Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[onecall123]

I think both teams will try to take advantage of every mistake that will occur in the match to score goals, because usually in matches that have high intensity, the players must be able to perform optimally and concentrate highly throughout the match, for this match, Manchester City is really the favorite, however, Manchester United chances of beating Manchester City are also quite big If Manchester United players can perform optimally in this match, especially Onana, who has often made blunders.

This Manchester derby should be one of the hottest derbies in the EPL. But with United's current performance, I think this derby will not be as exciting as the derbies of previous seasons. Manchester City have been outstanding this season and United have been inconsistent with their play. I think City will win this match even though I am sure the match will be tight because this is a derby match.

I think the different this season.Manchester City has been doing well but has also losing points in quite so many games so they are not as strong as they used to be in the last season so Manchester United has real chances here as this game remains a derby.In the late years almost every time Manchester City has won the game yet I think today may be a different surprise,if City loses this game it can only make the Premier League title much more colorful than it already is.I also am afraid with Onana and I don't know what happened to him as in Serie A he made so many great saves yet in here he is having difficulties.

They're not unbeatable like last year, losing games they should win. Manchester United has a great opportunity in a derby when anything may happen. Although history favors City, derbies are unpredictable. I share your enthusiasm for a more competitive title race. It's exactly what the Premier League needs to captivate spectators

Like you, I worry about Onana. We expected a smoother transition from Serie A to the Premier League. He starred in Italy, making vital saves and showing talent. Many players, not only goalkeepers, struggle to adjust to English football. Another level of pace and physicality. I hope he finds his footing soon

The Manchester Derby is just around the corner! It's the match everyone's been waiting for, a heated battle between two Manchester clubs, Manchester City and Manchester United. I'm also eagerly awaiting today's showdown. City might not be at their best, so they're definitely beatable. Even though City has the advantage historically, ManU is hopeful and believes they can hold City at home. A draw would be a decent outcome, but if they can pull off a narrow win, that would be fantastic.
However, it's clear that Man United's midfield needs to step up. If they can't improve, winning will be tough. Plus, if Onana keeps letting in goals, they'll continue to struggle.

[Out of mind]

Today's Manchester City vs Manchester United match is going to be a great game with plenty of attacks from both teams.  LAnd today's match is likely to be won by Manchester City, because Manchester City is much stronger than Manchester United in the Premier League. Moreover, Manchester City is in the second position in the points table of EPL. Of course, they have a chance to compete with Liverpool for the first position. And if Manchester City can't perform well against Manchester United in today's match, they will certainly lose points. Although Manchester United are currently performing well, it is difficult to say how well they will do in today's match, but if they can win, then Manchester City is good and Manchester United is good.

[abhiseshakana]

Burnley 0 - 2 Bournemouth (Full Time)

It seems that Burnley has a very tough struggle to escape the relegation zone. Whatever efforts they make, it seems to be in vain. How could it not be, they were playing at home and they had much better possession of the ball than Bournemouth but it wasn't enough to give them any points. Even though there is still quite a long way to go in the Premier League, but if you look at how they play and how difficult it is for them to cope with the pressure, I doubt Burnley can get out of the relegation zone.

[len01]

It looks like Arsenal can maintain their winning streak by this week as well. Because their next opponent is Sheffield Utd in an away game. But this is football of course, there is no guarantee for something to happen.  

I remember how Aston Villa had big difficulties against Sheffield Utd home and barely saved one point. But later on they demolished them by 5-0 away. I would like to see a big win by Arsenal here too. Arsenal are technically going to play against a team with not much goal left in the league. A point loss in a game like this while fighting for the league title wouldn't be acceptable at all. Arsenal to win by at least two goals has 1.50 odds which is nice to add to one's parlay.  

Sheffield Utd is not a strong team but can always make it difficult for top teams to score and often teams like Sheffield Utd can always put up resistance even though they always fail, but sometimes a draw can happen.
looking at the performance in more depth, Arsenal is far superior at the moment, as you said, maintaining a winning streak to be able to reach the top of the standings, displacing Liverpool and Manchester City because the point difference is very close, making Arteta troops very excited.
according to the predictions that I analyzed, it looks like Arsenal will not only score 2 scores but 3 scores or even more than that because even though Arsenal often lose consistency and Sheffield Utd often put up resistance, in terms of current performance, Arsenal is really in a very strong condition.

from the Sheffield Utd players you can see a lot of injured players who currently don't have any hope and Arsenal will most likely easily score 5 scores betting on the 3rd over with odds @1.67 seems more comfortable for me.

