Manchester City v Plymouth Predictions, Free Bet Tips & Enhanced Offers
Dan Tracey 
Will Jackson
The FA Cup weekend continues as Manchester City host Plymouth in the fifth round, and Dan Tracey has previewed the game with some Manchester City v Plymouth predictions
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Manchester City v Plymouth Predictions and Free Bet Tips
Here are our Manchester City v Plymouth predictions, odds and free bet tips from our range of football betting sites ahead of the game.
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It boils down to this for Manchester City. No longer an active participant in the Champions League, long since out of the Premier League title race and with just the FA Cup left to play for as a genuine concern, it is Wembley or bust for Manchester City.
Not to suggest that Pep Guardiola’s career depends on returning to Wembley Way and lifting the trophy that comes with winning the greatest club knockout competition in the world but to go trophyless on all fronts would cap a nightmare nine months for the club.
A nightmare on the pitch as City stutter from one result to the next. A nightmare off the pitch as the 115 charges that the Premier League have accused them of are still hanging over their head as unresolved.
The final outcome on those charges is likely to finally arrive before the end of the campaign, a campaign that can only be salvaged by a top-four finish in the top tier and going one better than last year’s FA Cup final defeat at the hands of local rivals Manchester United.
While it was recent rivals Tottenham that they got the better of in midweek, Spurs having already beaten them in both the Carabao Cup back in October of last year. Spurs then destroying them at the Etihad just a month later.
Wednesday night success for City boosts their chance of an automatic return to the Champions League. Victory over Plymouth on Saturday will put them one step closer to the first of at least two trips to Wembley in the spring.
With winter now behind us, Plymouth will arrive in Manchester hoping to shine and after getting the better of Liverpool in the previous round, the Pilgrims will be keen to slay another giant in this season’s FA Cup.
A 1-0 win at Home Park for Miron Muslić’s men against the Premier League champions elect was not only the biggest shock of Round Four but it was also the biggest cup upset that has been recorded in the past few years.
Now though the side that is struggling in the Championship’s relegation battle will have to give up the home comforts of Home Park in order to progress to the last eight and although they are on enemy territory on Saturday, they have nothing lose either.
But now it is time for the first of my two tips and after the scare of Leyton Orient in the previous round, I do not envisage this being a fright night at the Etihad. With that in mind, I am backing the home win with a four-goal handicap at odds of 3/1 with bet365.
In addition to this, I always think there is value in backing Josko Gvardiol to score for City. However, the markets have cottoned on to this as the anytime price is as small as 10/3 before Saturday. Therefore, I will make it more interesting by backing him to score first at odds of 16/1 with Star Sports.
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