Manchester City to thrash Chelsea and other sure bets

Manchester City will host Chelsea in the EFL Cup in what is the standout game of this round of the English league cup.

Bet9ja offers odds on the game with multiple interesting markets which will be explored and explained below.

Manchester City are valued at 1.48 to win at home to Chelsea on Wednesday night and while that will most likely happen, here are some more options.

No goal/goal is valued at 2.06 odds which is possible because four of the last five matches between them have ended 1-0.

Manchester City to score the first goal at 1.38 odds and 1.28 odds on Bet9ja for the home team to qualify by any means.

Wednesday, November 9, 21:00 (GMT+1)

Manchester City have had the upper hand in recent instalments of this fixture having won the last two by a goal to nil.

They are the overwhelming favourites to win if they play their full squad but that remains to be seen as Pep Guardiola is famous for tinkering his squad.

Chelsea on the other hand have exhausted the new manager bounce under Graham Potter and look nothing like a match for their hosts.

Manchester City come into this game off the back of a hard-fought home win against Fulham which is their third consecutive win.

Chelsea have lost two of their last three games and have only won twice in their previous six, not the type of form to play Manchester City with.

Manchester City have won the last two games between these teams while Chelsea won the three prior to that, making it somewhat evenly poised on head-to-head.

Manchester City will be without fullback Joao Cancelo who is suspended after getting sent off in the last game against Fulham.

Other absentees include Kyle Walker and Kalvin Phillips who have long-term injuries and Benjamin Mendy who remains out due to legal issues.

Chelsea on the other hand have a deep roll call of absentees, led by goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga and Ben Chilwell who recently got injured.

Carney Chukwuemeka, Wesley Fofana, Reece James and Ngolo Kante are the other first-team players who are unavailable for selection due to injury.