Manchester City

The massive Man City v Chelsea betting clash on Wednesday night, has some nice coverage being offered on it from popular bookie Ladbrokes. There is a whole lot at stake in this match, for both sides, as City look to keep themselves in the title race after falling four points behind Manchester United, while Chelsea need to keep up the pressure for a fourth place finish. There is an incredible array of forward talent available for the game at the Etihad Stadium, as City look to the likes of Sergio Aguero to earn them three crucial points, while Didier Drogba will be the focus of the attack for the visiting Chelsea. If Didier Drogba scores at any time during Man City v Chelsea betting, then popular online bookmaker Ladbrokes will refund your lost stake as a free bet on any losing First Goalscorer bets.

That really opens up the First Goalscorer market for Manchester City v Chelsea betting, where Sergio Aguero, Mario Balotelli and the returning Carlos Tevez are all at 4/1, while Drogba is Chelsea’s top option at 6/1. Back any player in the First Goalscorer market, and if Drogba scores at any time during the match, any losing First Goalscorer bets will be refunded. Superb coverage on the game then from Ladbrokes, who offer a free £50 bet for new customers registering an account with them. The bookie will match the value of your first stake on a new account with a free bet, up to the maximum value of £50, giving you some great free betting cash to enjoy on your new account!

Manchester City v Chelsea Betting Odds
Man City to win: 20/21 at Bet Victor
Draw: 13/5 at Bet365
Chelsea to win: 10/3 at Boylesports

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Well, the destiny of the Premier League title could take a huge swing on Wednesday evening, because if City fail to pick up at least a point, then they will leave their rivals Manchester United with a huge advantage. United, with a 5-0 win on the weekend over Wolves, put the pressure firmly upon Roberto Mancini’s men to respond. Do City have what it takes? Well, at home they have this season, and make no mistake. Their home form has been flawless so far, racking up fourteen wins from fourteen matches, and now is the not the time to be snapping that streak. City find themselves in arrears in the title chase, after suffering a late heartbreak at the Liberty Stadium against Swansea in their last league match, dropping three points. It has not been a good week or so for City, who crashed out of the Europa League as well, as well as losing top spot in the Premier League. If ever their title credentials have come into question, then it will be in this match. Has it been any surprise that Mancini has suggested that Carlos Tevez is targeting getting back to first team action for this one? That is how much pressure is on, and a fit, enthusiastic Tevez is the kind of match winner that City need to have at their disposal right now. He has proven to be prolific against Chelsea, scoring in each of his last five matches against Chelsea.

Tevez has a tremendous record for City, scoring 44 goals in 69 league matches for the Citizens. If he can get back in amongst the fire-power that Aguero, Balotelli and Dzeko have produced at home this season, then City will be even much more of a handful. City have scored 46 goals this season in front of their home fans, and something which gets overlooked about City, is their fantastic defensive record at home as well. They have conceded just six goals in their fourteen home matches, and that is a rate of 0.42 goals per game. So not only do visiting teams have to cope with the City attack, they have to tried and find a way through a mean defence. City really need this one, especially after dropping three points at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season, and as rejuvenated as Chelsea have looked, does City’s home form carry all the weight in Manchester City v Chelsea betting? A huge night at the Etihad on Wednesday, where City have scored eight unanswered goals in their last three league matches. The wheels may be wobbling on their season, but they haven’t totally come off yet. Can they keep themselves in the title hunt?

*Four penalties have been awarded in the last five meetings between these two sides.

Chelsea have now won four straight matches under interim boss Roberto Di Matteo. Miraculously, he even got Fernando Torres to score too, as Chelsea ran out 5-2 winners over Leicester in the FA Cup quarter final on Wednesday. While Chelsea look to have found their feet a bit, and especially rediscovered some of the team spirit and unity that has been sorely lacking this season, their away form has been nothing to write home about at all. The Blues have lost their last two away fixtures in the Premier League (against Everton and West Brom) and are without a win in their last four. Not the kind of form to be taking to the fortress that is the Etihad Stadium. But Chelsea need the win, just as much as City do, albeit for different reasons. They start the midweek fixtures three points behind fourth placed Arsenal, so if Chelsea lose and Arsenal win on Wednesday at Everton, the Stamford Bridge crew could be facing an uphill battle to get back into the Champions League. Chelsea are busy on all fronts at the moment, in the Champions League, the FA Cup and the Premier League. They played on the weekend, whereas City took a break, but Roberto Di Matteo did shuffle his pack. Huge night, everything at stake. Frank Lampard has scored six goals in the last ten meetings against Man City.

