Blackburn vs Manchester City: Preview

Blackburn Rovers 11/2 Draw 11/4 Manchester City 4/7

Saturday, 3pm

4/7 on Manchester City equates to the bookies just giving money away. There’s no way, regardless of whatever happened in midweek, that Blackburn are capable of causing City any problems.

Blackburn are without the suspended Martin Olsson, and have doubts over Scott Dann and Michel Salgado. For City, Nigel De Jong is ready for a return to the squad, although the game comes to soon for Adam Johnson – Carlos Tevez is obviously banned.

The biggest threat for Blackburn is going to be David Silva, because the home side just don’t have the ability to cope with someone who plays in between the lines like he does. That’s the be all and end all of this game, because if Silva roams free – City will win comfortably.

It’s not that Blackburn are necessarily that bad, it’s just that there’s nothing to suggest that Steve Kean has the capability to motivate this team to play at the level they’ll need to in order to take anything from the game. If City do inflict the expected defeat, this should be Kean’s last game – John Jensen was sacrificed this week, expect the uninspiring Scot to follow him through the exit door imminently.

Maybe consider the over 4.5 match goals market, because 4/1 offers tempting value even if it is a bit of stretch…

City by a cricket score.

Blackburn Rovers 11/2 Draw 11/4 Manchester City 4/7