Man City v Hull Tip

Last week Hull beat Norwich while Manchester City slipped up at Cardiff, but not even best odds of 18/1 (Bet365) tempt me to back another Tigers win here.

Manuel Pellegrini will have learnt that there will be some tough away days in England, and Wales, but at the Etihad there should be mainly plain sailing, particularly against newly promoted opponents.

Man City strikers aren’t throwing up much value in the anytime goalscorer market, particularly when you don’t know who will be benched, but at roughly three times times the price I like the look of David Silva at best odds of 11/4 with Skybet.

The Spanish international scored the first goal of the Pellegrini era against Newcastle in the last home game and not many players in the top flight have had more shots (6) in the opening two rounds of fixtures.

The 27-year-old tends to find the net in exactly this sort of game. It’s still late summer, he’s at home, and limited opponents will sit back and wait for the onslaught. In 2012-13 Silva scored all his club goals at the Etihad, in games that City won 5-0 (twice), 4-0 and 2-0.