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Swansea City v Manchester City Betting Odds
Manchester City to win: 4/6 at Paddy Power
Draw: 3/1 at Blue Square
Swansea to win: 6/1 at BetFred

Brendan Rodgers has done remarkably well with Swansea in the Premier League and have pulled eleven points clear of the relegation zone, so look good for the Premier League status next season. The Welsh outfit have been superbly impressive at home in their first EPL campaign. Chelsea, Spurs and Arsenal have all failed to win in Swansea this season, and Manchester United somehow escaped with a 1-0 from their visit last November. The Swans do go without the banned Nathan Dyer who starts a three match ban, and that will be a spark missing from their side. While Swansea have been good at home, earning the lions share of their points there, they are still the Premier League’s joint leaders when it comes to having failed to score in matches. The Swans have failed to find the back of the net in eleven of their twenty seven league matches, but Swansea to play some very good, openly fluent attacking football, which is fully to their credit. At home they are going to come out and play, you know that about Swansea, and that is what should make Swansea v Man City a very entertaining match up. The Swans defensive record at home is enviable, as they have conceded on average just 0.76 goals per game at home, which is remarkable. If they could just find a little more punch up front then they would be a very successful team. Success is measured in degrees though and they are enjoying success in their own right, just by surviving comfortably Swansea have won two and lost two of their last four, their most recent match a 2-0 win away at Wigan. Danny Graham will be the key man for Swansea at the Liberty Stadium, and there is good pace in the side to trouble the visitors if Manchester City start sluggishly

City rattled off a 4-0 win over Swansea at the start of the season, and that was the heaviest defeat inflicted on Swansea this season Manchester City head to Wales on the back of a very disappointing night in Portugal on Thursday, where they were beaten by Sporting Lisbon in the Europa League. City enjoyed some good possession, but they just looked a yard short of pace and creativity on the night. It certainly wasn’t a fluent, powerful performance which we have come to expect from them, and their trip to Swansea isn’t likely to be a smooth ride. City have lost Vincent Kompany and will likely be without Joleon Lescott as well for the trip. This is a potential banana skin for Manchester City, sandwiched in between the two Europa League fixtures against Lisbon. But City will look to their prolific attack to power their way past Swansea, and because of the way Swansea play, City should be able to carve out plenty of chances for themselves. Striker Sergio Aguero netted a brace against Swansea at the start of the season on making his début for City, so he is a good shout in the Swansea v Man City First Goalscorer market. But City aren’t all about attack, they have a very mean defence as well. They are currently on a streak of four matches without conceding a goal, but their away form has looked a little shaky as the pressure of the title race starts to tell. Manchester City have only picked up two away victors in their last seven fixtures away from the Etihad Stadium. Those two wins (1-0 victories against Wigan and Aston Villa) came in their last three away matches. Can’t argue with City’s scoring power and they are only conceding on average just one goal per game from home. So a tricky match for City, but they are still the strong favourites in the betting market.

Online bookmaker Paddy Power are running some good football betting coverage on Man City v Blackburn betting in the Premier League this weekend. Manchester City put in a comprehensive display to crush FC Porto in the Champions League midweek, and now they turn their attentions back to their Premier League quest. Manchester City of course have been flexing their attacking muscles for the large part of the season thanks to the likes of Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko and Mario Balotelli in their ranks. They could be getting Carlos Tevez back into a shirt soon after the Argentinean apologised and is trying to make amends with the club. Because there are usually plenty of goals flying around in Manchester City matches, online bookmaker Paddy Power have decided to run the gauntlet and launch a Money Back Special for the visit of struggling Blackburn. If there are four or more goals in the Man City v Blackburn match on Saturday, then Paddy Power will refund all losing First Goalscorer, Last Goalscorer, Correct Score and Scorecast bets placed on the match. This provides superb Man City v Blackburn betting coverage on the match, and will let you dip into the First Goalscorer Market, where Sergio Aguero is 3/1 favourite to open the scoring, with team mates Mario Balotelli and Edin Dzeko trading at an equal 7/2 behind him in the market. Blackburn’s Yakubu is the best option on them at a price of 12/1 in the Man City v Blackburn betting First Goalscorer market. The Paddy Power Money Back Special also means that there is good coverage in the Correct Score market for the match, where a comfortable Man City 2-0 win fetches a price of 6/1.