[JeffBrad12]

It looks like Arsenal can maintain their winning streak by this week as well. Because their next opponent is Sheffield Utd in an away game. But this is football of course, there is no guarantee for something to happen. 

The place for playing the upcoming game will not matter a lot. Arsenal consistently winning any away game with huge scores. Sheffield is a relegated team and i see no problem owned by the club. A club like sheffield was not comparable to the arsenal even taking 2,75 is not that bad for this game.
Im sure arsenal will win with huge margins. The club is performing even better when it was playing away and sheffield is still on the worst state. No reason not to pick arsenal in this game.

I remember how Aston Villa had big difficulties against Sheffield Utd home and barely saved one point. But later on they demolished them by 5-0 away. I would like to see a big win by Arsenal here too. Arsenal are technically going to play against a team with not much goal left in the league. A point loss in a game like this while fighting for the league title wouldn't be acceptable at all. Arsenal to win by at least two goals has 1.50 odds which is nice to add to one's parlay. 

Arsenal is gonna get three points easily from this game. Im not even doubting it but i do agree with you picking total over is a sense choice. I consider that how small the odds for arsenal to win the game. It's not even satisfying me to see that.
Total over 2.5 or 2.75 is still possible to happen. Sheffield is the worst club in EPL and i see no problem for arsenal to beat it soon.

The game may end with more than three goals scored.

[Kristiyana]

It looks like Arsenal can maintain their winning streak by this week as well. Because their next opponent is Sheffield Utd in an away game. But this is football of course, there is no guarantee for something to happen.  

I remember how Aston Villa had big difficulties against Sheffield Utd home and barely saved one point. But later on they demolished them by 5-0 away. I would like to see a big win by Arsenal here too. Arsenal are technically going to play against a team with not much goal left in the league. A point loss in a game like this while fighting for the league title wouldn't be acceptable at all. Arsenal to win by at least two goals has 1.50 odds which is nice to add to one's parlay.  

You're right the gunners is opportune to win sheffield utd tomorrow, regardless to the home advantage given to sheffield utd. arsenal did well in there previous match,so I think with there previous performance they can be able to beat sheffield utd.with the look of things I think sheffield utd will be one of those teams that will be relegated this season.however it was a massive wining for bournemouth today what a great performance from bournemouth that was,they dominated both half with 1goal considering the home advantage for burnley yet no impact Victory to bournemouth.

[QueenVera]

It must be klopp's responsibility to help club avoid to perform like the match against forest in the future match. Liverpool will have hard fixtures and it must be solved. There have been many chances were wasted. I must say that if liverpool was not lucky enough in this game before nunez was coming with his only goal to help liverpool get three points.
It was so amazing to see liverpool able to get three point when the game has only one minute remaining. It's hard to believe but that's happened. I was watching the second half and it was so amazing. Many liverpool supporters were not only happy but they were also feeling so satisfied with a goal from nunez.

I think that liverpool should not think about how many goals made in any games but the club must focus on how to win the game. It's caused by we are heading toward the end of season. The defensive strategy forced liverpool to play carefully and it was also making liverpool rarely had effective attack against forest.
EPL trophy is not a battle about how many goals scored by your club but it's about how consistent you are in getting three points in any game. Liverpool can win with narrow score as long as it can keep win till last match and it will win EPL trophy this season.

I can't even believe that how team that was struggling at the early season could make its comeback this fast. Thanks for klopp that has already made it happen with liverpool. Nunez is performing so amazingly in this game. He deserves credit from whole of liverpool fans.

Well the battle for the EPL is now getting more fierce as at this point you expect a team to loose point and reduce her performance. Any mistake at this point from a team especially the top 3 teams will result in that team losing out on the title race. Now all teams must know that it’s not all about scoring lots of goals but majorly maintaining the wins and getting the 3 points at least it’ll help you keep your opponent on the pressure and that pressure sometimes makes a team fall at some point.

