Manchester City suffered a blow to their aspirations for the 4th position after losing at the KC Stadium against Hull 2-1 and will now try to quickly return to winning ways before a Bolton who's recovering his style of play, although last week did not fare very well could only get a draw at Fulham's home despite a better team than the visitor, so it remains only one point of the relegation zone.
Roberto Mancini is clearly angry with his team after the bad game against Hull, and to be honest no one can blame this defeat, as the Italian coach is not willing to tolerate lack of ambition in his players. É
As winds warn of changes in the starting XI against Bolton likely shake up the team, so the hosts will have a difficult job against Bolton and his good form. Citizens will have trouble breaking the solid defense of Bolton, so do not expect many goals in this match, of course you can expect a home win but it will not be many goals.
Adam Johnson and Patrick Vieira look set to start after the good impression left in the game of Hull, but Craig Bellamy and Steven Ireland will not be available for this game
The young Dedrick Boyat could give way to Nedum Onuoha, others are not will be Micah Richards, Vincent Kompany, Roque Santa Cruz, Joleon Lescott and Michael Johnson remain sidelined.
The hosts will be very motivated to return to winning ways and remain in contention for fourth place, so it is expected to attack the opponents from the start. Seeing the City has not lost at home since the 12/04/2009 at Fulham by 1:3 does not lose the last 20 home games, and this speaks for itself and add to set at least 14 goals in the last 5 games at home.
For his part, Bolton after showing a lot of progress thanks to Owen Coyle, the Trotters were able to defeat at Fulham last weekend, but only picked up one point, despite being the better team and have a clear objective exit the hot zone.
The players, however, are heartened by the performance in his last game and now seek to collect at least one point of Eastlands.
The Trotters are unlikely to keep a clean sheet in the first half since the premises are very strong at home but will be very dangerous on the break, where they are most active and can do at least 1 goal, so I support both teams bid to mark in this game.
The coach Owen Coyle faces a real headache with defenders Gary Cahill, Andy O'Brien and Gretar Steinsson that have not recovered from his injuries, which means that Danny Shittu and Chris Basham, start the game, along with Zat Knight in the heart of the defense. Jack Wilshire has not yet made his debut for Bolton, after arriving on loan from Arsenal, while Ivan Klasnic, Sean Davis and Joey O Brien 'are still on the injured list, as Bolton got a little tired and without resources to defend after a draw against Fulham.
Manchester City Players seek to show a response after their poor performance against Hull and with his free strike must be able to pursue the career scoring against Bolton who are weaker. |