ENGLISH PREMIER BETTING PICK - MANCHESTER CITY V PORTSMOUTH

English Premier

2008-09-21 - Manchester City vs Portsmouth

A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser

Analysis:

Manchester City will hope to break into the top 6 when they welcome FA Cup holders Portsmouth to the City of Manchester Stadium.

City have lost to Aston Villa as well as Chelsea but in between have taken out West Ham United and Sunderland with 3-0 successive wins. As for Portsmouth they were beaten against Chelsea and Manchester United but have since beaten Everton 3-0 and also Middlesbrough 2-1.

Last season City won this fixture by 3-1, with City having the Premierships most expensive player in Robinho, £18million man Jo and the on-form Jermain Defoe goals are guaranteed in this fixture.

Both sides played in the midweek UEFA Cup with Jo of Manchester City scoring two goals in the win over Omonia while Defoe, who has five goals in all competitions to his name already also scored for Pompey in the 2-0 win over Vitoria Guimareas.

Mark Hughes or Redknapp will be glad that they don't have new fresh injuries for this game. Benjani Mwaruwari will miss the chance to appear for his former side as he is still sidelined with injury.

Hughes will continue with the same midfield quartet of Elano, Stephen Ireland, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Vincent Kompany as Michael Johnson remains a doubt with a groin strain, while Martin Petrov is still out with a hamstring strain.

Robinho and Jo will spearhead the attack. Tal Ben Haim is likely to continue on the bench, with Micah Richards and Richard Dunne starting out in defense.

As for the visitors, Redknapp is likely to start with the same team that started in midweek. That means we are likely to see Peter Crouch partnering the in-form Defoe up-front. Nadir Belhadj also played well in their last match and is set to start at left back for this match.

Take Manchester City to win this match.


Cheers and good luck,
Cruiser

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Take Manchester City to win this match.