Manchester City will host Cardiff City FC tomorrow night in a match that looks to be about as lopsided as possible on paper. That won’t surprise anyone, but the numbers and stats of the all time series might. City have won 22 meetings, while Cardiff have taken nine; to go along with 20 draws.
Recent history has been even more balanced with three City Ws, Cardiff winning two to go along with one draw. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola knows that there is no room for error in the Premier League title race, as Liverpool are surging right now.
Let’s take a look at who Pep may select for his first team on Wednesday night.
The Bank Manchester City Starting XI Prediction vs Cardiff City (4-3-3)
Forwards: Leroy Sane Gabriel Jesus Raheem Sterling
Midfielders: David Silva Fernandinho Ilkay Gundogan
Defenders: Kyle Walker John Stones Aymeric Laporte Aleksadr Zinchenko
Goalkeeper: Ederson
Cardiff City at Manchester City FYIs
Kick-off is Wednesday April 3, City of Manchester Stadium 7:45 pm GMT.
The injury report for both sides is available at this link.
The Form Guide looks as follows- Manchester City WWWWW, Cardiff City LWLLL
The Google Prediction Result Probability shows a Man City win at 91%, a Draw at 7%, and a Cardiff victory at 2%.
The Betting Odds via Odds Checker are Manchester City 1/12, Draw 15/1, Fulham 45/1
Manchester City media activities will be held in the press conference room in the media zone at the City Football Academy campus, at 1.30pm on Tuesday 2 April.
The embargoed section of the press conference will be held until 10.30pm on Tuesday 2 April.
Final Score Prediction: City 3, Cardiff 0
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