Chelsea – Manchester City. What to put in the main match of the week
The main match of the week in England and throughout Europe. The club from Manchester in the last round beat “Burnley” 5:0 and even a little closer to the “Liverpool”. The gap is still huge – 20 points, but still a theoretical chance for the title still, man city will fight. Will the “citizens” to take three points from London?
Favbet Odds: 4.35 – 4 – 1.75
Chelsea, in turn, confidently holding the 4th place and even quite able to swing on the 3rd. But out in the Champions League “blue” is far from guaranteed, “Manchester United”, “Tottenham” and other direct competitors in the neighborhood.
As you can see, the bookies in this match we give advantage to the guests. And at first glance this seems logical. In the first leg man city beat Chelsea 2:1. And in early 2019 Bayern just underclass “blue” 6:0, shipping 4 goals in the first 25 minutes. However, it was still Chelsea Surrey. When Frank Lampard “the aristocrats” such failures does not allow.
After release from quarantine Manchester city won both matches with a total score of 8:0. But Chelsea is in good form. And blindly bet on the victory of “citizens” is probably not worth it. It is better to consider a bet on “over”. According to statistics, in 73% of matches involving Manchester city hammered at least 3 goals (average 3.6 per match). Chelsea are also traditionally quite a lot of scored and conceded, and they have 63% of the matches played on over (2.5). But because you can safely bet on the over (2.5) with a robust factor of 1.65. Well, if you want to take the risk, you can bet that at least 2 goals will be scored in the first half. When you play teams like that, it is also highly likely
Reliable forecast: more total goals (2.5) – 1.65
Bold prediction: the first half total is greater (1.5) – 2.45