Kagawa value to net first

The double-header on Sunday sees both Manchester teams in action with the blue half at home to Tottenham and the red half away at Cardiff. Here is our guide to the best of the bets.

Man City are the only side in the Premier League who still possess a 100% home record in the and they are 8/11 (paddy Power/william hill) to get all three points against Tottenham in the early kick-off (13:30, SKYSPORTS).

The head-to-head record favours City who have won four of their last five meetings between the pair. The North London side though are unbeaten in their last six games away from home in all competitions, winning five of these. Those who fancy Tottenham can back them at 19/4 (bet365) while the draw is available at 29/10 (GENERAL).

Of the 114 different players to have scored at least 40 Premier league goals only Thierry Henry (122) has better minute per goal average than Sergio Aguero (123). The Argentinian is 11/10 (GENERAL) to score at anytime in this game. Alvaro Negredo meanwhile has scored six times in his last four home games is 6/4 (bet365) to net at anytime. Samir Nasri has netted in two of the last three meetings between the pair and is 15/4 (SPREADEX) to score.

For Tottenham only four players have found the net this season in the league and of those Roberto Soldado is the main goal threat at odds of 11/4 (TOTESPORT/betfred).

The best bet in this game might come in taking the second half to be the highest scoring half at 11/10 (BETVICTOR/betway/YOU WIN). 14 of the last 18 goals scored in the Premier League meetings between these two sides have come in the second half. City have taken until half-time to score six times this season while the 11 league games involving Tottenham this season have seen a total of just five half-time goals. This also means that it is worth an interest on the 9/4 (STAN JAMES/william hill) on this game to be 0-0 at half-time.

The second of the double-header comes at 4:00pm (SKY SPORTS) and comes from Wales as Cardiff look to beat Man United and complete a home double over sides from Manchester following a victory over City earlier in the season.

Bookmakers United the 4/6 (GENERAL) favourites as they look to continue a run of form that has seen them go unbeaten in nine matches, six of these ending in victory. Confidence will be high among the Red Devils after their 1-0 win before the international break. Cardiff will take heart from that Man City result though since then they have struggled a little with just one win from their last five with this coming against Swansea in the local derby. The Welsh side are 5/1 (GENERAL) for victory while the draw is 3/1 (GENERAL).

Robin van Persie is a 6/5 (bet365) chance to score anytime while Wayne Rooney is a 13/8 shot with the same firm while for Cardiff Fraizer Campbell is 17/5 (888 SPORT/unibet).

The value could be in taking Shinji Kagawa EW at 12/1 (bet365) to score at anytime though be sure to check for team news first. The Japanese midfielder impressed against Arsenal and David Moyes is unlikely to leave him out here after finding a winning balance between attack and defence. Kagawa has a knack of finding himself in the right positions and this coupled with the fact that Cardiff have conceded a league high six goals from outside the box this season makes him look value.

BEST OF THE BETS

GOLD: Shinji Kagawa first goalscorer v Cardiff, EW 12/1 (BET365)
SILVER: 2nd half highest scoring Man C/Tottenham, 11/10 (BETVICTOR/betway/YOU WIN)
BRONZE: Man City and Tottenham 0-0 at half-time, 9/4 (STAN JAMES/WILLIAM HILL)

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