Woy warns City: We're due a top-four scalp

West Brom boss Roy Hodgson has warned Man City that Albion are due an "upset" against a Premier League heavyweight.

The Baggies suffered heartbreak by conceding late winners in 2-1 defeats by Manchester United and Chelsea in the opening two games of the campaign.

But Hodgson's men are now in winning form after back-to-back away wins at Blackburn and Newcastle.

And Hawthorns chief Hodgson hopes his men finally pull off an upset today when the Premier League leaders visit.

Hodgson said: "Those performances against United and Chelsea got us nothing.

"It got us pats on the back for playing so well - but it got us zero points.

"We've got to hope that we play well.

"So, getting a pat on the back for playing well is never a bad thing, but on the other hand, getting a pat on the back for playing well and losing is something we coaches find less edifying than victories.

"All we can hope for is that we cause an upset.

"We'll be trying very hard."

Roberto Mancini's side top the table, having fired 53 goals in 17 games and have only dropped seven points.

Hodgson added: "I think you show them the respect they deserve.

"You prepare like we prepared for Newcastle.

"You make sure your players are aware of where the dangers are going to come from.

"You make the players aware of any possible chances they will have to cause Man City problems.

"You try and get people fit and then you hope the occasion itself and 25,000 people roaring us on will help us get a result I suppose most people in the country are not expecting us to get.

"That's all you can do."

Hodgson and Mancini have both managed Inter Milan but have different ambitions this season.

"His aims are a lot higher than ours and his goal is a lot higher than ours," the Albion head coach added.

"For him anything other than a top-four position will be a disaster, for us staying in the league for a second successive season would be a success.

"Everyone's got their targets and everyone has, ideally, got the players to achieve those targets.

"In every league you have teams near the top that are rich with some of the very best players that are going to compete for the title.

"And during the season they'll compete with teams that don't have those ambitions."