talkSPORT betting tips – Best football bets and expert advice for Man City vs Chelsea

Manchester City need to quickly forget their disaster in Paris on Wednesday as they prepare to welcome Chelsea to the Etihad in the Premier League.

City's Champions League future is hanging in the balance following their 4-2 loss at Paris Saint-Germain and now they need to pick themselves up to take on a Blues side who have enjoyed a week off.

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Man City vs Chelsea tips

Chelsea @ 85/40Over 1.5 First Half Goals @ 11/10Over 11.5 corners @ 13/10

Spotlight Tip: Chelsea to Win, Over 1.5 First Half Goals, Over 11.5 Corners was 21/2 now 13/1

Blues to pile more pain on Pep's Euro flops

Pep Guardiola has been scouring the globe this week looking for new players to help City out of a rut, a rut that may well get deeper before the Spaniard can improve affairs.

It remains to be seen which, if any, of the new signings Vitor Reis, Abdukodir Khusanov or Omar Marmoush get to take to the pitch against Chelsea on Saturday.

But whether watching or participating, they will quickly get a sense of the trouble City are in with Chelsea taken to land the odds.

It says much for how far and how quickly the Citizens have come off the cliff that they are being chalked up at evens for an assignment where they would have been long odds-on not so long ago.

But average teams are tearing them apart at the moment and good ones - like PSG - are beating them easily.

Forget last week's 6-0 romp at an embarrassing Ipswich or the 8-0 drubbing of Salford, it's the defeats by the likes of Bournemouth, Tottenham, Brighton, Man United and Villa which are the real story here, and the fact that City's defence has become alarmingly porous.

Only Liverpool have scored more away goals than Chelsea, who are unbeaten in four and warmed up for the trip north with a routine 3-1 win over Wolves.

Fast starters to make opening 45 a thriller

City will be determined to erase the memories of Wednesday night in Paris, while Chelsea will see this as a golden opportunity to exploit the hosts' misery.

Expect a fast start from both clubs, the hosts because they need to start winning games and making statements and Chelsea because they know Guardiola's men are vulnerable given the quick turnaround in games.

There are normally plenty of first-half goals with these two sides.

City's 22 first-halves this term have produced 39 goals with them finding the net 25 times. For Chelsea the totals are 34 and 22.

Maresca's raiders can help corner nice profit

City pressure, especially at home, traditionally brought about wins and league titles; these days those may be lacking, but it should still yield corners.

The Citizens, incredibly, average over nine corners per game at home and since Chelsea average 6.4 away, over 11.5 corners looks well worth latching on to.

One of these teams is going to be chasing the game, space will open up and the corner count should rise quickly.

Man City vs Chelsea tips

Chelsea @ 85/40Over 1.5 First Half Goals @ 11/10Over 11.5 corners @ 13/10

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