Manchester City fans have been given plenty to cheer about so far in the Premiership and they are currently tied on points with Manchester United at the top of the league with 19 points each.
Whilst they may be slightly disappointed in their Champions League performances, it is still early days and in the Premier League they have looked a class above the majority of the sides they have played so far.
Manchester City have looked deadly in attack so far this season, after beating Swansea 4-0 on their opening game of the season they have followed up with wins of 2-3 1-5 and 3-0 over Bolton Tottenham and Wigan.
More Recently they beat Everton 2-0 and smashed Blackburn 0-4 at Ewood park just before the international break.
Aguero and Dzeko have been simply class netting 14 goals between them, Balotelli has had getting more playing time recently and he is also impressing me at the moment and may step in for Aguero today who has just recovered from a groin injury.
They play clever attacking football with the likes of Nasri, Silva and Toure linking up behind the front line, on their day they will cause any defence problems.
Their opponents today Aston Villa haven't started bad, they are in 7th place at the moment but have won just 1 game in their last 6 in all competitions.
They failed to beat Wolves, Newcastle and lost to Bolton in the League Cup at home.
Away from home they have drawn all 3 of their league games so far.
They held Fulham, Everton and QPR all too draws but today will be their biggest test so far and I don't feel the Villa defence will be able to hold that City attack off for long.
A lot of People are writing off this game today as a low scoring affair because of the international break, they expect players to be rusty or that some may find it difficult to adjust back to their club football.
Well after the last international break, Man City came straight back and swept Wigan aside 3-0 in a game that could have easily been 5 or 6.
I don't read too much into it, these are professional players and will be looking to get the job done today, especially if Manchester United were to drop points at Anfield this lunchtime, it would then give City a chance to go clear at the top of the league.
Manchester City were quick to gel together anyway with so many new players throughout the squad so that is no worry to be and that's why I expect City to get on the score sheet early or at least in the first half.
City are a best price 1.36 to win this game outright so for such an attacking team I see plenty of value in the 2.1 on offer at Totesport for Manchester City to Score In Both Halves of Football today and that's my pick.
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