Two clubs in opposite halves of the Premier League table will do battle today in a league match between Manchester City and Stoke City. The first-division clash scheduled for 10 a.m. ET will be held at Etihad Stadium in Manchester and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on NBC Sports.
Manchester City Manager Manuel Pellegrini had this to offer ahead of today's league encounter (via the Guardian): "We have strengthened our squad a little over the summer and I am happy with it. I did not go looking for a striker because we already have four at the club. Other clubs have strengthened too. They want to improve, which is what you would expect, but we want to improve too. We believe we can still get better."
Manchester City can lend authenticity to those claims with a victory over Stoke City this afternoon.
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Stoke City's Marko Arnautovic is widely considered as the creative force of the club's midfield. The 25-year-old enters today averaging 2.5 key passes and one successful take-on per match.
Manchester City's Projected Lineup (4-4-2): Hart; Clichy, Kompany, Demichelis, Zabaleta; Silva, Fernando, Toure, Nasri; Dzeko, Aguero
Stoke City's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Begovic; Pielters, Huth, Shawcross, Wilkinson; Sidwell, N'Zonzi; Arnautovic, Bojan, Odemwingie; Djouf
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (statistics and lineups via WhoScored).
Standings
|
Rnk |
Team |
MP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
+/- |
Pts |
|||
|
1 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
|||
|
2 |
Chelsea |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
|||
|
2 |
Manchester City |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
|||
|
4 |
Swansea City |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
|||
|
5 |
Arsenal |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|||
|
6 |
Hull City |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|||
|
7 |
Aston Villa |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|||
|
8 |
West Ham United |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|||
|
9 |
Liverpool |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
3 |
|||
|
10 |
Everton |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
|||
|
11 |
Sunderland |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
|||
|
12 |
West Bromwich Albion |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|||
|
13 |
Manchester United |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
|||
|
14 |
Southampton |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
1 |
|||
|
14 |
Stoke City |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
1 |
|||
|
16 |
Leicester City |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
1 |
|||
|
17 |
Newcastle United |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
1 |
|||
|
18 |
Crystal Palace |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
-3 |
0 |
|||
|
19 |
Burnley |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
-3 |
0 |
|||
|
20 |
Queens Park Rangers |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
-5 |
0 |
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