Man City vs Chelsea Bet Builder Tips: Cole Palmer features in 33/1 treble
Real Madrid may have ruptured Man City's dreams of a double-treble, but the Premier League leaders still have the opportunity to win a league and FA Cup double.
It's a quick turnaround for the Citizens who head over to the capital where they'll lock horns with League Cup runners-up Chelsea in the first of this weekend's semi-finals, which can be viewed live at 5.15pm on BBC 1 this Saturday evening.
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Man City vs Chelsea Bet Builder Tips
Attempting to untangle Pep Guardiola's plans and preparations for this semi-final leaves us with a nasty headache. Man City played an exhausting 120 minutes of football on Wednesday night - plus penalties - which doesn't leave Guardiola's troops with too long to recover.
It will be interesting to see whether he sticks with many of the players that played significant game time against Real Madrid or instead looks to his wider squad for fresh legs. Either way, I'm staying clear of Man City for this reason; instead I'm honing in on Chelsea's assets to form this three-pronged 33/1 Bet Builder with BoyleSports.
Let's start with Chelsea's main man Cole Palmer, who has drawn level with Erling Haaland on 20 goals at the summit of the Golden Boot charts following his extraordinary four-goal haul in the 6-0 win over Everton. He's now scored a remarkable 11 goals in his last six games, including Chelsea's second in their 4-2 semi-final win over Leicester.
Palmer, who scored against Man City back in November, is 9/4 to score once again against his old employers this weekend, however, I like the bigger price of 16/5 for the attacker to have over 1.5 shots on target, which has landed in five of his last seven games.
Staying in Chelsea's attack, we now look to the player who unsuccessfully tried to snatch the ball from Palmer when Chelsea were awarded a penalty against Everton. Yes, you Nicolas Jackson.
Jackson has had an inconsistent start to life at the Blues where his league goal count (10) just edges out his card count (9). Palmer may have overshadowed him this term, but the Senegalese does have a couple of FA Cup goals on the board and has scored seven goals in his last 10 league games.
Jackson has also accrued more shots on target (32) this season than any of his teammates, making the even money on offer for just one shot on target at Wembley too good to turn down.
Dropping back into the midfield, I turn my attention to yet another summer signing, Moises Caicedo, who has captured my attention at 21/10 to be carded against Man City, which elevates the Bet Builder to 33/1.
He already has nine league yellows to his name - only three players have more - and has picked up six bookings in his last 13 league games. He was handed a yellow in the FA Cup win over Leeds and faces the unenviable task of attempting to dispossess Man City's midfield.
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