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Man City prepare to entertain Liverpool at City of Manchester Stadium on Sunday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 29 of the 71 previous games, with the Sky Blues winning just 24.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at City of Manchester Stadium was less than a year ago, in January 2003, with Liverpool inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the Sky Blues in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 03 May | Liverpool | 1 - 2 | Man City | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 05 Jan | Man City | 0-1 | Liverpool | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 28 Sep | Man City | 0 - 3 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 18 Feb | Liverpool | 4 - 2 | Man City | FAC |
| 2000/2001 | Wed 31 Jan | Man City | 1 - 1 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 09 Sep | Liverpool | 3 - 2 | Man City | PREM |
| 1995/1996 | Sun 05 May | Man City | 2 - 2 | Liverpool | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 9.
Liverpool have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Reds's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Man City see themselves just below half way in the Barclaycard Premiership, showing a record of 20 points from their 18 games played so far, Liverpool's 25 points from 17 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man City | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| Liverpool | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Your FootyMad panel thinks that Man City's indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Liverpool. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man City | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Not won in the 8 most recent games. |
| Liverpool | Previous 3 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 3 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |