Live on ITV 1: Sat 17.15: Manchester comes to Wembley on Saturday for the FA Cup; United are worthy favourites at 5/4 with Coral.
Manchester City’s preparation for their FA Cup semi-final showdown with neighbours Manchester United hasn’t exactly been ideal, Roberto Mancini’s men having been hammered 3-0 at Liverpool on Monday and their misery at Anfield was compounded as they lost talismanic striker Carlos Tevez to a hamstring injury in the early stages.
The Argentine star misses this weekend’s Wembley clash and although the impact of his absence will be offset slightly by the suspension of United’s Wayne Rooney, City remain 11/4 outsiders with bet365 and it’s hard to see past Sir Alex Ferguson’s side, worthy favourites at 5/4 (Coral).
United tend to look defensively sound when Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic are paired together at centre-half and it would be no surprise if they kept a Tevez-less City attack at bay to prevail ‘to nil’, an outcome Paddy Power price at 11/4.
More specifically, Stan James make Ferguson’s charges 7/1 to grab the game’s only goal and post 7/10 against the pair finding the net on fewer than three occasions between them while Rooney’s possible replacement, Javier Hernandez, is a tempting 5/1 with Partybets to break the deadlock.
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Manchester United to win – 5/4 (Coral)
Manchester United to win ‘to nil’ – 11/4 (Paddy Power)
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