Online bookmaker Paddy Power have some good coverage for your football wagers on Saturday, for Stoke v Manchester City betting. The Citizens pulled themselves to back within one point of leaders Manchester United during midweek, with an important come-from-behind victory over Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium. That maintained City’s 100% record at home this season in the league, and kept them in the title hunt. Now they head off to face Stoke in tricky away match, and while Carlos Tevez made his return midweek, it is City’s top scorer Sergio Aguero who is the centre of attention in the Paddy Power Stoke v Man City Money Back Special. If Sergio Aguero scores the last goal of the game on Saturday, then Paddy Power will refund all losing First Goalscorer, Last Goalscorer, Correct Score and Scorecast single bets placed on the match. This provides some superb coverage and City many need some inspiration from their top scorer to get through this one.
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Stoke v Manchester City betting odds
Stoke to win: 21/4 at Bet Victor
Draw: 14/5 at SkyBet
Man City to win: 8/13 at Bet365
Well Tony Pulis’s Stoke City are just the kind of team that can throw a spanner into the works of a title run. After a bit of a sticky patch at home, usually where Stoke are very strong, they have rattled off back to back wins at the Britannia Stadium, with clean sheets to boot in both games. Granted, that has been the only two wins in the last nine Premier League matches for Stoke, so they are not exactly in tip top form. This is a tough run of league matches for Stoke, having now faced Chelsea, Spurs and Man City in a row. Stoke very nearly beat Tottenham in midweek, until Spurs popped up with a 90th minute equaliser, and it was probably a match that the Potters deserved to win overall. Stoke have been difficult to beat at home this season, losing just four matches at the Britannia. You know what you are going to get from Stoke, hard work with perhaps not a great amount of adventure. Stoke were comfortably ran over 3-0 by City earlier in the season, and the two sides met when Stoke were in form, having ran off four straight wins prior to that game. But Stoke are battlers and teams don’t like going to the Britannia Stadium, so Stoke v Manchester City betting should be an interesting affair.
If Sergio Aguero, who has seventeen league goals to his name, scores the last goal of the game, then Paddy Power will pay out lost stake refunds on losing First/Last Goalscorer, Correct Score and Scorecast bets.
City can actually grab top spot back in the Premier League with a win on Saturday, as rivals United don’t play until Monday evening. So there is big incentive here, and that come back against Chelsea could just have been the extra spark of confidence that they needed. This is because they have endured a few rough games, exiting Europe and losing on their last away game in the Premier League. Man City were undone by a late Swansea winner the last time they travelled in the league, and as good as their home form has been, their away form has been very patchy. There has been three defeats in their last five away matches, all 1-0 losses, and you can stretch that run out and see that they have won just two away matches out of their last eight. Incidentally, both of their wins have been through a 1-0 scoreline, so a big trend in that scoreline in City’s away matches. Not great championship winning form at all away from home, certainly not when Manchester United are rattling off away win after away win.
TIP: All of City’s last five away matches have ended in a 1-0 scoreline (three defeats and two wins) so there is a major trend for your Stoke v Man City betting, especially with a Correct Score option at 6/1 on that at Paddy Power with the Money Back Special in place.
Time is running out now on the season, so City really can’t afford many more away slip ups. This is going to be a real test of their credentials, and the old adage of having to win ugly may well come into effect for Stoke v Man City betting. No doubt City have the goal scoring power to win, but they have been shaky on the road and some of their recent performances have been lacking that incredibly fluency they had at the start of the season. These are the types of matches that win or lose titles. Will the return of Carlos Tevez spark them into life and give them that edge they have been missing away from home? It is worth looking at Edin Dzeko because he has score nine of his thirteen goals away from home in the EPL.