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Manchester City v Blackburn Betting Odds
Man City to win: 1/5 at Boylesports
Draw: 7/1 at BetVictor
Blackburn to win: 18/1 at BetVictor

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When the two sides met earlier in the season in the Premier League, there were four goals in the match, with City running out 4-0 winners at Ewood Park with goals from Johnson, Balotelli, Nasri and Savic. Manchester City have now rolled out five wins in their last six league matches, and have a 100% home record at the Etihad Stadium this season. City take a two point lead at the top of the table over rivals Manchester City and will look to at least maintain that advantage. While City are chasing silverware at the top of the table, there is a different story for Blackburn Rovers, who continue to struggle and continue to be threatened with relegation. They are fourth from the bottom going into the weekend’s matches, but are just two points off the bottom. They gave themselves a bit of a lifeline in their last league matches, edging out QPR in a 3-2 victory. That has been their only win in their last four Premier League matches now, and they have only won one match away from home all season. While you have to take into account Manchester City’s firepower when it comes to the Paddy Power Money Back special for Man City v Blackburn betting, but also the amount of goals in Blackburn’s matches. There was five in their last match against QPR and eight in their match before that against Arsenal. The chances of there being four or more goals in the game is pretty fair when all things are weighed up in this title chaser v relegation battler match up.

Manchester City v FC Porto Europa League betting is being covered with a good promotion from online bookmaker Coral. The second leg of this Europa League round of 32 match, sees the Premier League club go into the meeting with a 2-1 advantage. City have been pretty dominant at home in front of their home support, with enough firepower to take down the meanest defences. With a nice advantage already and the cushion of two away goals, the visiting Porto may have to push forward and that could leave them exposed at the back for City to pounce upon. Online bookmaker Coral have a Europa League Money back Special, which applies to the Man City v Porto game, and any televised live match from this round of games. If there are five or more goals in any live televised match from the Europa League this week, then popular bookie Coral will be paying out lost strake refunds on First Goalscorer, Last Goalscorer, Correct Score and Scorecast bets placed on the match in question. So this provides a nice bit of coverage, especially with the likes of Man City and Man Utd both playing at home this week. Coal welcome new customers with the offer of a generous £50 free bet. The bookie will match the value of your first stake on a new account with a free bet, up to the maximum value of £50, giving you some great free betting cash to enjoy! Their Europa League Money Back Special will allow you to dip into markets like the First Goalscorer for Man City v Porto betting, where Sergio Aguero is 4/1 favourite, with Mario Balotelli and Edin Dzeko both at 9/2, and these bets and any taken in the aforementioned markets, will be covered if they lose but there are five goals or more in the match.

Manchester City v FC Porto Europa League betting
Manchester City to win: 4/6 at Bet Victor
Draw: 14/5 at Totesport
FC Porto: 5/1 at Boylesports

It was Man City’s Sergio Aguero who scored the crucial winner in the first leg in Portugal last week, securing City a 2-1 advantage for the second leg. City had to come from behind in the match, and they will go into Thursday’s game well rested having not played on the weekend. It means that they should be able to take full advantage against the Europa League’s defending champions. Manchester City, after failing to get out of their Champions League group, now have to take the slight distraction that is the Europa League into their stride and their home record should be able to guide them through comfortably. City are currently on a fifteen matched unbeaten stretch at home in European competition, and out of those fifteen matches, twelve of them have produced wins. So strong indications here that Roberto Mancini’s men are going to progress. This is the third time in four seasons now that City have been at this stage of the competition, and they progressed through last season only to crash out in the next round. Their meeting against Porto in the Europa League this season, is just the second time that City have faced opponents from Portugal, the last time they did, they went on to win the 1969/70 UEFA Cup Winners Cup so there could be good omens afoot here for City. City are still one of the favourites to lift the Europa League title this season. While there is no news on Carlos Tevez appearing, Mario Balotelli, who was apparently subjected to racial abuse from Porto fans in the first leg, will play and seems to be unaffected by everything. City seem intent on going hard for the Europa League title and the Premier League, sending out as strong a line up as possible.

FC Porto apparently aren’t ready to throw in the towel just yet, and it means that they will have to come out and attack and the signs don’t look great for them. Porto are a good European side, and they have proven that in recent times. They haven’t lost a two legged knock out tie since back in the 2000/01 season, and in order to maintain that record, they will need to overcome their away history against English sides, which has not produced a win for them in European competition. It has been fifteen attempts at a win by Porto in England, and they have yet to produce one. Porto broke a four match losing streak away from home in Europa when they scored a victory of Shakhtar Donetsk on Match Day six of their unsuccessful Champions League campaign this season. Porto’s record against English sides reads six wins, eight draws and fifteen loses, and in England, zero wins, two draws and twelve losses.

