{"id":2587,"date":"2017-10-16T20:19:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T19:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/?p=2587"},"modified":"2017-10-16T20:19:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T19:19:02","slug":"ante-post-city-fans-sitting-pretty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/news-events\/ante-post-city-fans-sitting-pretty\/","title":{"rendered":"Ante-post City fans are sitting pretty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City&#8217;s form really does have the Bookmakers running scared and they are very much Champions-elect in their eyes.<\/p>\n<p>City have looked imperious thus far and their brilliant 7-2 win win over Stoke City at the weekend, and now despite we are only in October, some Bookmakers are ready to stop taking bets on them making the top-four &#8211; indeed Punters have to work hard to find a market to back City if they fancy them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;City play has been wonderful, Pep Guardiola has got them playing some wonderful football and the results are mirroring that &#8211; now if you want to bet on them finishing top-four, at best you can get 1\/200,&#8221; revealed OddsMonkey spokesman Peter Watton.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have been told that some Bookmakers are ready to take City out of the top-four market and just make it a battle for the other three places.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As for the title, the odds are only going one way &#8211; City began the season at 5\/2, but now the best price you can get 2\/5 &#8211; so if you backed them ante-post at the start of the season, you are very wise and can probably start counting your winnings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;City are now the shortest price we have seen at this stage of a season in ten-years, going back to the Manchester United side which went on to win the Premier League and Champions League double.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Indeed, if you think City are destined to win all before them, the value is probably the Premier League\/Champions League double &#8211;\u00a0 at the moment you can get 10\/1 on that, but that won&#8217;t be around for long in our opinion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selected odds:<\/strong><br \/>\nManchester City to win title &#8211; 2\/5<br \/>\nManchester City to finish top four &#8211; 1\/200<br \/>\nManchester City to win Premier League and Champions League &#8211; 10\/1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City&#8217;s form really does have the Bookmakers running scared and they are very much Champions-elect in their eyes. 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