Match Preview

Early season title favourites Manchester City are flying at the moment. Pep Guardiola’s team have been playing some mesmerising football coming into today’s Manchester City vs Stoke City preview, winning eight matches on the spin and netting a jaw-dropping twenty-seven times along the way. Their 1-0 victory at Chelsea just before the international break was a clear indication that the Citizens are finally ready to mount a genuine EPL winning challenge under the Catalonian manager.

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The loss of Sergio Aguero to freak car crash injury in the weeks leading up to our free Manchester City vs Stoke City betting tips comes as a blow to Guardiola’s plans, though the Sky Blues have more than enough in their armoury to overcome a Stoke City side who have won just once in six. The Potters are currently in 13^th spot, a position they are likely to hover in and around for the majority of the season.

Their 2-1 win over Southampton on September 30^th was a timely one for Mark Hughes, ending a five-game streak without a win. Defenders Bruno Martins Indi and Ryan Shawcross are still out injured for the Potters, who would have trouble keeping Man City out even with a fully fit backline. The Britannia boys have only beaten their opponents this weekend twice in twenty previous meetings. If Hughes can mastermind a win over the team he used to manage, it will go down as the biggest Premier League shock of the week.

Manchester City vs Stoke City Prediction and Betting Advice

The bookmakers have the football betting odds priced hugely in the home team’s favour this weekend, making it quite a task to pick out some real value for our OddsDigger Manchester City vs Stoke City bets. The Citizens have been incredibly dominant in their Premiership fixtures in 2017/18. In four of their last six league games, they have been leading at half time and at full time.

Mark Hughes will be without two of the mainstays in defence at the Etihad and with the likes of Leroy Sane, Raheem Sterling, and Kevin de Bruyne in particular adept at picking holes in even the most organised rearguard, Saturday should prove a harrowing task for the Potters’ defensive reinforcements. In five of the last six of the Sky Blues’ contests at the Etihad, a run that includes three wins from the back end of last season, Guardiola’s team have been leading at half time and full time. If you want to back the pattern we identified, Ladbrokes have some wonderfully lucrative odds.

Brazilian wonderkid Gabriel Jesus hasn’t scored at club level for four matches prior to today’s Manchester City vs Stoke City predictions, but there are a couple of reasons as to why we think the youngster looks set to start another scoring streak this week. Firstly, the former Palmeiras forward will be moved to a more central attacking position this week having played second fiddle to Sergio Aguero in recent weeks. The Argentinean, of course, will be absent through injury.

Secondly, the 20-year-old is fresh from a confidence-boosting international break with Brazil, where he bagged two goals against Chile to help end their World Cup qualification dreams. The return of his goal-scoring touch arrives just in time for this fixture and this is why we have backed the diminutive poacher to score anytime in our free football tips. You can find the most value for your stake by using the odds supplied by Coral for our pick.