West Brom v Manchester City Betting Preview – EFL Cup 20th September 8.00pm
West Brom gets what appears to be a thankless home fixture in the EFL Cup, given the form that Manchester City have been in lately. The Citizens won’t be prioritising the EFL Cup though so will probably make plenty of changes. Will that give the Baggies a whiff of a chance of pulling off what would appear to be a huge upset in this tie at the Hawthorns? Tough one for the Baggies as this cup genuinely represents one of their limited chances at silverware for the season.
West Brom v Manchester City EFL Cup Betting Tips
Not a game that West Brom will be looking forward to. They may be in the position of just sending out an under strength side and sacrificing this game. West Brom have terrible head to head from going against Manchester City, and they are on a four match losing streak against them in current form at the Hawthorns. So Tony Pulis may well make some changes to this one and save his players for the weekend. West Brom have gone D2 L1 in their last three games, but they aren’t a high scoring side as well all know and they have netted just two goals in their last three. They may struggle to make much of an impression in this one. Manchester City are 11/8 with William Hill to win to nil at the Hawthorns. The Baggies have fired blanks in their last two at the Hawthorns against Man City, conceding seven goals in total. Actually, West Brom have conceded at least three goals in each of their last four home games against the Citizens. The last time that these two met in the League Cup, West Brom did take a 2-1 win at home, back in 2010.
City are just on fire at the moment and even though Pep Guardiola will most likely change his starting eleven, they will still be a strong side. They have put together a nine match winning streak against the Baggies and in that, they have scored at least two goals in each of their last eight against them. A Manchester City 2-0 correct score at William Hill returns a price of 6/1 at bet365. It will be interesting to see who Pep Guardiola sends out up front, because they have an abundance of talent to choose from. Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus are 8/11 joint favourites in the anytime goalscorer market. In their last three games, Manchester City have returned fifteen goals and no defence wants to go up against that. They didn’t concede themselves in any of those three games, so they are coming together as a unit very well. Both teams not to score at William Hill returns a price of 19/20 while backing the Citizens to win by a comfortable two goal margin will return a tempting price of 10/3.
West Brom v Manchester City EFL Cup Betting Odds
Man City 1/4, Draw 9/2, West Brom 11/1
West Brom v Manchester City EFL Cup Predictions
Man City to win: The Citizens aren’t likely going to be at full strength but how do you not back them anyway? They have such quality and depth now in the squad, that they will likely find some kind of combination to pull out a win against a West Brom side who are struggling or goals. Man City to win to nil.
