Manchester City vs Liverpool Stats-Based Bet Builder Tips: Booking for Bradley in 9/1 Etihad effort

One of the most anticipated fixtures in the Premier League calendar takes place at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday (16:30 GMT, Sky Sports Main Event) as Pep Guardiola's Manchester City host Arne Slot's Liverpool.

Below are my Manchester City vs Liverpool Stats-Based Bet Builder Tips, where I combine four legs for a 9/1 payout.

Both Teams to Score - Yes

Man City failed to score in either of their games against Liverpool last season, suffering 2-0 defeats at Anfield and the Etihad, but 10 of the previous 11 head-to-heads had seen both teams find the back of the net.

This season, Man City have only blanked twice in 16 matches - in a 2-0 home defeat to Tottenham Hotspur on August 23, and in a 1-0 loss at Aston Villa on October 26.

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Liverpool, despite losing six times in a seven-game spell across September and October, have only been stopped from scoring twice this term - in a 1-0 Uefa Champions League reverse at Galatasaray on September 30, and in a 3-0 Carabao Cup home defeat to Crystal Palace on October 29, when they fielded an understrength side.

Alexis Mac Allister (LIV) Total Shots - 1+

Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister is averaging a shot per game in this season's Premier League, recording at least one effort in eight of his nine appearances - only failing to take aim in a 1-0 victory at Burnley on September 14, when he was withdrawn at half-time.

The 26-year-old is also averaging 1.5 shots per game in the Champions League, despite only starting twice.

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Mac Allister was only a 68th-minute substitute against Galatasaray but managed to shoot twice, and in Tuesday's 1-0 win against Real Madrid at Anfield, he racked up four attempts - scoring the only goal of the game with his final one.

Virgil van Dijk (LIV) Total Shots - 1+

Reds skipper Virgil van Dijk is averaging 0.4 shots per game in this season's Premier League, with all four of his attempts coming at Anfield. He shot twice in Liverpool's opening day victory over AFC Bournemouth on August 15, and twice in a 2-1 defeat to Manchester United on October 19.

Meanwhile, in the Champions League, the 34-year-old is averaging 1.5 shots per game, recording three, one and two efforts against Atletico Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt and Real Madrid, respectively.

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Van Dijk failed to register an attempt at the Etihad last season, but in the reverse fixture at Anfield, he shot three times.

City appear to be vulnerable at set-pieces, conceding from a corner kick in a 2-1 victory over Bournemouth last Sunday, before Borussia Dortmund centre-back Waldemar Anton scored after a short free-kick was worked in a 4-1 defeat for the German side on Wednesday.

Anton shot twice in that game, also seeing a headed effort saved by City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Player Shown Any Card - Conor Bradley (LIV)

Conor Bradley was brilliant on Tuesday, man-marking Vinicius Jr. out of the game at Anfield, but it only took the Brazilian seven minutes to tempt the Northern Ireland international into a foul.

The Reds right-back hasn't been booked in any of his previous five appearances, but in his first 11 games for club and country this season, he received seven yellow cards (five for Liverpool, two for Northern Ireland).

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Bradley was booked in big games against Newcastle United, Germany, Atletico Madrid and Chelsea, and he may consider himself fortunate not to have been cautioned in September's Merseyside derby win against Everton (2-1), having committed four fouls - all on Everton's left winger, Jack Grealish.

The Toffees loanee's former teammate at the Etihad, Jeremy Doku, may pose similar problems for the 22-year-old on Sunday, as the Belgian is averaging 1.4 fouls won per game in this season's Premier League, drawing a yellow-card challenge from Arsenal's Jurrien Timber in a 1-1 draw on September 21.

Doku is also averaging three fouls per game in the Champions League, with Villarreal right-back Santiago Mourino booked for upending him in a 2-2 draw on October 1.

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