S.P.Read Esq: Chelsea v Man City

Our daily columnist and pundit S.P. Read Esq. looks ahead to the Premier League match on Saturday evening (5.30pm, LIVE SKY) between CHELSEA v MAN CITY and finds the best opportunities available on Star Spreads, the home of sports spread betting.

It’s being billed as a ‘title decider’ and it could well be if Man City fail to get anything from their trip to Stamford Bridge (5.30pm SKY).

Both teams suffered shock defeats in the FA Cup last week so they can now concentrate on the league (!!), but if Chelsea were to take all three points then suddenly there’s a gap of eight points at the top.

The bare stats say there’s a good chance of that happening as Chelsea come into this on the back of 10 straight Premier League wins at home while Man City are looking a long way short of their best in 2015 with successive defeats at the Etihad by Middlesbrough in the FA Cup and Arsenal’s 2-0 win in the league.

Chelsea forward Diego Costa hasn’t been off the back page headlines all week and is unavailable for this having being found guilty of violent conduct against Liverpool.

Mourinho has further problems with Cesc Fabregas and Filipe Luis missing – both were injured in the midweek League Cup win over Liverpool.

For Man City Yaya Toure and Wilfried Bony are both unavailable as they are still involved in the Africa Cup of Nations.

Chelsea v Man City
Premier League
5.30pm SKY

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD
(Maximum 10 matches)
Sep 2014 Premier Man City 1-1 Chelsea
Feb 2014 FA Cup Man City 2-0 Chelsea
Feb 2014 Premier Man City 0-1 Chelsea
Oct 2013 Premier Chelsea 2-1 Man City
Apr 2013 FA Cup Chelsea 1-2 Man City
Feb 2013 Premier Man City 2-0 Chelsea
Nov 2012 Premier Chelsea 0-0 Man City
Aug 2012 Community Shield Chelsea 2-3 Man City
Mar 2012 Premier Man City 2-1 Chelsea
Dec 2011 Premier Chelsea 2-1 Man City

I was one minute away from getting level on Wednesday with a sell of the third match goal in the Sheffield United v Spurs game. I sold at 76 minutes and the third goal was on 77 minutes!

Buying bookings at 65 seems a high starting point at first glance, especially when Marc Clattenburg is only averaging 41.6 points – but it’s easy to see this being a bad tempered affair with plenty at stake and I don’t think there is much downside potential with a buy with Star Spreads.

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