Online bookmaker Paddy Power have a Money Back Special running for FC Porto v Manchester City betting on Thursday. City, after failing to get out of the group stage on their Champions League debut, find themselves back in the Europa League. Will City be gunning hard for the European title or will they concentrate back on the Premier League? Either way, FC Porto should be a good test for Roberto Mancini’s men on Thursday night. The Portuguese side won the Europa League last season under the guidance of Andre Villas Boas, while City bowed out at the quarter final stage. City are one of the strongly fancied teams to go all the way this year, but they face a tough draw here. FC Porto aren’t quite as strong as they were last season, but they are a good attacking force, especially at home, so it will be important for City to get something out of this first leg. City failed to get past Bayern Munich and Napoli in the Champions League group stage and while the Europa League is not as tough in terms of quality, just how interested City will be in this distraction now remains to be seen. Carlos Tevez is back with them, but is not going to play in this match of course, a match which is covered by online bookmaker Paddy Power’s Money Back Special. City, especially with all of their power up front, are the bookies favourite to progress to the next round, but if they are leading at half time in this first leg, but fail to go on and win the match, then Paddy Power will pay out refunds on all losing First Goalscorer, Last Goalscorer, Correct Score and Scorecast bets placed on the match. This provides some great coverage for your Ajax v Man City Europa League betting.

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It means that coverage in the First Goalscorer market for example can be taken, where City’s Sergio Aguero is favourite to open the scoring at a price of 5/1, while FC Porto’s danger man Hulk is priced at 6/1 to get on the score sheet first. In the Porto v Man City Correct Score market, a 1-0 win for either side fetches a price of 15/2 with the bookie. So bets like these and any in the First/Last Goalscorer, Correct Score or Scorecast markets in Porto v Man City betting will be refunded if they lose, but Man City fail to go on and win the match after leading at half time.

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Porto v Man City Europa League Betting Odds at Paddy Power
Porto 8/5, Draw 23/10, Man City 17/10

FC Porto v Manchester City Europa League betting sees a little distraction for Roberto Mancini’s men, as they try and secure the Premier League title.  Man City failed to get out of their tough group in the first ever Champions League campaign this season, losing out to Bayern Munich and Napoli as they struggled to recover from a strong start in the tournament. They couldn’t do enough to squeeze through in the end, and with their third place finish, they have to turn their attentions to the Champions League, where they face the defending champions Porto. City have settled down a bit more in the Premier League, and go into their Europa League tie on the back of two wins. It remains to be seen just how interested and focused they will be in this competition, especially at this stage, because the Premier League title is going to be much more important for them. So Mancini may rotate the squad a little bit and if they manage to get through to the semi finals of the Europa League, then a little more interest may be paid. But things have to be prioritised, and while the Carling Cup, Champions League and FA Cup have gone for City this season, will the chance of European silverware distract them from their main domestic issue? Well, they will be helped out with the return of their players, notably Kolo Toure from the African Cup of Nations, and it is rumoured that Carlos Tevez may be back in a City shirt before the end of the season. City have a lot of games under their belt already this season and have looked a little tired at times, but their class is still pushing them along. They do keep a lot of possession in their matches, and they have the fire power to destroy teams when on song. The thing City will be happy about is that they don’t have any domestic dates inbetween the two  legs of their Europa League encounter with Porto, so it may be a good opportunity to rest a few players too before their Premier League charge resumes. These are things to be weighed up in your FC Porto v Manchester City Europa League betting. City have faced Portuguese opponents just once before in their history, and that was back in the 1969/70 UEFA Cup Winners Cup, as they beat Academica de Coimbra on their way to winning the trophy. This is the third time in four seasons that City have been at this stage, and their away record in Europe isn’t great, winning just one of their last seven European away matches.

FC Porto v Manchester City Europa League betting odds
FC Porto to win: 19/10 at Bwin
Draw: 23/10 at Totesport
Manchester City to win: 13/8 at BetFred

Online bookmaker Ladbrokes have a Porto v Man City Europa League betting promotion running for Thursday night’s match. If City forward Samir Nasri scores in the match at anytime, then Ladbrokes will refund all losing First Goalscorer bets placed on the match. So there is a nice bit of Porto v Manchester City Europa League First Goalscorer betting coverage from the popular bookie. What’s on offer in the market? Well City’s Sergio Aguero and Mario Balotelli are favourites at 5/1, with Edin Dzeko just back at 6/1. Porto’s main threat Hulk is priced at 11/2 to open the scoring. Online bookmaker Ladbrokes offer a free £50 bet for new customers registering an account. The bookie will match the value of your first stake on a new account with a free bet, up to the maximum value of £50, giving you some great free betting cash to enjoy.

