Manchester City

Premier League champions City are preparing to host a struggling Aston Villa side at the Eithad Stadium, with the visitors eager to make the most of their distraction from league problems (City 1/3, draw 4/1, Villa 8/1 – Match Betting).

The Villans will have to make big improvements from their performance at the weekend after they handed Southampton their first points in the Premier League this term, with a 4-1 defeat at St Mary’s.

Following the loss on the South Coast, manager Paul Lambert has stated he believes Darren Bent and Christian Benteke will make a formidable partnership this season but they need time to gel.

The former Norwich City boss might be tempted to give the duo more time on the field and they could cause the Citizens defence problems.

As for City they will be looking to get back to winning ways after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Arsenal on Sunday.

Manager Roberto Mancini will look to bring some fresh legs into the starting line-up for Tuesday night, with the likes of Mario Balotelli, Jack Rodwell and Carlos Tevez (who were all on the bench against the Gunners) set to feature.

Even if it was a City second team you would still fancy them to overcome Villa and the Blues should come out on top comfortably.

Tuesday will also see the Blues of Merseyside make the trip across the Pennines to West Yorkshire to face a potential banana skin against Leeds United at Elland Road (Leeds 10/3, draw 5/2, Everton 5/6 – Match Betting).

Everton will be buoyed by an impressive performance against Swansea City at the weekend, in a game they dominated at the Liberty Stadium.

That game finished 3-0 but it could easily have been a win by five or six goals, which will have pleased manager David Moyes ahead of the trip to Leeds.

As for the Whites, they too go into this game on the back of a win, and were boosted by the news the potential takeover at the club is edging towards a conclusion before beating Nottingham Forest 2-1.

Leeds will be a tough prospect on home soil but with the injury list ever increasing for Neil Warnock, Everton should have enough strength in depth to progress, even if it does take extra-time or penalties.

The Blues of London make up a strong treble of teams who should go through, as Chelsea host Wolverhampton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge (Chelsea 1/4, draw 5/1, Wolves 9/1 – Match Betting).

Wolves have started to settle into life in the Championship as they push for promotion back to the top flight.

Chelsea have a host of young players coming through the ranks at the Bridge and manager Roberto Di Matteo will be looking to give them a run out.

Even if they do field their young guns, Chelsea should have too much firepower for Wolves, who will be more focused on their Championship campaign.

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