Manchester City vs Liverpool Betting Tips and Preview

7th November 2025

The last two Premier League champions meet at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday (16:30 GMT) in a game that could go a long way to determining who finishes in second place behind the irrepressible Arsenal.

Manchester City have improved significantly this term under Pep Guardiola. After ten rounds of EPL games, they’ve scored more goals than any other side and only the Gunners have conceded fewer.

As for Liverpool, last season’s imperious champions have looked anything but this time around. But a confidence-boosting week, in which they’ve beaten Real Madrid and Aston Villa without conceding, is just what the doctor ordered.

Predicting the outcome of football matches has the capability of making fools of us all, but here’s some things to ponder, nonetheless.

Manchester City vs Liverpool: Predictions

Liverpool defeated Manchester City 2-0 in both of their meetings last term, continuing a run of four encounters between the sides that have had two or fewer goals.

Their February clash was a real Sunday stinker, with the two teams combining to create just 1.36 xG.

That brought to mind Liverpool’s game with Arsenal earlier this season, in which Arne Slot once again abandoned the Reds’ attacking instincts. His ruse worked: they won 1-0 and restricted the Gunners to just a single shot on target.

Slot is happy to make life awkward in these big games, preferring conservatism over attacking bombast, which could frustrate Pep and those watching on from the sofa alike.

City are the favourites with the bookmakers, but this just feels like one of those games that is too close to call. At the end of a long Champions League week, these two teams – who haven’t served up many goals in their head-to-head clashes of late – may just be happy to escape with a low key, low scoring draw.

The good news is that there’s still some intriguing betting angles to pursue…

Manchester City vs Liverpool Betting Tips

Under 2.5 Goals is available at a best price of 13/8. This has landed in the last four meetings between these two, it did the business in Liverpool vs Arsenal and, this being both teams’ third game in eight days, it may just come up trumps here too.

There could be interesting battles all over the pitch. Liverpool’s choice of right back will be instructive; will they throw in Conor Bradley or Jeremie Frimpong, or chance Dominik Szoboszlai there once more?

Bradley had a decent game against Madrid in midweek, so seems the likeliest selection, and his head-to-head battle with (possibly) Jeremy Doku on that flank could be very interesting.

Doku is a slippery customer that has drawn an average of 1.8 fouls per game this term, while Bradley – still learning his craft – averages 1.84 tackles and 1.00 fouls per outing.

If both are selected to start the game, Doku to be fouled twice or more (evens) and Bradley to commit 2+ fouls (7/4) both have plausibility about them.

The last time Man City and Liverpool met, Josko Gvardiol – playing at left back – made two tackles as he looked to close down Mo Salah as quickly as possible.

This time around we expect Nico O’Reilly to be Salah’s nearest marker. He averages 2.47 tackles per game this season, so backing him at 5/4 to make three or more tackles – a bet that would have landed in three of his last five starts – seems more than fair.

·   Under 2.5 goals (13/8)

·   Jeremy Doku fouled 2+ (Evens)

·   Conor Bradley 2+ fouls (7/4)

·   Nico O’Reilly 3+ tackles (5/4)