Portuguese side FC Porto lifted the Europa League title last year, beating out compatriots Braga. That was part of Andre Villas Boas’s triple success last season with the club, but Porto aren’t having things their own way this time around, and they are trying to catch the powerful Benfica in their domestic league. Still, FC Porto have a lot of good things going for them, fairly decent up front and quite tight at the back. This is a tough test for them though against the Premier League title elect, as they failed to ignite in the Champions League group stage. There was a big opportunity for FC Porto in their group, which was arguably one of the weaker ones in the group stage, but they fell behind into third place behind APOEL and Zenit St Petersburg. They won one and draw two of their home matches there, but lost two of their away matches in the group. They really didn’t take advantage of their home position enough at the Estadio do Dragao, not pushing forward with enough clinical prowess to turn single points into three. That was their big undoing really, and looking a bit out of their depth away from home. But the Europa League is a different thing, and they may benefit if City do not send out their strongest side to face them. Porto have a great home record in Europe at the moment, as they haven’t lost in seven games now, rattling off five wins and two draws. So they have some good home form in Europe to bank on behind them. FC Porto have won the Europa League the last two times they have entered, which was last season and back in the 2002/03 season, and haven’t lost a two legged European tie since the 2000/01 season. So they will have optimism here, even though they did land one of the tournament favourites in this Europa League heavyweight clash. Porto’s overall record against English clubs is not great (W6 D8 L14) but at home it is better reading, with W6 D6 L2.

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Manchester City v Fulham betting should be covered very well by online bookmaker Bet Victor with their Double Up promotion. With this offer from the popular bookie, if you  make a correct First Goalscorer selection, who then goes on to score a second goal in the match (at any time) then you can double up your odds. So if your winning First Goalscorer bet nets twice (or more) in the game, then Bet Victor will pay you out at double the original First Goalscorer odds taken. So great coverage on your First Goalscorer betting for this match, where Sergio Aguero is 3/1 favourite in the market, with Edin Dzeko at 15/4 and David Silva at 11/2. Will the powerful Man City offence strike first? A great football betting promotion from Bet Victor, who offer a free £25 bet for new customers registering an account. The bookie will match the value of your first stake on a new account with a free bet, up to the maximum value of £25, giving you some great free betting cash to enjoy.

It was not a great week for Manchester City, who saw their lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League disappear. Roberto Mancini’s men dropped the ball badly away at Everton in midweek, losing 1-0, with the manager outwardly taking the blame for the defeat. Mancini admitted that the team set up was wrong for the battle at Everton, and although they had the better of possession, there really wasn’t enough clear cut chances carved out to warrant them going on to win the match. So City slumped to their third league defeat of the season, and with rivals Man United winning, the two Manchester clubs go into the weekend level on points, with City just edging things on goal difference. That defeat for City broke a run of three straight games in the league, but the wins have not been as convincing as the ones they powerfully rattled out over the first half of the season. City either need to get back to their power house attacking displays, or find a better way to win ugly. The missing influence of Yaya Toure, such a vital player for City, could be beginning to tell, although they did see the return of Vincent Kompany for the Everton game. While City have struggled a bit on the road of late, winning just one of their last six road trips (and that 1-0 win at Wigan), their home form remains impressive. City still hold their 100% home record for the season and that could just be the big advantage the need to get back on track. With those eleven wins from eleven home league matches, City have buried 34 goals, conceding just six. That is an average of over three goals per game which City are scoring at the Etihad Stadium, and they have scored three goals in each of their last three home matches as well. So the indications are strong that City are going to get on the score sheet and potentially pick up three points on Saturday. The pressure will be on them to perform, with Manchester United heading to Stamford Bridge on Sunday to play Chelsea. So with a good win, Roberto Mancini’s men could turn the pressure back on Sir Alex Ferguson in the title race.

