Manchester City vs Burnley Prediction & Betting Tips (31 January)

Triple reigning English champions, Manchester City are in the race to win a 4th title in a row this season. The Cityzens are now in 2nd place in the Premier League with 1 game less and 5 points behind leader Liverpool. Confidently, they have not conceded any setbacks in the last 5 days, 4 wins and 1 draw, and remain on 3 wins against Everton 1-3, Sheffield United 2-0 and Newcastle 2-3. Victorious in the Club World Cup in mid-December, Manchester City also won against Tottenham in the FA Cup last weekend 0-1. Authors of a faultless record in their Champions League group 6 victories, the Skyblues will face Copenhagen in the round of 16. Winner of the Championship last year, Burnley is struggling to get up to speed this season and could have difficulty to avoid the descent 5 units of disbursement on the 17th place.

Indeed, the promoted player is currently 19th in the Premier League with only 12 points collected in 21 games. On the tough side, the Clarets have only won one of their last 7 championship matches, for 2 draws and 4 defeats. On the last day played on January 12, they were held to a draw at home by a direct competitor, Luton Town 1-1. Burnley have not played since.

Manchester City still cannot count on injured starters Haaland and Akanji. These are the only absences to report since defender Stones returned to the group last weekend, without coming into play. Absent during the first part of the season, playmaker De Bruyne has been playing again since the beginning of January. He scored 1 goal and provided 2 assists in the last 3 matches played in all competitions.

In the absence of Haaland (14 goals and 4 assists in the PL), Julian Alvarez (6 goals and 6 assists in the PL) could start up front again. This winter, virtually unused midfielder Phillips was loaned to West Ham. The promising attacking midfielder Echeverri (18 years old) has been recruited but he will finish the season with his current club (River Plate).