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This is the match we have been looking forward to since the beginning of the season, but what is going on with Manchester City?
Their performance against Spurs on Saturday was shocking, it is rare for a team managed by Pep Guardiola to play in such a lacklustre way and to even consider that Man City would lose five matches in a row was unthinkable at the start of the season.
We were impressed by his post-match interview, though, Man City fans can rest assured that he will get his team firing on all cylinders again, but the big question is, will it be in time for the top-of-the-table clash against Liverpool?
Liverpool were impressive against Southampton on Sunday, but they did show some defensive frailties in allowing the bottom-of-the-table team to score twice.
Liverpool have made a dream start under Arne Slot and the very fact that they have opened up an eight point lead over Man City after only twelve games only goes to show how impressive they have been this season.
Odds and Predictions
Not many pundits would have imagined finding odds of 3.30 on Man City to win a Premier League match, but these odds are currently available on several top football betting sites.
The price on Liverpool is 2.10 and it is 3.50 for the draw.
Even though Pep will no doubt have worked his magic on the City players, we just can’t see them getting anything from this match. Liverpool looks a class above at the moment, so the first of our predictions is a Liverpool win with a scoreline of 3 – 1.
The odds for this result is a generous 17.0 so we would recommend a small wager on this outcome.
For the last of our predictions, we are going with Mo Salah to score at any time.
He has been a constant threat in every match he has played this season, so odds of 2.60 look very attractive to us.
Comparison and Statistics
Liverpool and Manchester City have faced each other head-to-head 193 times in their history.
Liverpool have won 91 matches, Manchester City have won 50 and 52 matches have ended in a draw.
The last 5 H2H encounters between the two teams have been pretty evenly matched, two draws, two wins for Man City and one for Liverpool.
| Past Meetings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Mar 2024 | liverpool | 1-1 | manchester-city | Premier League |
| 15 Oct 2023 | manchester-city | 1-1 | liverpool | Premier League |
| 01 Apr 2023 | manchester-city | 4-1 | liverpool | Premier League |
| 22 Dec 2022 | manchester-city | 3-2 | liverpool | Carabao Cup |
| 16 Oct 2022 | liverpool | 1-0 | manchester-city | Premier League |
Expected Line Ups
We have been impressed by some of these Liverpool players, Conor Bradley in particular, has been playing with a confidence that defies his young age and Mo Salah seems to be better than ever, how can that even be possible?
It is difficult to look at the Manchester City line up and tip them to lose, but it is what it is. Something is not right in the Manchester City camp, so we are confident in our prediction for Liverpool to take all three points.
Liverpool (4-2-3-1): C. Kelleher; C. Bradley, I. Konate, V. van Dijk, A. Robertson; R. Gravenberch, A. Mac Allister; M. Salah, D. Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo; Darwin Nunez.
Manchester City (4-3-3): Ederson; Kyle Walker, John Stones, M. Akanji, J. Gvardiol; B. Silva, I. Gundogan, Rico Lewis; Phil Foden, E. Haaland, Savinho.
How Will the Season Pan Out
If Liverpool wins this match, they will be an unbelievable eleven points ahead of Man City after only thirteen games.
Even though the season is still young, we don’t see Liverpool dropping this number of points, so for us, they will be crowned the winners of the 2024/25 Premier League.
We have no doubts at all that Pep will get it right sooner rather than later, but for this season, we believe that Man City will finish as runners-up.
