All eyes will be on Turf Moor at 8:15pm on Tuesday evening with Manchester City aiming to bounce back from dropping yet more points over the weekend away at Burnley, live on Amazon Prime Video in the UK.
The Citizens’ challenge to lift the Premier League trophy for a third successive year is fast fading away – they’re now 11 points off leaders Liverpool and three points adrift of Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester City in second.
But Pep Guardiola isn’t giving up just yet although things don’t get easier for him or his side when they make the short trip north to go up against Sean Dyche’s Clarets.
The Lancashire outfit have defied expectations to enjoy a cracking start to the season and managed to cling onto their strong form in recent weeks, sitting tenth and only two points away from the top five with the halfway mark coming up.
Burnley did fall to defeat at home to Crystal Palace last Saturday afternoon, though will be up to make amends in front of their own fans and buoyed by the challenge of hosting the champions.
Home pair Johann Berg Gudmundsson and Matej Vydra will undergo late fitness tests in a bid to be fit for the match, whilst Charlie Taylor will be missing and Ashley Westwood returns from suspension for Dyche.
For the away side, Oleksandr Zinchenko will likely miss out with key striker Sergio Aguero not in the squad once more due to a thigh problem.
It’s no surprise that Man City have bossed this fixture in recent years with seven victories in the last ten meetings of these two teams in all competitions.
However, Tuesday’s hosts did shock Manuel Pellegrini’s Man City at Turf Moor back in 2015 and you’d be brave to completely discard the possibility of a similar outcome this time around.
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