Man City vs Preston: Man City begin their pre-season with a warm up match against Preston North End on Tuesday at the Academy Stadium.
LIVE LINK to watch Man City vs Preston:
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Match Details:
Teams: Man City vs Preston
Date: Tuesday 27th July, 2021
Time: 11:30 PM IST
Venue: Academy Stadium, Manchester
MATCH PREVIEW:
The Premier League holders, Manchester City begin their pre-season campaign against fellow English side, Preston North End on Tuesday.
Man City finished last season as Premier League and League Cup winners but missed out on the UCL final against Chelsea. Hence, Pep Gaurdiola missed out once again on European glory.
The boys are back in town! 🙌
🔷 #ManCity | https://t.co/axa0klUGiM pic.twitter.com/1TuZEiPpab
— Manchester City (@ManCity) July 26, 2021
The Spaniard has won everything with the Blue half of Manchester except the UCL title. Guardiola will look to break the hoodoo this season.
On the other hand, Preston North End has already played 5 friendly matches ahead of this clash against Bamber Bridge, St Johnstone, Celtic, Bolton and Accrington.
𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙙𝙖𝙮👊
🆚 @ManCity
📍 Academy Stadium
🕖 7pm kick-off
📺 Live on iFollow PNE#pnefc #COYW pic.twitter.com/yLtLDjiFzc— Preston North End FC (@pnefc) July 27, 2021
City will be without their key players and Pep will field his young side to get in valuable practice before the season kicks off.
Preston will look to put up a good fight in this one as they face the champions of England.
Both sides last met each other in 2019 League Cup where Man City won 3-0 with strikes from Sterling, Jesus and a Ledson own goal.
Line-ups
Manchester City:
Carson, Couto, Sandler, Mbete, Mendy, Fernandinho, Lavia, Knight, Mahrez, Palmer and Dalap.
Preston North End:
Rudd, Storey, Lindsey, Hughes, Cunningham, Barkhuizen, Ledson, Whiteman, Browne, Rise and Maguire.
Prediction: Man City 3-0 Preston
Manchester City once again come in as favourites and should get the job done against Championship side.
Preston may have played a number of friendly matches but will find it difficult to match the might, skill of Guardiola’s men.