Manchester City vs Huddersfield Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th January 2024

When Huddersfield arrive at Etihad Stadium this coming Sunday to face Manchester City in the FA Cup, the latter will be hoping to use their home turf to their advantage.

The last time Manchester City played Huddersfield, they booked three points to their account and look well primed to secure another win this coming Sunday.

Manchester City arrive at their next FA Cup match, averaging a sensational 3.1 goals per game in their last ten matches in which, they scored a delicious total of 31 goals, while also conceding six. That amounts to an average of 0.6 per game in which, they kept their opponents from scoring six times.

Huddersfield hit the target 14 times in the last ten outings, which creates an average of 1.4 goals a game. They conceded 1.5 goals per match for a total of 15 goals, while claiming one clean sheets as well.

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 5-1 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest this coming Sunday.

Manchester City vs Huddersfield Prediction

Manchester City Form

Manchester City conquered seven points from their last three matches and started off drawing 2-2 with Crystal Palace. Next up was a 1-3 win against Everton, before Sheffield United were defeated in 2-0 win. In their last six FA Cup home matches, Manchester City racked up five strong wins, but no draws as they lost once. They scored 18 and conceded four goals.

Huddersfield Form

Huddersfield have only one win in their last three matches, as they did beat Blackburn by 3-0. Disappointment followed, going down 1-2 against Middlesbrough, and 4-1 against Leicester. Huddersfield, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn zero and lost four in their last six away in the FA Cup.

Manchester City vs Huddersfield Squads

Manchester City Squad

Pep Guardiola will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Huddersfield from the following players:

Bernardo Silva, Ederson, Erling Haaland, Jack Grealish, Jeremy Doku, John Stones, Josko Gvardiol, Julian Alvarez, Kalvin Phillips, Kevin De Bruyne, Kyle Walker, Mahamadou Susoho, Manuel Akanji, Mateo Kovacic, Matheus Nunes, Max Alleyne, Micah Hamilton, Nathan Ake, Oscar Bobb, Phil Foden, Rico Lewis, Rodri, Ruben Dias, Scott Carson, Sergio Gomez, Stefan Ortega, Zack Steffen.

Huddersfield Squad

Here is the full team squad of Huddersfield. The 49 year-old Darren Moore will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Maxwell, Chapman, Nicholls, Jackson, Ayina, Pearson, Helik, Turton, Edmonds-Green, Edwards, Lees, Nakayama, Wiles, Diarra, Kasumu, Headley, Hogg, Austerfield, Hudlin, Stone, Iorpenda, Ward, Burgzorg, Rudoni, Koroma, Ruffels, Harratt, Jones, Thomas.

Manchester City vs Huddersfield Team News

Manchester City could have up to six missing players for various reasons for their upcoming match against Huddersfield this coming Sunday.

John Stones, Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku, Mateo Kovacic, Jack Grealish and Zack Steffen are all absent from the Manchester City squad that faces Huddersfield at Etihad Stadium.

Huddersfield could have up to ten players on the injured and absent players for their match this coming Sunday atEtihad Stadium

Delano Burgzorg, Jonathan Hogg, Chris Maxwell, Danny Ward, Matthew Pearson, Josh Ruffels, Kian Harratt, Patrick Jones, Jonathan Hogg and Oliver Turton all face a spell on the sidelines for Huddersfield due to various injuries.

Manchester City vs Huddersfield Lineups

Manchester City vs Huddersfield H2H

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 5-1 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest on Sunday? Manchester City enjoyed a field day, when they last squared up to Huddersfield. A 5-1 win left the former in a jubilant mood, with the latter licking their wounds. The bookies have Manchester City to win this match at best price odds of 1/22.

Manchester City vs Huddersfield Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out one time in the last two matches between Manchester City and Huddersfield.

Manchester City vs Huddersfield Betting Tips

Erling Haaland found the target three times in his previous six matches, whereas Tom Lees just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Manchester City sailed through their 10 most recent outings at home with seven wins, while they drew three. Huddersfield won one of their previous 10 outings away from home across all tournaments, whilst they drew four and lost five. Goals are usually flowing for Manchester City on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened seven times for Huddersfield in their last 10 league games away from home.

In the past two encounters between Manchester City and Huddersfield over 2.5 goals came out one time, with Manchester City scoring an average of 2.5 goals per game. Huddersfield averaged 0.5 goals, while both teams scored one time. In the past ten matches for Manchester City across all competitions, over 2.5 goals happened in eight times of them with an average of 2.5 goals goals scored by themselves. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Huddersfield's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.2 goals in these matches.