Blackburn v Manchester City Betting Preview 2011-10-01

Blackburn v Manchester City: City close to taking rank 1 in the table!

Manchester City will visit Blackburn on Ewood Park, with the ambition to win the 3 points and get on the top spot. The difference between the Citizens and United is 3 goals, something that can be easily surpassed.

Bet365 appoints Manchester City as the favorite for this match, with odds for victory priced at 4/7. Blackburn is given odds of 11/2 while the draw sits on 11/4.

Blackburn

Rovers started the season horribly, recording 3 loses and a draw in the first 4 games. The team has been unable to find an answer to its problems despite the fact that they took 3 points against Arsenal, in a dramatic game. Overall record of W1 D1 L4, and 18th spot for Blackburn in the table with just 4 points. The team acquired 6 new players this summer, who haven’t been a lot helpful with the exception of perhaps Yakubu, who scored 2 goals against Arsenal. If Rovers want to stay in the league, they must start winning. However by the way they have performed so far, this looks impossible, against the expensive City selection.

Manchester City

Manchester City is currently second with 16 points (same as United) and falls behind only with 3 goals. Record of W5 D1 L0, scoring 19 goals and conceding just 5, makes the team the best visitor. The team has scored 10 goals in away games so far, which is the league highest, but the defense allows silly goals, from which that 2:2 draw against Fulham came from. City was comfortably leading 2:0 on half-time but lost the lead in just few minutes in the second half. During the week, the team played their first Champions League away game, a match against Bayern Munchen lost with 0:2. A scandal with Carlos Tevez formed, when the Argentinian was asked to get on the field by manager Mancini but the striker refused. However, seems like the team will keep him for now, as West Ham’s latest loan offer for Tevez has been rejected.

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Prediction

Both teams have met enough times to know each other well. Here are the past 14 meetings:

25/04/2011 Premier League Blackburn vs. Man City 0:1
15/08/2009 Premier League Blackburn vs. Man City 0:2
28/12/2008 Premier League Blackburn vs. Man City 2:2
02/09/2007 Premier League Blackburn vs. Man City 1:0
17/09/2006 Premier League Blackburn vs. Man City 4:2
07/05/2006 Premier League Blackburn vs. Man City 2:0
23/04/2005 Premier League Blackburn vs. Man City 0:0
25/08/2003 Premier League Blackburn vs. Man City 2:3
01/03/2003 Premier League Blackburn vs. Man City 1:0
07/05/2000 Championship Blackburn vs. Man City 1:4
26/12/1995 Premier League Blackburn vs. Man City 2:0
17/04/1995 Premier League Blackburn vs. Man City 2:3
18/12/1993 Premier League Blackburn vs. Man City 2:0

Overall record of W7 D2 L5 for Blackburn, but the team has lost the last 2 most recent fixtures. City looks solid this year despite their lack of focus and silly goals conceded.

Top scorer for City, Sergio Aguero missed to score the last game with Everton, but with 8 goals in 6 games, he is the most likely player to score here. The class of Manchester City and the money invested in the team should reflect the outcome of the match, which should be an away victory.

Tip #1: Back Sergio Aguero to score priced at 4/5 by bet365

Tip #2: Back Manchester City to win the match at 4/7 by bet365