For the first time since 2016, Manchester City arrive at Anfield without Pep Guardiola. His former assistant Enzo Maresca has won all five league games, so City come as leaders. Liverpool changed manager too: Andoni Iraola replaced Arne Slot in June, and his team are unbeaten but six points behind after three draws.
The Matchweek 6 game is on Sunday 11 October at Anfield in Liverpool, with kick-off at 16:30 BST.
Below we go through six types of bet, starting with the simplest. The rest of the round is on our Premier League odds page.
Liverpool vs Man City – Betting Odds
Manchester City are the favourites in the Liverpool vs Manchester City betting odds, but the gap is tiny. At 5/2, the draw is the result the bookmaker thinks is least likely.
1X2 Betting Odds
1X2 is where most people start with football betting, because it asks the simplest question: how will the match end?
1 is a home win, X is a draw and 2 is an away win. Liverpool are at home on Sunday, so they are the 1 and Manchester City are the 2. Only the result counts, so a 1-0 win pays exactly the same as a 5-0 win.
In the UK, odds are usually shown as fractions. At 6/4, you win £6 for every £4 you bet, and you also get your stake (the money you bet) back. A lower price means the bookmaker thinks that result is more likely, and the team with the lowest price is the favourite. When the first number is smaller than the second, as in 4/9, the price is odds-on: you would win less than you bet.
These are the Liverpool vs Manchester City odds for the three possible results:
| Liverpool win (1) | Draw (X) | Man City win (2) |
| 6/4 | 5/2 | 7/5 |
Double Chance Odds
Double chance lets you cover two of the three possible results with one bet, so you only lose if the third one happens. There are three versions:
- 1X: Liverpool win or draw
- 12: Liverpool win or Manchester City win
- X2: draw or Manchester City win
Covering two results makes your bet safer, so a double chance price is always lower than the 1X2 price of either result it includes. It suits you when you’re fairly sure a team won’t lose, but not sure enough to back them to win.
For this match, Liverpool or Manchester City has the lowest price, 4/15, because the bookmaker thinks a draw is the least likely result.
| 1X – Liverpool or draw | 12 – Liverpool or Man City | X2 – Draw or Man City |
| 8/17 | 4/15 | 4/9 |
Handicap Betting Odds
Handicap betting gives one team an imaginary head start. The bookmaker adds goals to one side, shown with a plus sign (+), and takes them away from the other, shown with a minus sign (-). When the match ends, you apply the handicap to the real score, and the new score decides your bet.
Say the favourite is given -1.5 and the underdog +1.5. A bet on the favourite only wins if they win by two goals or more. A bet on the underdog wins if they win, draw or lose by just one goal. Lines with a half goal can’t finish level, so there’s always a clear result.
On a -1 line, a one-goal win makes the adjusted score level, so you get your stake back. This is called a push.
The tables below show the +0.5 and -0.5 lines for both teams. A team at -0.5 must win for your bet to pay out, while a team at +0.5 only needs to avoid defeat, so a win or a draw is enough.
| Liverpool -0.5 | Man City +0.5 |
| 6/4 | 1/2 |
| Liverpool +0.5 | Man City -0.5 |
| 10/19 | 7/5 |
Both Teams to Score (BTTS) Odds
Both teams to score, or BTTS, asks one question: will each team score at least one goal?
Pick Yes, and you need both sides on the scoresheet, as in 1-1 or 3-2. Pick No, and you need at least one team to finish without a goal, as in 0-0 or 2-0. Who wins doesn’t matter, which makes BTTS a handy bet when you expect goals at both ends but can’t pick a winner.
At 1/2, Yes is odds-on, so the bookmaker thinks both teams will probably score. Backing No pays almost three times as much, because one team failing to score is seen as less likely.
| Yes | No |
| 1/2 | 10/7 |
Goal Total (Over/Under) Odds
Over/Under is a bet on the total number of goals in the match, no matter which team scores them. The bookmaker picks a number, most often 2.5, and you decide whether the total will be above or below it.
The half goal is there so the bet can never end in a tie. Over 2.5 needs three goals or more, as in 2-1, and Under 2.5 needs two or fewer, as in 1-1.
Remember, this is just an example. You’re free to set the line wherever you want (1.5 and 3.5 are common ones).
In the Liverpool vs Manchester City odds on total goals, Over 2.5 is odds-on at 5/9, meaning the bookmaker expects three goals or more. Together with the BTTS prices, that points to an open game with goals at both ends.
| Over 2.5 goals | Under 2.5 goals |
| 5/9 | 13/10 |
Correct Score Odds
Correct score means predicting the exact final score, and nearly right counts for nothing. If you back Liverpool to win 2-1 and they win 3-1, the bet loses, even though you picked the winner.
Exact scores are hard to call, which is why this market pays the most on this page. Each score you back is a separate bet.
Here are the Liverpool vs Manchester City odds for four popular scorelines:
| 0–0 | 1–1 | Liverpool 2–1 Man City | Liverpool 1–2 Man City |
| 16/1 | 6/1 | 9/1 | 17/2 |
The odds listed above were accurate at the time of publication. Our traders may update their prices at any time, so make sure to check current odds before placing a bet.
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