Man. City - WBA
19.04 16:00
This is a difficult game to predict given that City's season is effectively over following their UEFA Cup exit at the hands of Hamburg on Thursday.
Mark Hughes' men won the second leg 2-1 but went out 4-3 on aggregate following a 3-1 defeat in Germany.
They are now out of all cup competitions and have nothing to play for in the Premier League with last week's home defeat to Fulham leaving them four places and six points off West Ham in the race for the final European spot.
For West Brom it's a similar scenario. They are seven points from safety with six games to go and while it's not impossible for them to survive, all the noises coming out of The Hawthorns suggest boss Tony Mowbray and his players are already planning for next season in the Championship.
So there's little riding on the outcome of this game but, with home advantage, it's hard to see City not winning - they've taken the full three points in 10 of their 16 games at Eastlands so far this season while West Brom have only won once away from home.
A feature of both sides games recently have been early goals. In City's last eight games, five goals have been scored within the first 15 minutes while for the Baggies it's six in their last eight.
You would imagine both sides will play with more freedom so the 21/10 with on offer for the first goal to come between 0-15 minutes looks worth a punt.
Tip: Man. City, Odds 1.7
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