City will be aiming for an outright victory to avenge
their New Year's eve 1-0 slim defeat to the Reds at Anfield when both
sides clash at the Ethiad Stadium on Sunday
The home team have not lost any of their last six English topflight games since their 4-0 defeat to Ronald Koeman’s Everton in the middle of January, and they are currently ranked third on the table with 56 points from 27 league games. They also defeated Middlesbrough 2-0 in the FA Cup quarter finals last Saturday, while their Uefa Champions League quest came to an abrupt end in France as they suffered a 3-1 loss to AS Monaco on Wednesday night, and they will come into this encounter as favourites at odds of (1.18) with Nairabet.
Jürgen Klopp’s men on the other hand bounced back from a disappointing 3-1 defeat to Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on February 27 with a superb 3-1 win over Arsenal FC the following weekend, and have stretched their winning streak to two games with another 2-1 over Burnley at Anfield, but they are underdogs going into this encounter with the same betting company at a price of (3.79) to maintain their winning record in the EPL.
But a chance for the two teams to end the game in a stalemate will go for (3.77) after normal regulation period.
The two teams have already met twice this season – Liverpool beating City by a slim margin in the first leg of the topflight encounter, while the Citizens ousted the Reds in the English Cup competition back in February. The visitors have also won four of their last league games against the home team as they get ready to battle again this weekend for their 157th games in all competition.
Both teams scored an average of two goals in their last six games in all competition and that is why they will be available at odds of (1.55) to score in this fixture after 90 minutes, meanwhile, the home team will have a chance to score the first goal of the game at a price of (1.65).
The Reds’ away form has been nothing to write home about – they have failed to pick a point in their last two away fixtures, but they are offered by the above betting company to score in both halves of this game at (3.98) odds.
Pep Guardiola’s men have kept three clean sheets in their last five games, and a chance for them to stretch their clean sheet record to four in six games goes for (2.99), and they are priced at (5.04) odds to win both halves of this meeting after 90 minutes, while the visitors will bank on Divok Origi and Sadio Mane to hand them their third straight win at odds of (2.83) and (3.19). so, the punters can expect a tough game in this encounter bearing in mind that it was just one goal that settled the first leg on December 31
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