Micah Richards has done humanity a great favour, but he's paid a price for his heroic deeds. By butting heads with Nigel de Jong earlier this week, the young defender has ensured that the Dutch menace will not be fit to start today's game - but Richards is also unavailable to Roberto Mancini as he is rather thoroughly concussed. Manchester City have also dropped Edin Dzeko to the bench, meaning that they'll be playing a 4-5-1 with captain Carlos Tevez as the spear head.
Manchester City Vs. West Bromwich Albion: Lineups
Roberto di Matteo is minus both of his first-choice fullbacks, meaning that we'll see both Nicky Shorey and Stephen Reid starting. The Baggies will be fielding a 4-4-2 today, with Peter Odemwingie and Mark-Anton Fortune leading the lines, which isn't really the best way to hold off City's dangerous attack at home, but we shall see...
Manchester City (4-5-1): Hart; Boateng, K Toure, Kompany, Zabaleta; Kolarov, Barry, Milner, Y Toure, Silva; Tevez
Subs: Given, Lescott, Wright-Phillips, Viera, Razak, Dzeko, Jo.
West Bromwich Albion (4-4-2): Myhill; Olsson, Scharner, Shorey, Reid; Thomas, Mulumbu, Morrison, Brunt; Fortune, Odemwingie.
Subs: Carson, Pablo, Tamas, Jara, Tchoyi, Vela, Cox.
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