Man City v Ipswich

Manchester City vs Ipswich Preview

Manchester City laid down an early marker in last weekend's season opener in the Premier League away from home at Chelsea as Pep Guardiola's side registered a solid 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge and The Citizens will be looking for more of the same when they entertain an Ipswich Town side who were handed a 2-0 defeat at home to Liverpool in their opening game.

That 2-0 win in the nation's capital also made it 10 wins on the trot in the English top flight for Manchester City who edged out Arsenal once again to claim the Premier League title and the hosts will be eyeing off another three points at their Etihad Stadium against newly promoted Ipswich Town as well.

Manchester City are now unbeaten in each of their previous 24 league matches in the domestic top flight and having also collected a total of 20 victories within this period, it comes as no surprise that Manchester City are priced as short favourites to win this upcoming fixture on Saturday afternoon.

Having also won nine of their last 11 home games as well, it looks like being a case of whether Manchester City can also keep a clean sheet in their opening home game this Saturday.

Onto Ipswich Town and the Premier League newcomers were under no illusions that this upcoming top flight campaign is likely to be an extremely tough one for Kieran McKenna's side following the euphoria of achieving automatic promotion from the Championship at the end of last season. This season's Premier League fixture computer also hasn't been very kind to the Tractor Boys either as Ipswich Town's opening two fixtures of this campaign line them up against the likes of Liverpool and Manchester City, and having already slipped to an opening day 2-0 loss at home to Liverpool, expectations will not be high when the Suffolk outfit make their way to the Etihad Stadium this Saturday.

Form and results away from home though have been reasonable enough from Ipswich Town's perspective as the visitors have been handed just four defeats in their last 15 outings on the road and this might just give the Tractor Boys a fighting chance of perhaps claiming a point on the road here, albeit a slim one.

Indeed, the last meeting between Manchester City and Ipswich Town resulted in a 2-1 home win for the Tractor Boys some 24 years ago but the footballing landscape has changed dramatically since then.

Manchester City v Ipswich Town Verdict

Manchester City are once again the team to beat in this season's Premier League campaign and the hosts should take all three points here at a canter and with a clean sheet under their belts.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS No @ 1.61

Other side bets worth considering:

Manchester City win & BTTS No @ 1.66

Correct Score: Manchester City 2-0 @ 8.00