Manchester City vs Liverpool predictions, Apr 04, 2026

Mar 29, 2026 0 Comment By Yuriy Borshchenko

English FA Cup, on Saturday,

Man City

Liverpool

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The upcoming FA Cup clash between Manchester City and Liverpool promises to be an exhilarating affair as both teams vie for a spot in the next round. Manchester City, playing at home, enters the match with a slightly better recent track record, having secured two victories in their last five outings. Their offensive prowess, characterized by quick ball movement and high possession, will be crucial in breaking down Liverpool’s defensive setup.

Liverpool, equally determined, has also notched two wins in their last five matches. With a focus on swift counter-attacks and exploiting defensive errors, they pose a substantial threat to City’s backline. Both teams have displayed moments of inconsistency in recent contests, which adds an element of unpredictability to this encounter.

Bookmakers currently favor Manchester City with odds of 1.75 for a home win, reflecting a statistical probability of 54.1% for a City victory compared to 22.9% for Liverpool. The predicted final score of 2:1 suggests a closely contested match. As always, while City may have the statistical edge, the dynamic nature of cup competitions means that outcomes can often defy expectations.

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Man City
53.5%		 Draw
23.3%		 Liverpool
23.3%

Prediction (the most likely score): 2:1

Outrights of English FA Cup Manchester City: 22.36% Liverpool: 13.84%

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Betting Odds

1 X 2
bet_at_home 1.78 4.25 4.23
betsson 1.75 4.15 4.15
MarathonBet 1.83 4.19 4.35 Watch Watch and Bet
WilliamHill 1.8 3.75 3.8
Pinnacle 1.76 4.18 4.11

Latest Results

22.03.26 Arsenal FC – Manchester City – 0:2
17.03.26 Manchester City – Real Madrid – 1:2
14.03.26 West Ham United – Manchester City – 1:1
11.03.26 Real Madrid – Manchester City – 3:0
07.03.26 Newcastle United – Manchester City – 1:3		 21.03.26 Brighton & Hove Albion – Liverpool FC – 2:1
18.03.26 Liverpool FC – Galatasaray – 4:0
15.03.26 Liverpool FC – Tottenham Hotspur – 1:1
10.03.26 Galatasaray – Liverpool FC – 1:0
06.03.26 Wolverhampton Wanderers – Liverpool FC – 1:3

Facts

  • In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Man City won 2.
  • Both teams have been playing unpredictably.
  • Recently, Man City has had a series of away games.
  • In this match, Man City is considered a favorite.
  • In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Man City won 8 matches, drew 6 matches, lost 6 matches, and goals 35:28. (average 1.8:1.4).
  • Including home matches between the teams, Man City won 5 matches, drew 3 matches, lost 2 matches, and goals 22:13. (average 2.2:1.3).

    Latest Head To Head

    08.02.26 Liverpool FC – Manchester City – 1:2
    09.11.25 Manchester City – Liverpool FC – 3:0
    23.02.25 Manchester City – Liverpool FC – 0:2
    01.12.24 Liverpool FC – Manchester City – 2:0
    10.03.24 Liverpool FC – Manchester City – 1:1