Fulham earned themselves a 2-2 draw at Craven Cottage earlier in the season against Manchester City. Fulham fought their way back from a two goal deficit at half time, just when it looks as if City had the game wrapped up. It hasn’t been a particularly fruitful or exciting season for Fulham, who are hanging around mid table most of the time. Manager Martin Jol has had his critics since taking over this season, because Fulham were always tough to beat, especially at home, but there have been more weaknesses this season. The biggest news from the January transfer window is that striker Bobby Zamora left the club to head across to QPR. But Martin Jol believes that may be a good thing because Zamora wanted to get out of Craven Cottage amidst speculation of fall out between manager and player. So Zamora is gone and Fulham must move on. They picked up a 1-1 draw at home against West Brom in midweek but they lack of forward creativity and power, something which has really plagued them this season, was clearly evident. Top scorer Clint Dempsey will have a lot on his shoulders now as the main man up front for them,  but with just one away win in the Premier League all season, it’s not a great record to take to the Etihad Stadium to face man City. Along with that solitary win on the road, there has been five draws and five defeats, meaning that Fulham have not won away from home in six matches now. Worryingly they have conceded in their last five, so the likelihood there increases that City will get on the score sheet. Fulham have managed just seven away goals this season at a rate of 0.6 per game, while they have conceded fourteen at a rate of 1.3 per game. So certainly not brilliant stats, and while they battled to a 2-2 draw with City at Craven Cottage, Fulham’s away stats really don’t put them in too much of a good standing for this fixture.

Manchester City v Fulham Premier League Betting Odds
Man City to win: 3/10 at Bet365
Draw: 9/2 at SkyBet
Fulham: 12/1 at Bet Victor

Known for the spoiling and upsetting the rhythm of big teams, with the Merseysiders have a big say in the league title swing during Everton v Manchester City betting on Tuesday night? This enticing fixture sees David Moyes’ Everton aiming to put a dampener on City’s lead over rivals Manchester United at the top of the table, by turning around some poor form. The Toffees have been struggling lately, with no win in their last four Premier League matches, taking two defeats and two draws, the most recent a home point against Blackburn. Everton’s plight hasn’t been helped by a spate of injuries, and Jack Rodwell, Leon Osman, Sylvain Distin, Seamus Coleman all joining Phil Jagielka on the sidelines, as Everton battle for points. Trips to Goodison Park are never easy for teams, but this could be a good time for Manchester City to head there. But it is not as if Everton really have had the luxury of making Goodison Park much of a fortress this season, as they have picked up just three home wins in the League all season. Everton are the same as always, they don’t give too much away and they don’t score a lot of goals. They have managed more than one goal in a game since way back at the end of November, when they beat Bolton 2-0, so it suggests that they are going to set their stall out for a tight defensive display and hope to catch City out with the odd goal. You can’t see Everton running rampant and scoring a lot, so they will battle their way, probably to a rewarding result of a draw in the match. They can at least take some confidence by progressing in the FA Cup on the weekend, knocking out Fulham to move on. There is also the David Moyes factor against City boss Roberto Mancini, as the Scot has rattled off four wins out of the last five matches against the Italian. What stopped the rot was a City 2-0 home win over Everton at the start of the season, but Everton do have a good record against City at home, with just 16 City wins coming at Everton out of 83 attempts. Defence will be the key for Everton and they generally keep teams from getting too many chances in on goal, and so, will the great spoilers turn up and ruin Mancini’s night again in Everton v Man City betting.

Manchester City have been knocked out of the FA Cup and the Carling Cup in recent weeks, but they have rattled off three straight wins in the Premier League. The big news on the team sheet is that they get captain Vincent Kompany back in defence after his suspension, and they will need his influence. City should be nice and rested for this one, after not having to play on the weekend, and to their credit, while the free scoring overpowering performances have dried up, they have fought out a couple of narrow victories recently. There was a 1-0 away win over Wigan, and then the controversial yet massive three home points earned against Tottenham in their last Premier League match. The big thing about the Premier League season now, is that City can really throw everything they have at winning the Premier League title now that the domestic cups and the Champions League have gone. That, at the end of the day is going to be the benchmark for City and Roberto Mancini, especially with rumours that Jose Mourinho may be after his job. This should be a pretty fiercely contested match and a tight one. Everton are hit by injuries and with City really only missing Yaya Toure, the Manchester club need to flex their muscles here. They go into the match just three points ahead of their neighbours Man Utd on the night, and so the wins really must keep coming. Winning ugly right now by one goal will probably be the right way forward for City if they are to fulfil their title winning potential. City still have their 100% home record in the Premier League and all of their glitches have come on the road. That is what makes Everton v Man City betting so enticing, the serious potential there for City dropping points. Will they have the class and character to break down the stubborn Toffees?

