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Today at 20:00 GMT Manchester City will play against Blackburn Rovers. Manchester City is currently at 5th position with 35 points after 19 matches and their main aim is to secure a spot that will give them the chance to participate in the next years Champions League. In order to do so it seems that they have to climb above Tottenham which is currently on the 4th position with 37 points.

The citizens have today an excellent opportunity to secure the 3 win points as they play against Blackburn Rovers. Manchester City home record is 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 wins (City and Chelsea are the only teams that haven’t lost at home yet). They scored 22 goals while they conceded 13. On the other hand Blackburn Rovers holds a terrible away record with just 1 win, 2 draws and 7 defeats. They manage to score 7 goals while they conceded 24. Blackburn is currently on 13th position with 21 points – just 3 points above relegation zone.

Manchester City will not have the services of many important players such as Wright-Phillips, Lescott, Bridge, Ireland and Johnson. Also, Adebayor and Toure aer not available as they are away on international duties die to the African Nations Cup.

On the other hand, Blackburn will not have the services of Grella and Diouf. Emerton is expected to be on the starting line-up.

Under other circumstances I would say that this is a straight forward match towards Manchester City but today, the citizens do not have the services of many key players. This, in addition to the fact that Blackburn needs desperately at least a point make this match prediction a very hard task. Certainly, City has the quality and the motivation to secure the three win points but if they will manage to do so it will be with a score of something 1-0 or 2-0 top.

The online sportsbetting sites have Manchester City as clear favorites with the over of 2.5 goals as most likely. In the first round match, Manchester City win Blackburn with 0-2.