During their visit to Brentford Community Stadium, “Los Ciudadanos” with a total of 47 points, will face the challenge encouraged by nine consecutive wins, the last one 6-3 over Leicester.
Guardiola’s men have 15 victories with two draws and the same number of defeats, protected by a lethal offense that totals 50 goals in favor and only 12 against.
Meanwhile, the venue is in need of the success that could catapult it from place 13 to 10 in the contest in which they have two games pending.
With a win, Manchester City will remain at the top of the competition with 50 points, nine over Liverpool, who lost 1-0 to Leicester yesterday with a target from forward Ademola Lookman at minute 59 ‘.
The setback puts at risk the status of Liverpool that maintains the 41 stripes that Chelsea also adds, which this Wednesday faces Brighton in their fiefdom of Stamford Bridge.
The “Blues” will face the 20th competitive date in third place, while their rivals do so in ninth with only 23.
In the case of the locals, they have 12 wins, five draws and two failures with 42 goals in favor and 13 against, while Brighton is encouraged by their 2-0 victory at the expense of Brentford to end a streak of 12 online matches without winning.
This Tuesday, in addition to Liverpool’s success, the triumphs achieved by Cristal Palace and West Ham United, respectively, over Norwich City and Warford, stood out.
Cristal Palace defeated Norwich 3-0 and moved to ninth place with 23 points, while West Ham defeated Warford 3-1 to take fifth place with 31 points, one more than Tottenham who drew 1-1 with Southampton.
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