Saturday, Etihad Stadium, 12.45pm, live on BT Sport
IF Man City are going to challenge for the title they'll have to keep the Etihad the same fortress it was under Roberto Mancini.
City have lost their favourite's tag already after last weekend's shock defeat at Cardiff – and there are hints Manuel Pellegrini's teams struggle on the road.
His Malaga men, for example, won just four times away from home in La Liga last season and a similar record would see City struggle to qualify for the Champions League.
Luckily for the Argentine not many sides leave the Etihad with a point – and the chances of Hull doing so at lunchtime on Saturday are 17-1 with BetVictor.
Incredibly City have won 38 of their last 44 home games in the league and Hull, who went down 2-0 at Chelsea in their opener, can only hope to keep the scoreline respectable.
At Stamford Bridge they faced a mauling before Jose Mourinho's side settled for two. Hull were blown away in the first half and lost the goals early – as well as seeing Scotland keeper Allan McGregor save a Frank Lampard penalty at 0-0.
City are no bigger than 2-11 with Paddy Power to win but should cover the minus one handicap at 8-15 with unibet and maybe even minus two at 6-5 at bet365.
Oddschecker.com can reveal Man City won 14 of their 19 home games last season. Seven of those 14 wins were won by a minus one handicap and they kept 10 clean sheets at home.
BetVictor are best priced at 5-6 for Man City to win to nil and it's worth a look even though they shipped three goals at Cardiff.
Edin Dzeko hit a cracker against Cardiff and has been City's biggest threat so far. He has hit more shots (10) than any player this season I'm on the big striker at 9-2 with bet365 to bag the opener.
Recommended Bets
Dzeko to score first
(9-2, bet365)
Man City to win to nil
(5-6, BetVictor)
Man City -2
(6-5, bet365)
Resident football tipster at Scotland's most read newspaper, the Daily Record, for over 20 years and proud host of one the best betting communities on the web with daily betting tips.
