Manchester City v Hull City

It would be interesting to see whether Hull City can recover quickly from this win and pose a stern challenge for Manchester City, or whether they get disheartened by it and wilt under the pressure of the City attacks. “The reason we did well against those teams is that we worked hard for 90 minutes or more”. But still, this one game brought to an end a 13-game unbeaten run, so the Tigers are likely to still be on a high and full of confidence regardless of the calibre of their opponents. They will be hoping another comfortable win over the Championship side will see them progress to the semi-final of this season’s Capital One Cup.

“We’re going to play against one of the biggest clubs in Europe against great players and if you’re a player or manager or coach, you always want to pit your wits against the best”. Back a 2-0 home win at 11/2 with bet365.

“So there’s a path forward for them and we can only think the same thing”. We have got to believe we can go there and cause an upset. In the League Cup they produced two outstanding displays to knock out Leicester City and Swansea City in the recent rounds.

However, goalkeeper Joe Hart is expected to be out with the hamstring strain he sustained against Juventus last week. With Manchester City for the push to the playoff final with Gillingham, Alsopp scored four times that year, but didn’t feature in the final. Chelsea did the same last season, but the Blues have already been eliminated from the cup competition and are struggling in the league.

Peter Barnes, Manchester City legend, who was there, and played in that 1976 League Cup win put on the City shirt 115 times.

Stoke City and Manchester City will play their fifteenth game of the Premier League season at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday, 5th December.

The Tigers have shipped two or more goals in six of their last seven games on the road in the League Cup. I saw him in the dressing room and he looks good. Since then, they are winless in nine visits (D3 L6). “Hopefully”, he said. “That would be a big advantage but even if you lose sometimes I think everybody will drop points, so you don’t need to be scared when you lose a game”.