West Bromwich Albion vs Manchester City: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash

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Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for West Brom's home clash with Manchester City.

West Brom vs Manchester City (The Hawthorns)

Team news

West Brom

West Brom were dealt a blow this week ahead of the visit of Manchester City with the news of Craig Dawson's injury.

The versatile defender will be out for around two months with the thigh and knee injuries he suffered in the defeat to Southampton. Allan Nyom is likely to be recalled in Dawson's absence against the Premier League leaders.

Craig Dawson has picked up thigh and knee injuries and will be out for two months

Jonny Evans, a transfer target for City this summer, and Gareth Barry, a former City player, are both expected to be available despite being forced off at St Mary's with injuries, while Hal Robson-Kanu is back in training after his muscle problem.

Provisional squad: Foster, Myhill, Nyom, Evans, McAuley, Yuning, Hegazi, Gibbs, Brunt, Yacob, Livermore, Field, Phillips, McClean, Barry, Rondon, Rodriguez, Chadli, Krychowiak, Robson-Kanu.

Manchester City

Pep Guardiola will likely change most of Manchester City's starting XI as they bid for an eighth successive Premier League win at West Brom.

City made nine changes against Wolves in midweek, with only Sergio Aguero and Bernardo Silva retaining their places, so the likes of goalkeeper Ederson, centre-back Nicolas Otamendi and David Silva should be among those coming in.

Sergio Aguero was one of two players to retain their place for the midweek win over Wolves

Guardiola expects Vincent Kompany (calf) to be back in training within the next week or so, while left-back Benjamin Mendy (knee) is a long-term absentee.

Provisional squad: Ederson, Bravo, Walker, Danilo, Stones, Otamendi, Mangala, Danilo, Delph, Toure, Gundogan, Fernandinho, D Silva, B Silva, Sane, Sterling, De Bruyne, Aguero, Jesus.

Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

West Bromwich Albion have lost 14 of their last 15 Premier League games against Manchester City (D1), including losing the last 11 in a row.

On only two previous occasions have WBA lost 12 consecutive league matches against a single opponent – versus Chelsea (1989-2011) and versus Liverpool (1985-2010).

There have only been two longer winning runs against a single opponent in Premier League history than Manchester City’s 11-game run versus West Brom: Man City vs Newcastle (12 wins ending in October 2015) and Man Utd vs Wigan (13 wins ending December 2011).

Only against Arsenal (65) and Aston Villa (65) have West Bromwich Albion lost more league matches in their history than versus Manchester City (64).

Leroy Sane scored twice as Manchester City won 2-1 against West Brom in the Carabao Cup earlier this season at The Hawthorns

25 points is Manchester City’s joint-best points return after the first nine games of a Premier League season alongside (2011-12). The only team with more points at this stage of the season were Chelsea (27) in 2005-06.

West Brom have won just two of their 18 Premier League games since April 1st 2017 (W2 D6 L10). Over this period, Tony Pulis’ side have won fewer points than any ever-present Premier League club (12) and even fewer than Newcastle (14 from nine games).

Manchester City have already enjoyed a victory at the Hawthorns this season, winning 2-1 there in the EFL Cup. Their opening goal that night was scored by Leroy Sane and ended a sequence of 52 passes involving every City player at least twice. No outfield West Brom player touched the ball until WBA kicked off again 3:16 in to the game.

Sergio Aguero has had a hand in 11 goals in 10 Premier League appearances against West Brom (seven goals, four assists), averaging a goal or assist every 63 minutes.

Kevin De Bruyne has been involved in a team passing sequence for 19 open play goals and 77 open play shots this season in the Premier League – both more than any other player in the competition.

Leroy Sane has both scored and assisted in three of his last four Premier League appearances for Manchester City. The German has been involved in nine goals in his last six Premier League games for the club (five goals, four assists).