Everton v Manchester City Betting Odds
Everton to win: 7/2 at Bet365
Draw: 13/5 at SkyBet
Man City to win: 17/20 at Ladbrokes

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Liverpool v Man City Carling Cup Semi Final second leg betting odds is being covered well by online bookmaker Paddy Power’s Money Back Special. The popular bookie adds a bit of insurance to your Liverpool v Man City betting, and the promotion surrounds first leg hero Steven Gerrard. If the Liverpool captain, who scored the only goal of the first leg scores at Anytime during the second leg, then Paddy Power will refund all losing First Goalscorer, Last Goalscorer, Correct Score and Scorecast single bets placed on the match. This means that you can take some great coverage on your betting, where the likes of Sergio Aguero is 11/2 favourite to open the scoring, and Andy Carroll, Craig Bellamy and Edin Dzeko are all trading at 13/2 in the popular First Goalscorer market. In the Liverpool v Man City correct score, a 1-0 scoreline in favour of either competitors will fetch a price of 13/2 with the bookie. So fantastic coverage, all protected if Steven Gerrard nets a goal at any time of the game. Paddy Power offer a free £50 bet for new customers registering an account with the bookie. Paddy Power will match the value of your first stake on a new account with a free bet, up to the value of £50, giving you some great free betting cash to enjoy.

Liverpool take a slender 1-0 lead to Anfield on Wednesday night in the second leg of the Carling Cup semi final. Steven Gerrard converted from the penalty spot in the first leg, and it was a goal which inflicted defeat upon Man City at home for the first time since 2008. Now Liverpool have one foot in the door of a Wembley appearance, which will be their first since 1996. Liverpool’s reward came after a bright start at the Etihad Stadium, and Liverpool’s defence were able to stand strong enough throughout the rest of the match to keep City limited in their chances to pull level. Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish publicly admonished his players after their away defeat at Bolton on the weekend in the league, saying that certain personnel were not committed enough to their cause. Liverpool suffered a crushing 3-0 defeat at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League ahead of their Carling Cup semi final, but that turn around in the first leg has been their only bright moment recently. Liverpool have lost two and drawn one of their last three league matches and they are struggling for form, especially up front. There has been only one league goal for them in those three matches, and they have been missing the banned Luis Suarez. The only energy up front is coming from Craig Bellamy and with Andy Carroll misfiring and looking lost in the Liverpool set up, they will need a big night from Bellamy. Liverpool don’t look as if they have many goals in them at the moment, and that could be their big downfall if they try and hold out for ninety minutes.

There was controversy from the first leg, with Liverpool’s Glenn Johnson diving in with a two footed tackle, which went unpunished. There was also the 1-1 draw at Anfield in the Premier League back in November, in which City defender Joleon Lescott scored a cool own goal. While City continue to press on towards a Premier League title, with a big 3-2 win against at Spurs on the weekend, which kept them three points clear of rivals Man Utd, controversy seems to follow City wherever they go. There was the Vincent Kompany sending off against Man Utd in the FA Cup. The row over Glenn Johnson’s tackle. The on going Carlos Tevez saga and of course, the volatile Mario Balotelli, who seems to be a walking disciplinary hearing all by himself. City will still be missing Vincent Kompany, as this is the be the final match of his ban. This match is going to be all about the City attack against the Liverpool defence, even though Roberto Mancini’s men are away from home. City are the better side, the stronger side and they have shown signs that they are fragile and suffering under the pressure of expectations. City will want to get some silverware into the trophy cabinet this season and the Carling Cup represents their best chance at the moment. They are two wins away from that, and the Wembley final will be against a Championship side. So Liverpool v Man City Carling Cup semi final second leg betting is likely to be all in the hands of how fluently Manchester City settled down. It is not going to be an easy fixture, because this is Liverpool’s last chance of any Silverware this season.

Liverpool v Man City Carling Cup Semi Final second leg betting odds
Liverpool to win: 7/4 at William Hill
Draw: 12/5 at Bwin
Man City to win: 9/5 at William Hill

To Win Carling Cup
Liverpool 4/6 at Bet365, Man City 5/2 at SportingBet

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Manchester City to win: 10/11 at Totesport
Draw: 14/5 at Bet Victor
Tottenham Hotspur to win: 10/3 at Stan James

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EPL Match Preview: It is a real feast of quality football coming on Sunday in the Premier League, and Man City v Spurs is such an attractive fixture. Leaders City hold a five point advantage at the summit of the Premier League over third placed Spurs and so this match could prove crucial in the title race. Can Spurs close within two points of the lead, or will City pull eight points clear of Spurs and therefore really damage Tottenham’s title chances? So much to look forward to in this match with all of the attacking power that is going to be on display. Spurs are in fantastic form at the moment, and while City have been wobbling and boss Roberto Mancini has been visually getting more stressed, they have at least responded with a couple of wins to keep their noses in front at the top of the league. Spurs have to look to overturn the 5-1 thrashing they received from City earlier in the league, and with the Londoners scoring in each of their last 20 league games, there is a potential for a high goal tally in Man City v Spurs betting.

