Such a tough match to call being at Stamford Bridge and, with Liverpool on their coat tails, City cannot afford to drop points so Guardiola will be demanding a high octane performance from his men. It should be a game of high quality, but City have the craft to open up the Chelsea defence and further underline their outstanding title credentials. Sergio Aguero could be absent, but that should be no problem for the visitors. A best price of evens for City to win looks very fair.

Best bet:
The preference, however, is to avoid the result and over 10.5 corners at above evens could be the way to go. City are by far the league's highest corner takers, averaging around seven per game, while Chelsea average just above five. Odds-against about a make-up of 11 or more looks a good bet.

Goals:
With Aguero a possible absentee, Gabriel Jesus could start for a third successive game and the Brazilian will be keen to reward his manager with an overdue goal - he has had seven shots in his last two appearances so it may be coming. Eden Hazard is Chelsea's main man, and he attempted five shots in the midweek loss at Wolves. Expect both to be heavily involved and remember it doesn't matter whether they hit the target or not with this bet.

RequestABet:
Tackles can go flying in during these fixtures and Michael Oliver could be in for a busy afternoon with at least two bookings for each team a realistic ask.