Man City v Sunderland (2pm Wembley)

Liverpool gave me a nice 25 point profit to start March with after their 3-0 win at St Mary’s last night and I bought Liverpool at 0.5 with Star Spreads on the superiority market.

Carling.. oops Capital One Cup Final this afternoon which is very lop-sided in the market towards Man City, but if you were pricing up on the recent head to head records can you be THAT sure:

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD
(Max last 10 only)
Nov 2013 Premier Sunderland 1-0 Man City
Dec 2012 Premier Sunderland 1-0 Man City
Oct 2012 Premier Man City 3-0 Sunderland
Mar 2012 Premier Man City 3-3 Sunderland
Jan 2012 Premier Sunderland 1-0 Man City
Apr 2011 Premier Man City 5-0 Sunderland
Aug 2010 Premier Sunderland 1-0 Man City
Mar 2010 Premier Sunderland 1-1 Man City
Dec 2009 Premier Man City 4-3 Sunderland
Mar 2009 Premier Man City 1-0 Sunderland

Sunderland fans are famous for singing the Elvis classic Can’t Help Falling In Love With You…. No idea why. It’s not as if there’s any documentary proof that Elvis was a Mackem fan.

Anyway, whatever. Man City have won only two of their last eight matches against Sunderland and don’t forget they came unstuck against Wigan in the FA Cup Final last season when simply put… Wigan wanted it more.

It could easily be the same story today. Both teams have their key focus on the Premier League for different reasons but I’m not sure that this will be the 4-0 City everyone’s expecting.

Sunderland can outperform their expectations and I’m selling City at 1.7. That means I get 1.7 goals for ‘free’ at the start of the match.

RECOMMENDED BET (1-10 points)

SELL MAN CITY / SUNDERLAND for 10 points at around 1.7 with Star Spreads

RUNNING RETURN (MARCH): PROFIT 25.00 POINTS

RUNNING RETURN (YEAR): PROFIT 100.30 POINTS

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