Stoke City will travel to the Etihad today to play current champions, who are currently unbeaten in the Premier league in this new season after having dispatched Liverpool 3-1 and Newcastle 2-0. Stoke will be without Cameron through an injury to his thigh, and Ireland who has picked up a knock to the ribs. As usual, Manchester City have an embarrassment of riches to choose from even though they are without Lampard, Mangala, and Negredo, the former two through match fitness and the latter with a foot injury.

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Manchester City are likely to select a 4-2-3-1 formation with Aguero looking set to miss out on today’s action as he continues to regain match fitness. The Sky Blues have moved swiftly to deny rumours that the Argentine has suffered a training ground injury and that he will return to action in the next couple of weeks.

Stoke’s capital one cup meeting with Portsmouth earlier in the week saw them run out 3-0 winners with the loanee Victor Moses showing real promise for Mark Hughes’s team. Stoke will need to be on full alert at the back today, having the most potent attack in the entire league running at them today.

Neutrals would expect Stoke to put up a little bit of a fight today, as they are a historically gritty outfit, however Manchester City are likely to run away with it, given that their bench alone is collectively more expensive than the entire Stoke team. Expect a generous scoreline, somewhere around 5-0.

Tip: Expect a generous scoreline, somewhere around 5-0.

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