West Brom managed to pick their form off the floor towards the end of last season and eventually avoided relegation fairly comfortably.

They lost only 1 of their last 6 Premier League fixtures, winning 3 crucial ties to make the loss against Arsenal on the final day of the season immaterial.

They continued that form into the pre-season friendly campaign, and have only lost 1 of their 7 summer fixtures, winning all 6 of the rest.

This puts them on a 5 match winning streak going into the first competitive game of the season, but they won’t be too optimistic about their chances of getting a win against the side that have beat them in each of the last 6 meetings.

They haven’t done it by narrow margins either. Manchester City have 3 goals in each of their last 4 matches against West Brom, with 2 of those being at the Hawthorns.

Manchester City come into this match with scoring form on their side as well. They have netted 14 times in their last 5 matches, even though 2 of those ended in defeat.

The 4 goals apiece that they shipped against Real Madrid and Stuttgart will be a bit of a worry for Manuel Pellegrini though, and they will want to seal their defence a bit better than that during competitive games.

Sergio Aguero is expected to miss out on the action as well, as he’ll probably be rested after competing in the Copa America in June.

Given the past meetings between these sides and Manchester City’s recent scoring record, we’re expecting a high scoring match between these 2 sides. Odds of 3/4 for Over 2.5 Match Goals look very attractive.

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