Manchester City Form: The home form of Manchester City in the Premier League has been immense this season, rattling off ten wins from ten matches. It hasn’t been all plain sailing as of late though, as there have been wobbles. There was four points dropped in back to back league matches over the festive period. There was the FA Cup defeat against Manchester United. There was the Carling Cup semi final first leg defeat against Liverpool. So Mancini’s men are not the invincible lot that they were shaping up to be. However, their home form has just been incredible and you have all the stats to back them up. They host Spurs on the back of two league wins which has seen them regain top spot ahead of rivals Man Utd. So with ten home wins from ten, that pretty much sum’s up City’s form and why they are so strong. Although the goals have dried up a little bit, Manchester City are still averaging just over three goals per game at home this season. That is 31 goals in their ten homes matches, and their overwhelming force of attack has helped out their defence, which has conceded just four home goals all season. You really can’t ask for much stronger stats when you are looking to make a bet. 80% of all City’s home games have ended over 2.5 goals and they have netted in each of the ten home games so far, obviously with them winning all of them. Manchester City do still heavily favour the second half for scoring their goals as two thirds of all their league goals have come in the second half. They have conceded 75% of all their league goals in the second half too though. Because of their incredible strike force, City have opened the scoring in 85% of all their matches and interestingly they have yet to concede a league goal inside the first fifteen minutes of a match, just one goal inside the first half hour and only four in total in the first half of matches. Sergio Aguero is still the man with fourteen league goals under his belt this season, and Edin Dzeko recently rediscovered his scoring touch is up on eleven, with Mario Balotelli tracking behind with eight. City do have Balotelli back fit, but they go with the suspended Vincent Kompany, and both Yaya and Kolo Toure are on international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations. So City have been a bit short and the depth of their squad is being tested. Will their home form be enough to see of challengers Spurs?

Tottenham Hotspur Form: Harry Redknapp will still have that 5-1 hammering which City handed out at White Hart Lane at the start of the season at the front of his mind. He can look at some good form which Tottenham have at Man City, winning on six of their last ten trips there and take some confidence from that. Spurs also have the longest unbeaten run in the Premier League at the moment and so Redknapp has transformed Spurs into real title contenders. There is simply not going to be a better time for them to show up and prove that by winning at the Etihad Stadium and cutting Manchester City’s lead over them down to two points. Massive game for Spurs because falling eight points back of City is not going to be easy to overcome for them. Spurs have racked up six away wins in the league, along with two draws and two defeats, so they have a decent 60% success rate away from home. They are unbeaten in seven league heading north on Sunday, winning two of their last three. They dropped crucial points at home against strugglers Wolves last Saturday, and if they have picked up a win there, this match against City could have been a battle for top spot. Spurs have found much more potency in their attack this season, firing in eighteen away goals at a rate of 1.8 per game. They could tighten up just a little bit more at the back, as they are conceding at an average rate of 1.2 goals per game outside of White Hart Lane. But that having been said, there is a great blend of attacking power and defensive, workmanlike grit about Spurs and it is that balance which has really pushed Spurs forwards this season. They have been helped by the arrival of Emmanuel Adebayor who has given them a massive influence up front, but the former City man has to sit this one out because he is on loan from them. So that means the onus will fall on England striker Jermain Defoe to fire Spurs forward. But with the creativity from Rafael van der Vaart and Gareth Bale, all on the edges of the superb creative play from Luka Modric in the centre, Spurs have the tools to pick apart City. They will be hugely delighted with a 1-0 smash and grab no doubt, as Spurs have shown that they can grind out dirty results when they need to. Spurs have been most prolific in the 61-75 minute bracket in matches, and they have scored first in 76% of their league matches this season. Will Spurs have their biggest say in the title race, yet?

Head to Head: We can look forward to some fantastic football on Sunday. Spurs have done alright in this fixture, winning 21 times compared to City’s 35 when meeting in Manchester. There was the big 5-1 away win for City this year, and City scored a 1-0 victory as well in last season’s corresponding league fixture. However, City have only won two out of the last seven fixtures against Tottenham (home and away) but those have been the last two, suggesting a bit of a swing of power. But Spurs can take a lot of heart from their head to head record here. They won 1-0 at City in the 2009/10 season by a 1-0 score line. How delighted they would be with a repeat of that.