Manchester City vs Newcastle United Preview

October 28, 2014
By: Deke Hardman

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Capital One Cup holders Manchester City face Newcastle United at the Etihad Stadium in the fourth round of this season’s competition on Wednesday evening.

The hosts, who beat Newcastle’s fierce rivals Sunderland in the final at Wembley back in March, thrashed Sheffield Wednesday 7-0 in the last round though they go into the game on the back of Saturday’s 2-1 league defeat at West Ham United.

Samir Nasri is set to return to the squad after recovering from the groin injury which has kept him out of the last seven games, while Frank Lampard (thigh) is Manuel Pellegrini’s only injury concern.

Sergio Aguero is favourite to get the first goal of the game at 4.0 (3/1) with Betfair, with Edin Dzeko a 5.5 (9/2) chance with Bet 365.

City are 1.33 (3/10) favourites to win the match in ninety minutes with Bet Victor, with the visitors as highly priced as the 11.0 (10/1) on offer from a variety of firms. The draw is a 6.0 (5/1) chance with Bet 365.

Alan Pardew’s side needed extra-time to get past Crystal Palace in round three, and have won two of their three league games since that dramatic win at Selhurst Park five weeks ago.

Pappis Cisse, Emmanuel Riviere, Cheick Tiote and Mike Williamson remain out having all missed Sunday’s win at Tottenham Hotspur though Ryan Taylor could feature for the first time since August 2012.

Fresh from his winning goal at the weekend, Ayoze Perez is a 15.0 (14/1) chance to open the scoring with Bet Victor, with Remy Cabella a 17.0 (16/1) shot with the same firm.

Newcastle have beaten City just once in the last decade, with the Manchester side running out winners on the last seven meetings though one of those victories was after extra-time.

With the favourites having kept clean sheets in each of their last five clashes with the North East side, you may be tempted to back the home win to nil at 2.38 (11/8) with Bet Victor, while the same firm offer 2.2 (6/5) for there to be four or more goals scored inside the ninety minutes.

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