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Manchester City v Lech Poznan Betting: Top Two Clash in Group A Europa League

Manchester City have been made huge odds on favourites in the Europa League betting to beat Group A rivals Lech Poznan in this third group match at Eastlands on Thursday evening. Some bookmakers make them as short as 1/5 but Bet365 are slightly more generous with their 2/9. They also go 5/1 the draw and a best price of 12/1 for a Lech Poznan win.

The two sides actually look a lot more evenly matched then the betting suggests with both having secured 4 points in the group from the two matches played thus far. Indeed the visitors actually sit atop Group A by virtue of scoring more goals – they have five to City’s three – with three of their goals coming in the away game against a defensive minded Juventus team in their 3-3 draw in their opening group game. City meanwhile were held 1-1 by Juventus in their last match, having secured maximum points in their group opener against Salzburg in Austria.

Where there is a glaring difference between the two sides however is their respective domestic form. City currently sit second in the Premier League, while Lech Poznan, despite winning the Polish First Division last year are struggling this term and are one position off the relegation zone, with four defeats in their eight games played.

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Big spending City are actually the current favourites to win the Europa League this season with odds of 5/1 from bet365 with Lech Poznan a somewhat distant 300/1 to do the same. The same Bookmakers also have City 4/7 odds on in the betting to win Group A while the Polish team are a reasonable 5/2 to qualify with them.

Roberto Mancini , the City boss, is likely to experiment a little with his team for this match and is sure to rest the talismanic Tevez, probably in favour of David Silva who came off the bench to score against Blackpool last week in the 3-2 Premier League win. Silva looks an excellent bet in fact at 7/1 to score the opening goal in this match. As is stands currently Tevez is the favourite in this market, but Emmanuel Adebayor, who needs to make an impression is another player to consider and he can be backed at 4/1 to beat Silva to it. These odds are available from Bet 365.

Despite struggling domestically, Lech Poznan have unearthed a striker of great promise in the form of Latvian international, Artjom Rudnevs, a hat trick hero against Juventus and who has also scored four league goals this season. He might not be in the right team to score the first goal in this match, but bet365.com have him at an excellent best price of 5/1 to score at anytime during the match.

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Coming to Eastlands and winning will be a difficult task for the Polish champions, but they managed to draw at Juventus which means that they should not be taken quite as likely as the betting suggests. A draw will be the best that they will get however, but the sensible punter will be backing a City win. City are 13/8 for a -2 in the handicap, with the draw being 3/1 and Lech Poznan a 21/20 bet for a +2. These bets can be snapped up with Bet 365.com.

Manchester City v Lech Poznan Tips

Selection 1: City to win -2 in the handicap @ 13/8
Selection 2: David Silva to score first goal @ 7/1
Selection 3: Rudnevs to score at anytime for Lech Poznan @ 5/1

Manchester City v Lech Poznan Betting

Match Betting

2/9 Man City
5/1 Draw
12/1 Lech Poznan

First Goalscorer Betting

13/5 Tevez (If he plays)
4/1 Adebayor
9/2 Santa Cruz
11/2 Jo
6/1 Milner
7/1 Silva
7/1 Johnson
10/1 Wright-Phillips
11/1 Barry
18/1 Rudnevs

Odds provided by Bet365 .com Bookmakers who have over 100 current LIVE markets for this match

Posted: Wednesday, 20th October 2010
Author: Rodney Wise
Tags: europa league, eastlands, manchester city, lech poznan, bet365,

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