The live Sunday lunchtime match kicks off an exciting day of Premier League football as table toppers Manchester City host Tottenham at the Etihad Stadium. City start the match as 10/11 favourites but Spurs are on a fine run and have a decent record at City, with Paddy Power pricing them 3/1 and the draw 5/2.
Spurs have won eight and drawn two of the last thirteenMan City v Tottenham matches in Manchester and they could be worth backing to win with the draw no bet at 15/8. City may be three points clear at the top of the league and five points clear of Spurs but their recent form has been shaky.
Roberto Mancini's men have only won two of their last six matches in all competitions and the loss of Yaya Toure and Kolo Toure to the African Cup of Nations, as well as Vincent Kompany to suspension, are huge blows. City's home record demands respect though as they have won their last fifteen league games in a row at the Etihad and have taken 58 points from the last 60 available there.
They have scored in every match at home and both teams to score is 8/13 on, with Spurs having scored in each of their previous 20 league matches. Sergio Aguero will look to add to his season's tally of 17 goals and he is 9/2 to be first goalscorer with PaddyPower.com, who will refund all losing first scorer, last scorer, correct score and scorecast single bets if there are four or more goals in Sunday's match.
City won 5-1 when they played Spurs at White Hart Lane in August but Spurs look much stronger now and City's form is less consistent. City have only conceded six in their last seventeen at home though and a City clean sheet can be backed at 9/5, but we fancy a better punt could be under 2.5 goals at 11/10 with paddypower, particularly as Spurs' last seven games have involved two goals or fewer.
Interestingly, Spurs and City have scored 13 goals each between 61 and 75 minutes of league matches this term and paddypower offer a juicy 17/1 for the first goal of Sunday's match to be scored between 66 and 75 minutes.
Spurs' goal threat is weakened this weekend as Emmanuel Adebayor is ineligible due to the terms of his loan deal from City. It means Jermain Defoe is likely to get a start after scoring six in his last eleven appearances and he can be backed at 8/1 to score first.
Tottenham have lost just one of their last nine away games in the league and they remain just five points behind City at the top. If they were to lose this weekend then a top four place would have to be the limit of their expectations but we fancy they are good value to take a point at least.
Harry Redknapp's side are unbeaten in nine matches and a draw would be a result that neither side would be too disappointed with. The correct score market could be worth a look and 1-1 looks very tempting at 6/1 in the betting with Paddy Power.
Man City v Tottenham Form
Check the season's statistics for both Man City and Tottenham, plus the odds ahead of Sunday's match.
Man City Stats|Tottenham Stats
Man City v Tottenham Tips
Tip #1: Tottenham to win with the draw no bet @ 13/8 with PaddyPower.com
Tip #2: Under 2.5 goals @ 11/10 with PaddyPower.com
Tip #3: Correct score of 1-1 @ 6/1 with PaddyPower.com
Click here for Steve Claridge's weekend football betting tips.
Match Odds
10/11 Man City
5/2 Draw
3/1 Tottenham
Correct Score Odds
7/1 Man City 1-0
17/2 Man City 2-0
7/1 Man City 2-1
10/1 Draw 0-0
6/1 Draw 1-1
11/1 Draw 2-2
12/1 Tottenham 1-0
20/1 Tottenham 2-0
11/1 Tottenham 2-1
First Goalscorer Odds
9/2 Sergio Aguero
11/2 Mario Balotelli
11/2 Edin Dzeko
15/2 David Silva
8/1 Rafael Van Der Vaart
8/1 Jermain Defoe
9/1 No Goalscorer
9/1 Samir Nasri
9/1 Adam Johnson
9/1 Roman Pavlyuchenko
11/1 Gareth Bale
Odds supplied byPaddyPower.com, who will refund all losing first/last scorer, correct score and scorecast single bets if there are four more goals in the match.
Posted: Friday, 20th January 2012
Author: Chris James
Tags: english premiership, manchester city, tottenham hotspur, jermain defoe, paddypower,
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