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Manchester City v Liverpool, Monday 8pm
Two teams with Premier League title aspirations go head to head at Eastlands on Monday night, with any result surely possible in front of the Sky cameras. Manchester City have given big spending a whole new definition this summer with the acquisition of David Silva, Yaya Toure and Jerome Boateng. It appears that James Milner and Mario Balotelli will be joining the ranks this week and both could feature in the starting line-up against Liverpool.
Roberto Mancini’s team are 11/8 (Ladbrokes - £25 free bets) to win Monday night’s match and the Italian will want to make the City of Manchester Stadium something of a fortress this season. It’s anyone’s guess as to what the starting line-up will be, although we can expect Carlos Tevez to be leading the line against the Reds. The Argentina international is 11/2 (Sky Bet - £15 free bets) to open the scoring, although he could be usurped by the enigma that is Mario Balotelli.
The Italian twenty-year-old has had a colourful career to date, which includes pointing a toy gun at the police when on the books at Inter. The striker clearly has the potential to become one of the greatest players in the world and Paddy Power - £20 free bets go 13/2 that he had a blinding Premier League debut by opening the scoring in front of the Sky cameras. James Milner could also be making his bow for Manchester City in this game and he’s on offer at 14/1 (Paddy Power bookmakers) to break the deadlock.
Nevertheless, it’s going to take Mancini some time to gel all these excellent players together, especially as they looked disjointed when drawing 0-0 at White Hart Lane on Saturday. If it hadn’t been for the goalkeeping heroics of Joe Hart, the visitors could have been on the receiving end of a heavy defeat and Liverpool will fancy their chances of landing the spoils. Roy Hodgson’s team are 21/10 (bet365 - £200 free bet) to follow up Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Arsenal with a show-stopping victory.
The Reds will have to contend without the suspended Joe Cole after the Merseyside club decided against appealing the red card he received for a foul on Laurent Koscielny at Anfield last Sunday. However, Hodgson will be encouraged by the form of David NGog (8/1 Paddy Power - £20 free bet) and it will be tough on the Frenchman if Fernando Torres (11/2 Sporting Bet - £25 free bet) comes into the attack at his expense. Meanwhile, Milan Jovanovic looked lively against the Gunners and could be worth a punt at 12/1 (Sky Bet) to open the scoring.
If City’s game at White Hart Lane is any yardstick, this could be a tight affair, especially with the home team still figuring out who their team-mates are! Under 2.5 Goals is on offer at 8/13 with bet365 bookmakers and Stan James bookmakers go 8/1 that there is No Goalscorer which was the outcome in this fixture last season.