 The match between Liverpool and Forest is one that showed the effect of pressure as you can see how Liverpool struggled to get the goal.The fans of Liverpool while watching this match were a bit frustrated because of the many chances missed by this Liverpool side as it was really worrisome. Well I’ll agree if you say the injury crisis had it’s tow on the team and you can tell especially as most of these players have been overworked after the 120 minute League Cup victory and having to play in the FA Cup and then playing against a good Forest team who’re real battling to get off relegation threat zone.

 This match now should be an eye opener that they’re not to fight to get much goals rather they should try to get the 3 points as this will be their saving grace. Maintaining consistency is what’s key in the race to achieving success in the EPL this season and I think all the 3 clubs in the race should know this. They all have to be careful not to drop anymore points since the  league is gradually getting to a point where it would come to conclusion.

[rangga28]

Today's Manchester City vs Manchester United match is going to be a great game with plenty of attacks from both teams.  LAnd today's match is likely to be won by Manchester City, because Manchester City is much stronger than Manchester United in the Premier League. Moreover, Manchester City is in the second position in the points table of EPL. Of course, they have a chance to compete with Liverpool for the first position. And if Manchester City can't perform well against Manchester United in today's match, they will certainly lose points. Although Manchester United are currently performing well, it is difficult to say how well they will do in today's match, but if they can win, then Manchester City is good and Manchester United is good.

Manchester City remains superior in the derby match later. Guardiola's troops are far more prepared when compared to Erik Ten Hag's concoction squad. In addition, the victory achieved by Liverpool yesterday will be a trigger for City to be able to win this week to stick tightly to the rival at the top of the standings. But even though Manchester City also had to be aware of the rise of the Red Devils, if they see statistics this year their condition has begun to improve and they may make a surprise at the Etihad Stadium.

[Litzki1990]

I think the different this season.Manchester City has been doing well but has also losing points in quite so many games so they are not as strong as they used to be in the last season so Manchester United has real chances here as this game remains a derby.In the late years almost every time Manchester City has won the game yet I think today may be a different surprise,if City loses this game it can only make the Premier League title much more colorful than it already is.I also am afraid with Onana and I don't know what happened to him as in Serie A he made so many great saves yet in here he is having difficulties.

City from the last 15 games, they only drew one game, they won all the other games, what frequent points losses are you talking about? City are much more stable than Manchester United, and Onana makes a lot of mistakes, and together with the not very good play of Manchester United's defenders, this all gives City a better chance of winning this match. Moreover, they really need this victory, and for Manchester United everything looks very doubtful.

I too am confident that Man City will win tonight's derby... Man U also started to play not bad, but does not show stability, especially since they have not had such strong opponents as Man City for a long time... I wouldn't be surprised if Unaiyed can't score a goal at all today... I wouldn't be surprised if United can't score today...

When we get the news of Manchester United vs Manchester City match between these two teams, we think that two big teams will fight and the competition will be very tough but in reality we don't see the competition between Manchester City and Manchester United as before. Manchester City is currently a very good performing team compared to Manchester United. Manchester City achieved the highest in the last season on the contrary Manchester United did not perform well in the last season and also they are not performing well in this season. Since Manchester City is in better form than Manchester United, Manchester City will definitely be ahead of Manchester United in this match. I will thoroughly enjoy the match between Manchester United and Manchester City and my bet will be in favor of Manchester City even though I am a Manchester United fan.

[snipie]

Today's Manchester City vs Manchester United match is going to be a great game with plenty of attacks from both teams.  LAnd today's match is likely to be won by Manchester City, because Manchester City is much stronger than Manchester United in the Premier League. Moreover, Manchester City is in the second position in the points table of EPL. Of course, they have a chance to compete with Liverpool for the first position. And if Manchester City can't perform well against Manchester United in today's match, they will certainly lose points. Although Manchester United are currently performing well, it is difficult to say how well they will do in today's match, but if they can win, then Manchester City is good and Manchester United is good.

I don't know where I read that Ten Hag is gonna be the best coach for a month, February in social media maybe, I don't know if they were serious because I don't know if Manchester City could be the cause of him being sacked if they could win with a large score against them.
Well, I think that Manchester City are favourite in that game and they have to win to stay close from Liverpool.

