Swansea v Manchester City League Cup Predictions & Betting Odds – 21st September 2016

City to ease through League Cup tie

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Not an easy tie here for the Swansea who slumped to another defeat on the weekend. They have recorded just the two wins all season across all competitions, and one of those were in the second round of the League Cup when they beat League One side Peterborough. So not a great start for the Welsh club this season and now they have to go and try and find a way to stop Manchester City, something that no other side has managed to do this season. Their only hope could be in Pep Guardiola making wholesale changes to his starting eleven, but still, one would imagine that the Citizens would still deliver.

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Swansea v Manchester City Betting Tips

Well can Swansea inject some joy into proceedings here after having gone winless in the Premier League since the opening weekend? All that they have had to show since then was a victory at Peterborough in the last round of the League Cup, taking a 3-1 win. So wins have been few and far between this session for Swansea in all competitions and it’s hard to gauge anything from their beating of Peterborough really. You are basically asking yourself if they can be the first side to go and face Manchester City this season and not lose. It seems like a stretch when you put it that way. Swansea are not in great form against Manchester City either to make matters worse, but they did hold out for a 1-1 draw against them in last season’s top flight, but the Citizen have moved on leaps and bounds since then.

You have a quote of 8/1 on a repeat of that 1-1 scoreline showing up in the Correct Score market for this League Cup fixture. The last victory that the Swans took over the Citizens was back in the 2012 Premier League with a 1-0 home success. They have played four home games against the Citizens since then and have taken a D2 L2 record. In the two defeats in what sequence they scored two goals in each game incidentally and you can take a price of 4/7 on this one going over 2.5 goals. Swansea have managed to hit the back of the net in each of their last five games against the Citizens, so they may be value to get something on the board in this one. Both teams to score in the match is a price of 13/20.

So Manchester City make their League Cup bow for the season after having skipped the last round because of European involvement. So what will Pep Guardiola do here? Will he just be prioritising everything this season, or will this take a back seat to bigger ambitions? Chances are likely to be made, but they can still throw out an impressive line up. They played Bayern Munich in  pre-season friendly with most of their youth in attendance and highly impressed. The Citizens have scored at least two goals in five of their last six games against Swansea now so there’s good form there. Up in the first goalscorer market for the match up you have Kelechi Iheanacho at a price of 10/3 who is likely to be the one up front.

This is a bit of a dress rehearsal for what is to come on the weekend when they meet at the Liberty Stadium again in the Premier League. Because of City’s likely changes in this one, Swansea are an even heavier underdog for that one. Manchester City have netted at least two goals in each of their last four games played and in all but one of their eight games played across all competitions this season. They have been ticking along like a well oiled machine and even while they have struggled for clean sheets this season, they are a tempting price of 9/5 to record a clean sheet victory in this one.

Swansea v Manchester City Betting Odds

Man City 8/15, Draw 10/3, Swansea 6/1

Swansea v Manchester City Predictions

Not sure what Swansea can do about this one exactly. Granted their chances will be increased if City do send out an understrength side which they are likely to do. But the visitors can keep some of their main players on the bench to call on if they need them and they have the depth there to come through this tie. Guardiola isn’t going to give up any silverware chase this season easily. Away win and over 2.5 goals.

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