Manchester City v Wigan Athletic
Manchester City have been nothing short of outstanding since the first day of the season.
Their biggest problem this weekend will be that with so many top quality players almost their entire squad will have been away on international duty and so could be coming back with all sorts of knocks and niggles.
Saying that, manager Roberto Mancini has such a magnificent squad they will be strong whichever team they put out so they'll have no problems against Wigan.
Wigan have made a decent start - but they have played the three teams that have come up, two of them at home, so their points tally and league position is a little bit flattering in my opinion. In fact, I would be slightly worried as a Wigan fan that they didn't win all those games.
This is the Latics' first real test of the season, for sure, and I don't see them passing it.
Prediction: Manchester City 3-0 Wigan Athletic
Here's Mark Lawrenson's predictions for the 2011-12 Premier League season, together with how the League Table would look like if he was correct...
http://www.myfootballfacts.com/Mark_Lawrensons_Predictions_2011-12.html
Manchester City have been nothing short of outstanding since the first day of the season.
Their biggest problem this weekend will be that with so many top quality players almost their entire squad will have been away on international duty and so could be coming back with all sorts of knocks and niggles.
Saying that, manager Roberto Mancini has such a magnificent squad they will be strong whichever team they put out so they'll have no problems against Wigan.
Wigan have made a decent start - but they have played the three teams that have come up, two of them at home, so their points tally and league position is a little bit flattering in my opinion. In fact, I would be slightly worried as a Wigan fan that they didn't win all those games.
This is the Latics' first real test of the season, for sure, and I don't see them passing it.
Prediction: Manchester City 3-0 Wigan Athletic
Here's Mark Lawrenson's predictions for the 2011-12 Premier League season, together with how the League Table would look like if he was correct...
http://www.myfootballfacts.com/Mark_Lawrensons_Predictions_2011-12.html