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Manchester City v Southampton betting tips - Champions can cruise to easy win

Manchester City's Argentinian player Carlos Tevez (R) celebrates with Manchester City's Argentinian player Sergio Aguero after Manchester City win the match 3-2 during the FA Community Shield football match between Chelsea and Manchester City at Villa Park in Birmingham, England on August 12, 2012. (credit: IAN KINGTON/AFP/GettyImages)
Manchester City will be the cornerstones of virtually all weekend accumulators as they look like certainties to beat Southampton on Saturday.

Manchester City were very impressive in last weekend's Community Shield and the reigning champions are now just a best price of 13/10 at Blue Square to retain their Premier League title this season. They begin their defence with a home match against Southampton on Sunday and it is unlikely that Roberto Mancini could have hand picked a better opponent.

The newly promoted side will, of course, come to the Etihad Stadium full of energy and determined to prove that they deserve to be in the top flight but the gulf in quality between Nigel Adkins side and the Citizens is huge. Jack Rodwell was brought in by City for around £15 million last week to warm the bench. Southampton's whole squad was put together for not much more than that.

The visitors are a massive 18/1 at Sky Bet to cause what would be one of the biggest shocks in Premier League history on Sunday afternoon but even at that price there is unlikely to many people backing the Saints. They are a solid side and the likes of Adam Lallana, who is 22/1 at bet365 to open the scoring, will cause problems for some top flight defences but it won't be Manchester City's. Nigel De Jong and Yaya Toure offer too much protection for the back four and there won't be any players pulled out of position in the home defence.

By contrast, the Southampton defence will be having nightmares thinking about facing Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez. The Argentine duo's movement and pace was too much for Chelsea on Sunday and both will be looking to get their Golden Boot bid going with a couple of goals this weekend. Aguero and Tevez are 7/2 apiece at Coral to open the scoring on Saturday and 5/6 each to find the net at any time. 

It is 1/5 at Bet Victor that Manchester City beat Southampton and that bet will probably be on virtually all accumulators this weekend. It doesn't, however, offer much for singles bettors who will want something around even money. Better than that is the 8/5 at Coral that the home side win by three or more goals. The handicap line might well appear large but it is worth remembering that City won by at least that margin in nine of their 19 fixtures at the Etihad last season, including their opening game against newly promoted Swansea. They beat the Swans 4-0 and the 11/1 at Coral that history repeats itself is not a bad price at all.

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Match Handicap (-2 Goals) - Manchester City (8/5, Coral)


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