to return to the squad having missed the trip to Ukraine due to illness.
The only other injuries for City are the two long-term absentees, Laporte and Leroy Sane, with the former set to miss at least six months and the latter expected to come back in either January or February.
Watford will be without Deeney, their captain and talisman, for around two months after the Englishmen underwent knee surgery at the end of August.
Craig Cathcart is the only other Watford player ruled out for this game after he confirmed to the media earlier this month that he would miss the first pair of league games after the international break due to a thigh injury sustained whilst playing for Northern Ireland.
Manchester City possible starting lineup:
Ederson; Cancelo, Fernandinho, Otamendi, Mendy; Rodri, De Bruyne; B Silva, D Silva, Sterling; Aguero
Watford possible starting lineup:
Foster; Janmaat, Dawson, Kabasele, Femenia; Doucoure, Capoue; Hughes, Cleverley, Deulofeu; Pereyra

Squawka prediction

Manchester City’s centre-back issues were an obvious factor in last weekend’s defeat at Norwich, but Fernandinho restored some order at the back against Shakhtar Donetsk. And even if City concede one goal, they will quite easily outscore Watford