Manchester City v Villarreal: Citizens looking for their first victory in Champions League; The Yellow submarine looking for their first point; Tuesday October 18th 2011 at 19:45 UK
Tip #1: Back on Half-Time/Full-Time market Manchester City/Manchester City priced at 4/5 with bet365.
Tip #2: Back this match to end Over 2.5 Goals at 8/13 with bet365.
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Match Preview
Manchester City
Manchester City has taken the lead spot in Premier League this weekend, after beating Aston Villa with 4:1, while Manchester United tied their match on Anfield against Liverpool 1:1. So far Mancini and his team have done their job in England, but they need to make sure they do well in Europe as well. After the 1:1 draw here against Napoli, and the 0:2 loss to Bayern Munich, City has taken 3rd position in Group A with just 1 point. If the team wants to keep up with Napoli and Bayern and wants to advance, they need a victory here. City has faced Spanish clubs here twice, a long long time ago 3-0 against Athletic Club in 1969-70 Uefa Cup Winner’s Cup and 2-2 against Valencia in 1972-73 Uefa Cup. In 2007, City also met Real Racing Club and won here with 3-1 in 2008/9 Uefa Cup group stage game. City are currently unbeaten in 13 European home games, making them the favorite for this match.
Villarreal
The yellow submarine, is currently last in the group, having lost both of their encounters with 0:2, at home against Bayern Munich and away from home against Napoli. The team struggles in Primera Division so far as well, taking the 13th spot with 7 points in 7 games. The team however has never failed to advance ahead in an UEFA competition and has never lost 3 consecutive games in a group stage edition of UEFA tournaments. Villarreal visited England for the third qualifying round of Champions League 2005/6 and won the match with 2:1. In the 4 visits afterwards, the team hasn’t been able to score a goal, 0:0 twice against United and two losses against Arsenal, latest one with the score 0:3.
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Prediction
Manchester City and Villarreal needs the 3 points that’s a fact. While a draw here might be beneficial, because each point counts, this might leave to much space for Bayern and Napoli to build good distance point-wise.
Betfred encourages you to place a £5.00 bet on First Goalscorer market on your favorite player. If they happen to score twice, Betfred will double their price, if they score three times Betfred will triple the price.
Here are some players that you can consider betting on:
Sergio Aguero first goalscorer in the match at 7/2 with betfred.
Edin Dzeko first goalscorer in the match at 4/1 with betfred.
David Silva first goalscorer in the match at 7/1 with betfred.
Giuseppe Rossi first goalscorer in the match at 8/1 with betfred.
Nilmar first goalscorer in the match at 9/1 with betfred.
Manchester City looks solid for this match with top class strikers ready to show their best. Because the match odds for City are low, consider backing the market Half-Time/Full-Time, Manchester City/Manchester City priced at 4/5 with bet365.
Knowing that both teams will be looking for the victory, that City and Villarreal have world class strikers, you can safely back the match to end Over 2.5 Goal at 8/13 with bet365.
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