Saturday football tips: City and United should keep things tight
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Manchester City have a lead of one point in the race for the Premier League and will be looking to boost their position against Wolves, while rivals Manchester United face a trip to bottom-of-the-table Norwich.
There is also a full schedule of EFL action and plenty of other games in Europe on a packed Saturday of football.
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West Brom to beat Reading
Sheffield Wednesday to beat Crewe
Leyton Orient to beat Crawley
Forest Green to beat Oldham
West Brom were impressive in last week's win at Coventry and should have too much for Reading while in League One Sheffield Wednesday look too strong for struggling Crewe.
Complete your four-game acca in League Two where Leyton Orient can beat a Crawley side who have won just one of their last eight games and leaders Forest Green should outclass Oldham.
This acca pays just under 7-1 with bet365.
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Manchester City v Wolves
BT Sport 1, 12.30pm Saturday
Wolves won at the Etihad two years ago but Bruno Lage's team may elect to sit back against City, as they did against Liverpool last week, and it is difficult to see them posing much of an attacking threat.
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Best bet
Manchester City to win to nil
Norwich v Manchester United
Sky Sports Premier League, 5.30pm Saturday
New United manager Ralf Rangnick has made the Red Devils a lot tougher to break down than they were under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and the limp Canaries may struggle to make much headway at Carrow Road.
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Best bet
Manchester United to win to nil
Bet of the day
Fleetwood to beat Gillingham 3pm Saturday
Steven Crainey claimed his first win as Fleetwood caretaker manager with a 3-0 League One success over Bolton on Tuesday and his team should build on that against the Gills, who have not won any of their last ten games.
Cards bet of the day
Manchester City v Wolves BT Sport 1, 12.30pm Saturday
Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves has been booked in five of his last 11 appearances and he could be in for a difficult afternoon against the rampant Premier League champions.
Best bet
Ruben Neves to be shown a card
Stat of the day
Liverpool v Aston Villa 3pm
Just five of Aston Villa's 21 Premier League goals this season have been scored in the first half of matches.
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