Perry's Punt
26 February 2010 - 11:46
by Perry Groves
Each week, former Arsenal hero and now co-presenter on The Betting Channel,Perry Groves gives us his top tip for the weekend. This week he looks at Man City's trip to Chelsea.
This weekend's football kicks-off with the league leaders playing host to Manchester City. Roman Abramovich might no longer be the richest owner at the two clubs, but he might be the happier owner knowing that City have an appalling record at the Bridge over the years.
City haven't scored in over 10 hours of football at the Bridge, a record that goes back ten years. And we can't ignore Chelsea's form here this season, where they've won 12 of 13 games.
Thumbing through the stats for this game, I think it might be a fairly low scoring match and certainly not another 7-2 like when Sunderland visited.
Three of Chelsea's games against top-six sides this season has had less than three goals and we've clearly seen that City have become a more defensively minded team - or just boring - under Mancini. Again, the stats show that there has been less than three goals in five of their last six.
We've also got to factor in City's lack of a decent striker for the game. Emmanuel Adebayor is missing the match after his red card for a ridiculous elbow on Ryan Shawcross. Tevez is likely to be back, which is a boost, and Bellamy can cause problems. But ultimately I think City'll struggle to get on the scoresheet.
Perry's Punt: Chelsea to win 2-0 at 13/2
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