Manchester City vs Hull City Preview

August 30, 2013
By: Deke Hardman

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Saturday’s early kick-off in the Premier League sees Manchester City face Hull City at the Etihad Stadium.

The hosts go in to the game of the back of their shock 3-2 defeat at Cardiff City, though victory will, even if only momentarily, see them rise to second place in the division.

City are set to welcome back defender Matija Nastasic, though Micah Richards and captain Vincent Kompany are both out.

Sergio Aguero is favourite to open the scoring at 4.75 (15/4) with Bet Victor, while Alvaro Negredo, who opened his account for the club at the Cardiff City Stadium last Sunday is available at 5.0 (4/1) with Paddy Power.

The home win is 1.18 (2/11) with Bet Victor, with Hull as highly priced at the 19.0 (18/1) on offer from Bet 365, who also offer the best odds of 8.5 (15/2) for the draw.

The Tigers needed extra time to get past League One side Leyton Orient on Tuesday evening, while they currently sit thirteenth in the league following their 1-0 win over Norwich City a week ago.

Steve Bruce is without Yannick Sagbo, who was dismissed last weekend, so fellow summer signing Danny Graham is set to lead the line, while new midfield duo Tom Huddlestone and Jake Livermore are set to partner each other in the middle of the park.

Graham is 19.0 (18/1) with Bet 365 to get the first goal of the game, while Huddlestone is available at the ridiculously generous price of 51.0 (50/1) with the same firm.

In their four Premier League meetings so far, both sides have one win to their name while their last meeting in Manchester was the second of two draws.

Last season’s runners up have won all but seven of their last forty-nine home league games, with eleven of the last seventeen of those victories coming without them conceding.

With this in mind, you could do worse than take advantage of Bet Victor’s offer of 1.83 (5/6) for Manuel Pellegrini’s men to win to nil this time around, while Bet 365 price the hosts at 1.62 (8/13) to keep a clean sheet.

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