MANCHESTER CITY make the relatively short trip across the Pennines to face Leeds United who are also resuming their Premier League campaign.
Pep Guardiola's side returned to action last week in a Carabao Cup win against Liverpool, but how much of that we can take from that looking forward to this one is debatable.
One constant of course is goals from Erling Haaland and the Norwegian has some catching up to do having watched the World Cup instead of playing in it. He scored against Liverpool.
Leeds seemed to have turned the corner somewhat under Jesse Marsch before the break having won at Liverpool and edged out Bournemouth in the league to end a worrying run of four defeats in a row.
However, the Yorkshire side have a load of injury worries and he's not helped with the suspension of Tyler Adams. City will be without World Cup hero Julian Alvarez and Ruben Dias is injured.
City will be desperate to start on one of their consistent runs which have led them to title glory in previous seasons after throwing up an unusual number of below-par showings before the break.
How the bookies view it
Home advantage for Leeds matters not a jot to the bookies with Manchester City huge favourites at 1/4 generally although there is a spot of 1/3 with SBK.
Leeds United are as big as 19/2 with BetVictor and the draw is 5/1 with bet365.
Recent head to heads
Leeds fans will still be having nightmares about last season's disasters against City. They lost 7-0 at the Etihad before last Christmas before following it up with a 4-0 defeat at Elland Road in April.
Players to watch
With Erling Haaland at a ridiculous price of 1/2 generally to score, value has to be elsewhere and Kevin de Bruyne will be desperate to atone for a horrific World Cup campaign with Belgium. He is 23/10 to score anytime with UniBet.
Rodrigo netted a double for Leeds in their last game before the break at Spurs as Leeds went down 4-3 and he is 39/10 to score with SBK.
Anything else catch the eye?
You're usually guaranteed goals when Leeds are involved and they can contribute to what should have all the hallmarks of an entertaining game.
A City with both teams to score is 8/5 with bet365 and that looks to have a real chance.
Three of Leeds' last four games in the league have finished 4-3, 4-3 and 3-2 so another obvious shout is over 3.5 goals and City to win at 7/5 with BetVictor.
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