Manchester City vs Manchester United Betting Preview PT 2

As it currently stands, the bookmakers have Manchester City listed at a very slim price to secure the win here at home and they are trading at heavily odds-on so you can expect their price to stay fairly consistent unless we see any significant withdrawals from the side over the weekend.

Guardiola’s men are coming into this one with plenty of confidence and they have been playing some absolutely grand slam stuff as of late - disposing of their rivals this past week in the Champions League with relative ease.

United trade at a lengthy price here but are very much still in the single digit range and the volume appears to be increasing significantly so you get the feeling that there are plenty of punters who think that United may be able to pull off another bit of magic and that would really stand them in good stead for the upcoming months as we head into the crucial Christmas fixtures that often predicate whether a team will be able to muster up a late push for the title or not.

While a loss here isn’t a complete and total disaster for Manchester United they will definitely be building up a lot of momentum if they can get the victory but knowing that City were able to demolish Shakhtar Donetsk by a hefty 6-0 margin this past week will likely indicate that they will start the match very defensively.

A classic 1-0 victory is a signature Jose Mourinho scoreline and he’ll be more than happy to put together a result like that and you get the feeling that if anything is going to happen then it’s likely to come from a moment of magic - a dead ball situation, perhaps from a set piece, could wind up being the moment that could truly tell the tale here.

You also get the feeling that whoever can score the first goal is definitely going to be in the drivers’ seat going forward so if you see a 0-0 scoreline at half-time then you’d have to think it’s game-on for United.