Huddersfield v Manchester City Betting Preview – FA Cup 18th February 3.00pm
What a great occasion for the Terriers as they get to host one of the country’s elite. There is a berth in the quarter finals awaiting the winner and in this lucrative home tie, Huddersfield are likely to have their tails up. They have been motoring along in some fine form and are well in the play off mix to be playing Premier League football next season. With Manchester City perhaps having one eye on their return to Champions League action in midweek, will Pep Guardiola send out an understrength side, keeping the Terriers in with a chance of pulling off what would still be a massive cup upset? There’s a fascinating match up to come from The John Smith’s Stadium on Saturday evening. This is what the FA Cup is really made of.
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Huddersfield v Manchester City FA Cup Betting Tips
The Terriers are running in some cracking form at the moment and it may be enough to give Manchester City an uncomfortable afternoon in this FA Cup 5th round tie. Huddersfield have won their last six games now across all competitions and they have taken just the one loss in their last fifteen games in all competitions as well. So they may not be a particular pushover in this one and they should battle well. The Terriers have suffered just the two home losses all season across all competitions and are unbeaten in seven there. They have had a pretty easy run in the FA Cup to get to his point having cared 4-0 wins over both Port Vale and Rochdale. It would be a spectacular upset if that won by that scoreline in this one. At William Hill in the correct score market, the shortest priced option at 6/1 is a Man City 2-0 return. Even though the Terriers are running in cracking form at the moment they are still facing a huge uphill battle to get through to the quarter finals.
These two have not met each other for some time now, not since the 1999/2000 season in Division 1. The Terriers were on top in those meetings collecting four points from the Citizens in the two games. The last FA Cup meeting between these two was an epic affair as it went to a second reply to settle the tie, with Manchester City taking a 3-0 win to end it. The head to head form, even though it is all from a long time ago, is actually running evenly at W2 D5 L2 in their last nine meetings. For this one, because City may go and rest some players, there is a nothing wrong with having a punt on both teams to score at William Hill for this one at a price of 4/5 and you also have a gone over 2.5 goals at 4/7 happening. Going further over 3.5 goals is a quote of 6/4. Six of the last seven meetings between these two have actually gone under the 2.5 goal line. In the William Hill anytime goalscorer market, the Terriers have Elias Kachunga at 13/5 as their shortest priced option.
The Citizens are starting to get up a head of stream again with some much better results having been posted on the board. They are currently running on a four match winning streak and they have looked immense in their two FA Cup outings this season. They hammered West Ham 5-0 in London and then took a comfortable 3-0 win at Crystal Palace to move through to the fifth round. So it has been easy for them and they have scored at least two goals now in seven of their last eight games across all competitions. The new sensation that is Gabriel Jesus suffered an injury on the weekend against Bournemouth so he now misses, so all focus is back on Sergio Aguero who is trading at a price of 10/11 to score in his one, with Kelechi Iheanacho at 20/21. City are obviously favourites for this one, but because of their midweek Champions League game against Monaco coming up, will Pep Guardiola shuffle his starting eleven because of that? You have an option of Man City to win to nil at William Hill for a price of 6/4 and they have improved at the back having kept three clean sheets in their last four games. They will likely have the depth in quality to work their way through this one and a replay isn’t something they would been keen for.
Huddersfield v Manchester City FA Cup Betting Odds
Huddersfield 7/1 Draw 7/2 Man City 2/5
Huddersfield v Manchester City FA Cup Predictions
Whichever way you look at this, it is a tough game for the Terriers. But they can make this interesting on home soil and it is worth having a crack at both teams to score in this one, because the FA Cup has really produced a mixed bag of things this season. In the end the Championship side may not have enough to cope with the strength in depth that the Citizens will bring to the table, so look for a Man City 2-1 correct score to put be put on the board.