[X-ray]

Today's Manchester City vs Manchester United match is going to be a great game with plenty of attacks from both teams.  LAnd today's match is likely to be won by Manchester City, because Manchester City is much stronger than Manchester United in the Premier League. Moreover, Manchester City is in the second position in the points table of EPL. Of course, they have a chance to compete with Liverpool for the first position. And if Manchester City can't perform well against Manchester United in today's match, they will certainly lose points. Although Manchester United are currently performing well, it is difficult to say how well they will do in today's match, but if they can win, then Manchester City is good and Manchester United is good.

The most interesting match for the current mathday. Im concerning some points that may make it's quite easy to predict the outcome from this match. I remind you that manchester united lost three goals against city when it was playing away and so city will not mind repeating the same result again soon.
Ten hag shall be concerning with the defensive line and poor goal keeper owned by united. The attackers could play good sometimes, but it's not comparable to the haaland's performance. It makes me think that to trust manchester united becomes the worst choice for the bettors.
Im sure city will win the game in this match. Onana must be fuckin ready to get so many attacks from manchester city. United's players need to perform extraordinary in order to get draw against city or win the game.

The possible strategy that can be used against city to repeat the same result got by chelsea. Playing lowblock strategy must become the most important thing for manchester unitedl. This will prevent city to play openly and it's probably making city struggle to score.
I don't even see a better choice other than this caused by manchester city will try to play openly since it will play at home. The home advantage will increase the mentality of the club. Manchester united can be ready by playing defensively against manchester city.

This is the only choice to help MU to steal 1 point from manchester city. MU's goal keeper is so fuckin slow as hell.

[Mayor of ogba]

I agree with you because Manchester United players are not in form to match Manchester City players shoulder-to-shoulder at the Etihad Stadium today. Manchester United's performance has made people choose Manchester City to win against Manchester United when the match has not been played.

I would also choose Manchester City to win in today's derby match, especially since this match is Manchester City's home match so their players will definitely work together to play better. And besides that, everyone probably knows that Manchester United is currently not in a better condition after Manchester United lost their home match with Fulham. So it is quite reasonable for most people to choose Manchester City as the winner in today's match.

With Liverpool's late win against Nottingham Forest yesterday, Manchester City will be at their best to make sure they win against Manchester United at Etihad Stadium so that they will be close with Liverpool in the Premier League table. Manchester City remains the favorite to win against Manchester United because Manchester United has not won against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in a long time.

[Palakka]

It looks like Arsenal can maintain their winning streak by this week as well. Because their next opponent is Sheffield Utd in an away game. But this is football of course, there is no guarantee for something to happen.  .

At the moment Arsenal need every win from every rest of their games and and abstinence for Arsenal to drop points if they don't want to get out of the championship race, the game against Sheffield is clear on paper Arsenal are superior in every aspect even when they have to play at  Sheffield United home  today, I think there will be few mentions that Shefield can beat Arsenal because their performance so far has been quite bad,  And even their nightmare of being the bottom club in the Premier League,  Sheffield United to stay in the Premier League next season seems very unlikely and even now they have an 11-point gap from Nottingham who are in the relegation safe zone.

Looking at all the possibilities, it looks like Arsenal will continue their positive trend today with the possibility of many goals scored in the game.
My prediction is Arsenal will win by more than 3 goals in that game and Maybe they can move up to second place if Manchester United wins against Manchester City in another match today.

Breaking News :
Currently the Manchester derby  match has started and has entered the 9th minute with a 0-1 lead for Manchester United with a long distance goal by Rashford.

[dzungmobile]

Today's Manchester City vs Manchester United match is going to be a great game with plenty of attacks from both teams.  LAnd today's match is likely to be won by Manchester City, because Manchester City is much stronger than Manchester United in the Premier League. Moreover, Manchester City is in the second position in the points table of EPL. Of course, they have a chance to compete with Liverpool for the first position.

Manchester City will play at home and create so much pressure on Manchester United in this match. I am very doubtful that Manchester United will be strong enough at least in defense to survive and go out of Etihad stadium with one point.

Manchester City with pressure from Liverpool, will try best to beat Manchester United and continue their race against Liverpool. They are actually trying to play ver attacking in early minutes and are diversifying their attacking with different solutions.

See what the hell is going on?

Manchester City created first two opportunities but Manchester United just scored a goal by Bruno Fernandes's assist and a shot from Rashford.

