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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 31 of the 78 previous games, with the Sky Blues winning just 26.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at City of Manchester Stadium was less than a year ago, in December 2007, when they played out a goalless draw in a Premier League match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sun 04 May | Liverpool | 1 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 30 Dec | Man. City | 0-0 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 14 Apr | Man. City | 0 - 0 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 25 Nov | Liverpool | 1 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 26 Feb | Liverpool | 1 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 26 Nov | Man. City | 0 - 1 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 09 Apr | Man. City | 1 - 0 | Liverpool | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Sky Blues, with 5 goals against.
Liverpool's away form is equally impressive, with an unbeaten run in the last six, four of them victories. Just 7 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 1 have been let in at the wrong end.
Man. City's 9 points from 6 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position. Liverpool sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 14 points from their 6 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man. City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 |
| Liverpool | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sky Blues are in quite good form at home, but the FootyMad team thinks on this occasion, Liverpool will prove too strong and win this game comfortably. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man. City | 11 games since last home draw. |
| Liverpool | Undefeated in last 6 away games. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |