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Liverpool face a trip to Manchester City at City of Manchester Stadium on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 30 of the 75 previous games, with the hosts winning just 26.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2005, the Sky Blues carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 09 Apr | Man City | 1 - 0 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 21 Aug | Liverpool | 2 - 1 | Man City | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 11 Feb | Liverpool | 2 - 1 | Man City | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 28 Dec | Man City | 2 - 2 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 03 May | Liverpool | 1 - 2 | Man City | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 05 Jan | Man City | 0 - 1 | Liverpool | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 28 Sep | Man City | 0 - 3 | Liverpool | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Sky Blues in those games, with 4 conceded.
The Reds have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Reds's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Man City's 21 points from 13 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position. Liverpool's 19 points from 11 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
| Liverpool | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Reds could well see them head back from City of Manchester Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man City | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Liverpool | 5 games since last away draw. 6 games since last defeat. |