West Bromwich Albion face an incredibly difficult task in hosting Manchester City. Manuel Pellegrini must be elated with how his side are playing despite having a significantly depleted strike force. Alan Irvine will be buoyed by James Milner starting but with the quality Pellegrini has at his disposal in midfield this somewhat left field choice will probably not change the result.
Kick-off Friday 3pm
West Brom's provisional squad: Foster, Myhill, Pocognoli, Gamboa, Dawson, Lescott, McAuley, Yacob, Davidson, Wisdom, Baird, Varela, Gardner, Brunt, Morrison, Dorrans, Mulumbu, Blanco, Sessegnon, Ideye, Berahino, Samaras.
Man City's provisional squad: Hart, Caballero, Zabaleta, Sagna, Demichelis, Mangala, Boyata, Clichy, Kolarov, Silva, Nasri, Navas, Toure, Fernando, Fernandinho, Lampard, Milner, Pozo, Ambrose, Sinclair.
Stat of the game:
- Pablo Zabaleta has provided nine Premier League assists since the start of last season.
- West Bromwich Albion have won just one of their eight Barclays Premier league games played on Boxing Day (W1 D2 L5), but are unbeaten in their last three.
- Former Man City defender Joleon Lescott has scored in two of his last three Premier League matches against the Citizens.
- Manchester City have won five and lost just one of their last seven Boxing Day fixturesMan City have won eight and lost none of their last nine Premier League matches against West Brom.
- Edin Dzeko has scored three goals in his last four Premier League games against West Brom, including two match-winning goals.
- Jose Pozo, who at 18 years old is City’s youngest player this season, was born one month and 15 days after Frank Lampard made his Premier League debut for West Ham (January 31 1996).
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