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Steffen Schmidt - February 26, 2023
Bristol City vs Manchester City
English FA Cup
Date: 28 February 2023, Tuesday
Kick-off at 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET
Venue: Ashton Gate (Bristol).
The local football fans in Bristol will have a chance to enjoy a special occasion on Tuesday evening as the reigning Premier League champions Manchester City come to visit Ashton Gate for the FA Cup 5th round clash against their Bristol City.
The visitors are obviously enormous favorites ahead of the tie and we would be shocked to witness anything other but their comprehensive victory in midweek.
Bristol City will enter the game in high spirits after going undefeated in eleven consecutive outings across competitions.
Head coach Nigel Pearson has found an ideal formula for keeping things quiet in his team’s back line.
The Robins shipped just three goals in the previous five outings across competitions. They booked this big fifth round clash by destroying West Brom 3-0 at Ashton Gate in the previous round.
Manchester City, on the other side, failed to take the full advantage of a big 1-3 victory over Arsenal earlier this month at Emirates.
The Citizens only drew 1-1 away at Nottingham Forest last weekend, a result that can give Bristol City at least a glimmer of hope ahead of this tie.
Pep Guardiola’s men are currently two points shy of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League standings and they are amid a congested schedule with the UEFA Champions League R16 tie against RB Leipzig in the mix as well.
Manchester City have kept just two clean sheets in the last ten games across competitions. Bristol City are unbeaten in eleven successive games. We would not be surprised to see the Robins scoring in front of their fans on Tuesday.
Manchester City to win & Both Teams To Score bet offers value at the 2.75 odds. Since we expect Julian Alvarez to start for the visitors, we will back him to score anytime at the 1.95 odds.