[makishart]

I agree with you because Manchester United players are not in form to match Manchester City players shoulder-to-shoulder at the Etihad Stadium today. Manchester United's performance has made people choose Manchester City to win against Manchester United when the match has not been played.

I would also choose Manchester City to win in today's derby match, especially since this match is Manchester City's home match so their players will definitely work together to play better. And besides that, everyone probably knows that Manchester United is currently not in a better condition after Manchester United lost their home match with Fulham. So it is quite reasonable for most people to choose Manchester City as the winner in today's match.

With Liverpool's late win against Nottingham Forest yesterday, Manchester City will be at their best to make sure they win against Manchester United at Etihad Stadium so that they will be close with Liverpool in the Premier League table. Manchester City remains the favorite to win against Manchester United because Manchester United has not won against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in a long time.

The game is running now and rashford with his rocket shoot is helping manchester united to lead the game against city away. It was really a spectacular shoot from rashford and that's how rashford must do it. He can consistently attack manchester city through use long shoot like that.
City's defenders are performing so badly and yeah manchester united played defensively in this game. Manchester united used 4141 low block. It may make manchester city feel quite hard to win the game against manchester united. It's very good news for liverpool caused by city will have quite good gaps to the liverpool if club will failed to get three points.
I can't even believe it how manchester city played unstructured in this game. There are still enough time for manchester city to scored two goals at least. I can't even believe it how rashford's shoot was going to the bar, but it is bounced to the inside.
Haaland and de bruyne must be working even better than before. That's amazing to see how rashford's shoot was also making the stadium become so crowded. City needs to avoid in getting embarassing result against manchester united. Manchester united needs to perform even more persistently till the end of game.
MU can stull go up and down. The subs can also change the situation a lot. City needs to be fully attacking united.

[Cryptomultiplier]

I agree with you because Manchester United players are not in form to match Manchester City players shoulder-to-shoulder at the Etihad Stadium today. Manchester United's performance has made people choose Manchester City to win against Manchester United when the match has not been played.

I would also choose Manchester City to win in today's derby match, especially since this match is Manchester City's home match so their players will definitely work together to play better. And besides that, everyone probably knows that Manchester United is currently not in a better condition after Manchester United lost their home match with Fulham. So it is quite reasonable for most people to choose Manchester City as the winner in today's match.

With Liverpool's late win against Nottingham Forest yesterday, Manchester City will be at their best to make sure they win against Manchester United at Etihad Stadium so that they will be close with Liverpool in the Premier League table. Manchester City remains the favorite to win against Manchester United because Manchester United has not won against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in a long time.

The game is running now and rashford with his rocket shoot is helping manchester united to lead the game against city away. It was really a spectacular shoot from rashford and that's how rashford must do it. He can consistently attack manchester city through use long shoot like that.
City's defenders are performing so badly and yeah manchester united played defensively in this game. Manchester united used 4141 low block. It may make manchester city feel quite hard to win the game against manchester united. It's very good news for liverpool caused by city will have quite good gaps to the liverpool if club will failed to get three points.
I can't even believe it how manchester city played unstructured in this game. There are still enough time for manchester city to scored two goals at least. I can't even believe it how rashford's shoot was going to the bar, but it is bounced to the inside.
Haaland and de bruyne must be working even better than before. That's amazing to see how rashford's shoot was also making the stadium become so crowded. City needs to avoid in getting embarassing result against manchester united. Manchester united needs to perform even more persistently till the end of game.
MU can stull go up and down. The subs can also change the situation a lot. City needs to be fully attacking united.

It's funny how Rashford who has been goal barren, score in a London derby of this magnitude. It just iterates the confidence the manager and team has in him and although there's still much time to play, this shot was definitely unexpected and brilliantly done.
I was going to admit Manchester city would win, but as it is, I doubt the game is far from begun. More goals will still be recorded. I went with above 2.5 goal margin.

[Barikui1]

I agree with you because Manchester United players are not in form to match Manchester City players shoulder-to-shoulder at the Etihad Stadium today. Manchester United's performance has made people choose Manchester City to win against Manchester United when the match has not been played.

I would also choose Manchester City to win in today's derby match, especially since this match is Manchester City's home match so their players will definitely work together to play better. And besides that, everyone probably knows that Manchester United is currently not in a better condition after Manchester United lost their home match with Fulham. So it is quite reasonable for most people to choose Manchester City as the winner in today's match.

