MANCHESTER CITY v WATFORD
Saturday 21stSeptember 1500hrs
Football – England– Premier League
Pick Manchester City win to nil
Bookmaker Bet Victor
Odds: 2.10 (odds taken 04:04 GMT, 21 September )
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1 | X | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.11 | 10.00 | 24.00 |
(Betting Odds were taken from MoPlay on September 21, 2019 at 04:04)
The Premier League continues with the Saturday 3pm kick-offs with Manchester City taking on Watford as the betting tips continue at the Etihad Stadium.
Manchester City Prediction – Can Manchester City hit back?
Following last weekend’s shock 3-2 defeat away at Norwich City, Manchester City find themselves 5 points behind early league leaders, Liverpool, but the hosts won’t be panicking just yet as there’s a long way to go, and they’ve seen it all before.
Nevertheless, City exorcised some of their demons by recording a 3-0 midweek win at Ukraine outfit, Shakhtar Donetsk, in their opening Champions League group match, and will no doubt be looking for a result of a similar ilk when they entertain struggling Watford at their Etihad Stadium this Saturday.
The defeat at Norwich was City’s and Pep Guardiola’s first of the season as the hosts had once again looked in ominous form, but on home turf is where Manchester City usually excel and so far this season they’ve been held to a 2-2 draw by Tottenham but then followed that up with a convincing 4-0 romp over Brighton.
A similar scoreline should unfold against Watford here this Saturday and having won 10 of their last 11 matches at home in the Premier League, Pep Guardiola will be demanding nothing less.
Watford Prediction – Can Watford avoid City backlash?
Watford may well be fearing the worst as they make their way up to Manchester to face the sky-blue half of the area at the Etihad Stadium as City are still likely to be smarting from their 3-2 defeat at Norwich City last weekend.
The visitors sit rock-bottom of the Premier League with just 2 points under their belts thanks to draws with Newcastle United 1-1 away from home and a 2-2 draw with Arsenal, but they’ll be more than aware that City will give no quarter here as they look to reduce the deficit upon Liverpool at the top of the table.
Watford have played just 2 away matches so far in this new top flight campaign but these have ended in a 1-0 defeat at Everton and a point in the aforementioned 1-1 draw at Newcastle United. The Hornets have won just 1 out of their last 7 matches on their travels though in the Premier League and face a tough task of keeping Manchester City quiet this Saturday.
These last 8 away matches for Watford have seen the visitors ship 16 goals and score just 5 in reply, so they’ll have their work cut out to avoid a heavy beating here.
Key-Facts – Manchester City v Watford
- Manchester City have won 10 out of their last 11 home matches in the EPL
- Watford have won just 1 of their last 7 away matches in the EPL
- Manchester City have won the last 7 meetings on the trot at home v Watford
Betting Tips Verdict
Manchester City will still be licking their wounds and will be going all out to make Watford pay here.
