Manchester City – Liverpool, Prediction – Premier League

⏩ Manchester City has some advantage over the derby

Despite all the catching up with Liverpool, Man City is still one point ahead of the Reds, has the home advantage, and have an easier schedule. All these factors, however, are only conditional. The Citizens won hard against Atletico 1-0 in the Champions League this week, but at times it was clear that Guardiola, despite everything, wants to keep much of the strength of his players for the big clash with Liverpool. Probably a reason for Pep to leave Foden on the bench. However, Dias will most likely not be able to take part in the match.

🔝 Liverpool can hardly be in better shape before such a match

Liverpool is literally making the perfect season so far. It has already won one cup, and in the other home cup, a semifinal is coming. In the Champions League, he almost secured the semifinals, and in the championship, he is only one point away from the first and now he has the opportunity to beat him to reach first place. In addition, the Reds miraculously have no problems with injuries, which happened almost throughout the calendar year. However, the high line of defense sometimes plays a bad joke on the Reds. There are some weaknesses in their game, but Liverpool knows how to use weapons to make the opponent not take advantage of their chances.

📑 We expect caution from both giants

Liverpool have also focused very heavily on set pieces and are probably the best team in England in this aspect. Goals are constantly scored from set-pieces and such are rarely allowed. One such trump card can decide a match like the one with City. In general, however, if someone proposes a draw to Liverpool before the Etihad meeting, we think Klopp will agree, because, despite the seemingly easier schedule of the citizens, we saw that they can fail against unexpected rivals, and have a visit to West Ham. We believe that it will be more important for the guests to leave undefeated after this clash. On the City side, it may be something like that. They can’t help but have great respect for the opponent, given that he hasn’t made a mistake for the whole calendar year and caught up with them by 11 points a few months ago. The teams are extremely equal, the tactical battle will be the same, so we think it is most logical to see a Draw at 3.75.