With Liverpool's late win against Nottingham Forest yesterday, Manchester City will be at their best to make sure they win against Manchester United at Etihad Stadium so that they will be close with Liverpool in the Premier League table. Manchester City remains the favorite to win against Manchester United because Manchester United has not won against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in a long time.

The game is running now and rashford with his rocket shoot is helping manchester united to lead the game against city away. It was really a spectacular shoot from rashford and that's how rashford must do it. He can consistently attack manchester city through use long shoot like that.
City's defenders are performing so badly and yeah manchester united played defensively in this game. Manchester united used 4141 low block. It may make manchester city feel quite hard to win the game against manchester united. It's very good news for liverpool caused by city will have quite good gaps to the liverpool if club will failed to get three points.
I can't even believe it how manchester city played unstructured in this game. There are still enough time for manchester city to scored two goals at least. I can't even believe it how rashford's shoot was going to the bar, but it is bounced to the inside.
Haaland and de bruyne must be working even better than before. That's amazing to see how rashford's shoot was also making the stadium become so crowded. City needs to avoid in getting embarassing result against manchester united. Manchester united needs to perform even more persistently till the end of game.
MU can stull go up and down. The subs can also change the situation a lot. City needs to be fully attacking united.

To me am not that surprised by the score line as of now because I stated it down here yesterday that it's going to be a really difficult match for this Manchester city side due to the fact that it's a derby game and their head to head record shows that they both have the ability to beat each other, so Manchester united should not be ruled out completely.

So as it stands, the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal will be hoping that Manchester united can do them a favour by taking points off this Manchester city side. Though Manchester city is seeing much of the ball, but they are not making it count by creating a goal scoring opportunity, but  it's still early hours of the game, let's just watch and see how this game unraveled.

[Queentoshi]

Manchester City created first two opportunities but Manchester United just scored a goal by Bruno Fernandes's assist and a shot from Rashford.

Manchester United started really well and the early goal has given them some confidence in the game. Haaland has not really been in this game, the only good chance that has come for Manchester City is from Foden's opportunity that was saved by the Manchester United goalkeeper. Manchester United should try to get another goal in the first half before the Manchester City coach will have the chance to work his magic in the halftime. If Manchester City fail to win this game, it will give Arsenal the advantage to take tomorrow.

[Lannakosa]

Manchester United started really well and the early goal has given them some confidence in the game. Haaland has not really been in this game, the only good chance that has come for Manchester City is from Foden's opportunity that was saved by the Manchester United goalkeeper. Manchester United should try to get another goal in the first half before the Manchester City coach will have the chance to work his magic in the halftime. If Manchester City fail to win this game, it will give Arsenal the advantage to take tomorrow.

Manchester United were lucky to open the scoring in this match, but now I see how they are making a mistake, that their game comes down to defense so early. And Manchester United defenders allow a lot of shots on their goal, in such a situation it seems that City will achieve their goal and will soon score a goal. They cannot lose now, any loss of points will give Liverpool and Arsenal an advantage. It would be good to equalize the score in the first half, but if they postpone this task until the second half, it may be more difficult.

[Frankolala]

Manchester City created first two opportunities but Manchester United just scored a goal by Bruno Fernandes's assist and a shot from Rashford.

Manchester United started really well and the early goal has given them some confidence in the game. Haaland has not really been in this game, the only good chance that has come for Manchester City is from Foden's opportunity that was saved by the Manchester United goalkeeper. Manchester United should try to get another goal in the first half before the Manchester City coach will have the chance to work his magic in the halftime. If Manchester City fail to win this game, it will give Arsenal the advantage to take tomorrow.

Manchester city is dominating the game, and Manchester united is playing with fear, and they hardly hold on to the ball for up to 1min. United is busy defending their early go, and I don't know how long they will be able to defend this goal, because City might finally equalize the goal, and that might be the opportunity for City to win the match.

City is playing United half field, but they are not making use of their chances properly, which is making them find it difficult to find the back of the post. The match is currently on the 43rd minutes, and if City fails to equalize the goal, it means that United will end the game with a 1-0 lead.

United is stopping all the shots City are playing denying them a goal in the first half.