Man City v Arsenal
There’s a lot of pressure for both teams going into this game, Mark Hughes’ job security looks to be in question, whilst the same can be said about Arsenal’s title ambitions. Luckily for Arsenal they have a captain who is willing to pitch in and not undermine the manager during these testing times……
3 points on Saturday will relieve all of the pressure for both teams, well until next weekend! Arsenal fans can however take heart in knowing that they have not lost back to back Premiership games since losing to Everton,Liverpool and West Ham 58 games ago. Last year’s result saw the Gunners beat City 3-1.
Betting tips- City have a poor record against Arsenal, in 23 league games, they’ve only managed to beat them once. So at odds of 2.34 on Betfair, Arsenal look to be a good back to win this weekend. I would also expect over 2.5 goals in this match, games involving City and the Gunners have produced 48 and 40 goals so far this season. My main bet will be on ‘Over 2.5 goals’ at odds of 1.75.
You may also be interested to know that Man City have never scored more that 1 goal in the 22 games they’ve played against Wenger’s men. So assuming they do score one goal and history repeats itself, a 2-1 and 3-1 scoreline to Arsenal at odds of 10 and 19 on Betfair looks to be a tempting bet, back both scorelines for fun, keeping your stakes small.
UPDATE- Man City 3-0 Arsenal. This game really didn’t go the way I was expecting! City played some fantastic football and Robinho’s chip to score the second showed exactly why City splashed all the cash for him. Arsenal on the other hand looked off form in front of goal and Wenger’s decision to not spend any money during the summer looks to be what’s costing them when they have a lot of key players injured and suspended. Luckily for us, the main tip to back over 2.5 goals was a winner, although it was surprising to see the Gunner’s not get at least one goal in this game.
