Mark Hughes and Manchester City will attempt to get the positive result after managing to win only 1 point last weekend at the St.Andrew stadium. The Citizens recorded 4 draws in the last 4 matches in the Premiership and are winless since the end of September. Hughes will again be able to count on Emmanuel Adebayor and captain Kolo Toure, who missed the clashed against Birmingham, where Manchester City was pretty lucky as Shay Given managed to save a penalty. Conceding cheap goals has been a major problem for the team so the fact they managed to avoid conceding too many goals in the last match is a good achievement for the team that hasn’t been recording the expected results, but still somehow managing to keep the 4th spot. Roque Santa Cruz will probably miss this game as he got injured vs. Birmingham, while left-back Wayne Bridge is questionable due to a knee injury.
Horrible on the road
Burnley wants to win the points which would help them to be competing in the Premiership next season, and that is totally realistic as they already made their Turf Moor stadium a true fortress that wasn’t able to be conquered even by the champs Manchester Utd. Away from home, however, is where Burnley had so many problems so far and a visit to Manchester City will be just as hard as the match before that. The visitors’ manager Owen Coyle praised his players before this game and stated that exactly two of former Man.City’s players Stephen Jordan and Tyrone Mears are the ones who deserve the most credit for his team being in the mid-table area at the moment. Jordan should be returning to the team after successfully recovering from an injury he suffered against Hull last weekend. Coyle, however, won’t be able to count on Paterson and McCann who both have some knee problems, while Jay Rodriguez will also be out due to a wrist injury.
The hosts are absolute favs, plenty of goals as well
Everything but a comfortable home win would be a sensation at this match. Manchester City will have almost all of their best players available, as only Robinho will be missing and their opponents are more than poor when the away matches are concerned. Burnley has suffered 5 defeats in their first 5 road games, conceding as many as 17 goals. If one of the City’s attackers is out of form at the moment, this will be an ideal opportunity to get back in a goal-scoring shape and regain their confidence, and a bet worth trying here is over 3.5 to start off.
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Prediction:
Tip: Over 3.5
Odd: 2.55
Bookie: Bet365
Stake: 5 /10
Tipster: Kather
