Pep's team has proved to be effective at home and in the UEFA Champions League playoffs. But can they do it on a cold rainy day in Stoke?

Broadcast info

Who's playing? Stoke City will try to put three points in the bag, while handing Manchester City their first loss of the season under Pep Guardiola.

The Potters will try to take advantage of Manchester City's fitness, since the Sky Blues had a grueling UEFA Champions League play-off match on Tuesday. Even if they outclassed Steaua, the trip to Romania and having played one more match than their opponents might force Pep Guardiola to make some changes to his starting lineup.

What time? Saturday, August 20, at 04:30 PDT/ 06:30 CDT/ 07:30 EDT/ 11:30 GMT/ 12:30 BST/ 13:30 CEST.

What stadium? Britannia Stadium, also known as Bet365 Stadium. The 19-year old venue can seat up to 27,900 fans.

On which channels?

- In the U.K., on NOW TV UK, Sky Sports 1/HD UK, Sky Go UK, BBC Radio 5 Live & SKY GO Extra

- In the U.S., on NBC Sports Live, NBCSN & SiriusXM FC

- In Canada, on TSN5

Match facts

  • This will be the 89th game between these teams. Manchester City has won 36 of those games. Meanwhile, Stoke City has won 29 times against the Citizens, with 23 draws completing their all-time stats.

  • Stoke City has only been able to win one of their last six home matches against Manchester City in all competitions (1W, 2D, 3L)

  • Striker Sergio Aguero has been scored five times against Stoke in all competitions since his arrival in 2011.

  • A brace by Marco Arnautovic helped Stoke City defeat the Sky Blues in their most recent visit to Britannia Stadium (Dec 5, 2015)

Team news

After their one-all draw against recently promoted side Middlesbrough, Stoke City feels confident they can repeat their 2-0 win against Pep Guardiola's team. In order to do that, the Potters will have to mae do without four confirmed absences, which include Ibrahim Afellay, Stephen Ireland and Glen Johnson, as the coach revealed earlier this week.

On the other side of the pitch, Manchester City kicked off their 2016-17 season with two wins, including a 5-0 blowout against Steaua in the UEFA Champions League play-offs. For this game, Pep Guardiola won't have Vincent Kompany & Ilkay Gundogan available due to injury, while Joe Hart, Yaya Toure & Samir Nasri may not feature in the team's squad.

The team's Twitter feed recalled one of their best wins against Stoke City while playing at Britannia Stadium.

 

Match details, result and original broadcast info

Stoke City 1 - 4 Manchester City

August 20, 2016 7:30amBet365 Stadium (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire)

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