    Standings

    Draw

    Main

    1/128-finals

    1 Stoke Bye
    4 Bye Coventry
    5 Fulham Bye
    8 Bye Middlesbrough
    9 Stevenage Chesterfield 0 : 1
    10 Crewe Doncaster 1 : 2
    12 Bye Southampton
    13 Cheltenham Bradford City 1 : 0
    14 Buxton Chatham 2 : 1
    16 Bye Leicester
    17 Burnley Bye
    20 Bye Millwall
    21 Sheffield Utd Bye
    23 Gainsborough Accrington 1 : 2
    24 Mansfield Harrogate 3 : 2
    25 Portsmouth Bye
    28 Bye Arsenal
    29 Preston Bye
    31 Wigan Hemel Hempstead 2 : 1
    32 Spennymoor Barrow 0 : 2
    33 Wrexham Bye
    36 Bye Nottingham
    37 Ipswich Bye
    39 Blackpool Scunthorpe 1 : 0
    40 Reading Carlisle 2 : 3
    41 Hull Bye
    44 Bye Blackburn
    45 Charlton Bye
    48 Bye Chelsea
    49 Port Vale Maldon & Tiptree 5 : 1
    50 Bromley Bristol Rovers 1 : 2
    51 Fleetwood Barnet 2 : 1
    52 Luton Forest Green 4 : 3
    53 Bristol City Bye
    56 Bye Watford
    57 Colchester MK Dons 2 : 3
    58 Oldham Northampton 3 : 1
    60 Bye Oxford Utd
    61 Everton Bye
    64 Bye Sunderland
    65 Tottenham Bye
    68 Bye Aston Villa
    69 Newcastle Bye
    72 Bye Bournemouth
    73 Manchester City Bye
    75 FC Halifax Exeter 0 : 2
    76 Wycombe Plymouth 2 : 0
    77 Salford Lincoln 2 : 1
    78 Tamworth Leyton Orient 0 : 1
    79 Rotherham Swindon 1 : 2
    80 Bolton Huddersfield 2 : 1
    81 Grimsby Ebbsfleet 3 : 1
    82 Wealdstone Southend 1 : 0
    83 Chelmsford Braintree 4 : 1
    84 Weston-super-Mare Aldershot 2 : 1
    85 Wolves Bye
    87 Sutton AFC Telford 2 : 1
    88 South Shields Shrewsbury 1 : 3
    89 Liverpool Bye
    91 Peterborough Cardiff 1 : 0
    92 Barnsley York City 3 : 2
    93 Manchester Utd Bye
    96 Bye Brighton
    97 Boreham Wood Crawley 3 : 0
    98 Newport Gillingham 3 : 2
    99 Brackley Town Notts Co 3 : 2
    100 Burton St. Albans 6 : 0
    101 West Ham Bye
    104 Bye QPR
    105 Slough Altrincham 2 : 1
    106 Macclesfield AFC Totton 6 : 3
    108 Bye Crystal Palace
    109 Sheffield Wed Bye
    112 Bye Brentford
    113 Tranmere Stockport County 1 : 3
    114 Cambridge Utd Chester 3 : 0
    116 Bye Birmingham
    117 Derby Bye
    120 Bye Leeds
    121 Norwich Bye
    123 AFC Wimbledon Gateshead 0 : 2
    124 Eastleigh Walsall 0 : 3
    125 Swansea Bye
    128 Bye West Brom

    1/64-finals

    1 Stoke Bye
    2 Bye Coventry
    3 Fulham Bye
    4 Bye Middlesbrough
    5 Chesterfield Doncaster 1 : 2
    6 Bye Southampton
    7 Cheltenham Buxton 6 : 2
    8 Bye Leicester
    9 Burnley Bye
    10 Bye Millwall
    11 Sheffield Utd Bye
    12 Accrington Mansfield 2 : 3
    13 Portsmouth Bye
    14 Bye Arsenal
    15 Preston Bye
    16 Wigan Barrow 3 : 2
    17 Wrexham Bye
    18 Bye Nottingham
    19 Ipswich Bye
    20 Blackpool Carlisle 4 : 1
    21 Hull Bye
    22 Bye Blackburn
    23 Charlton Bye
    24 Bye Chelsea
    25 Port Vale Bristol Rovers 1 : 0
    26 Fleetwood Luton 3 : 2
    27 Bristol City Bye
    28 Bye Watford
    29 MK Dons Oldham 3 : 1
    30 Bye Oxford Utd
    31 Everton Bye
    32 Bye Sunderland
    33 Tottenham Bye
    34 Bye Aston Villa
    35 Newcastle Bye
    36 Bye Bournemouth
    37 Manchester City Bye
    38 Exeter Wycombe 4 : 0
    39 Salford Leyton Orient 4 : 0
    40 Swindon Bolton 4 : 0
    41 Grimsby Wealdstone 4 : 0
    42 Chelmsford Weston-super-Mare 0 : 2
    43 Wolves Bye
    44 Sutton Shrewsbury 1 : 2
    45 Liverpool Bye
    46 Peterborough Barnsley 0 : 1
    47 Manchester Utd Bye
    48 Bye Brighton
    49 Boreham Wood Newport 3 : 0
    50 Brackley Town Burton 1 : 3
    51 West Ham Bye
    52 Bye QPR
    53 Slough Macclesfield 1 : 3
    54 Bye Crystal Palace
    55 Sheffield Wed Bye
    56 Bye Brentford
    57 Stockport County Cambridge Utd 0 : 1
    58 Bye Birmingham
    59 Derby Bye
    60 Bye Leeds
    61 Norwich Bye
    62 Gateshead Walsall 0 : 2
    63 Swansea Bye
    64 Bye West Brom

    1/32-finals

    1 Stoke Coventry 1 : 0
    2 Fulham Middlesbrough 3 : 1
    3 Doncaster Southampton 2 : 3
    4 Cheltenham Leicester 0 : 2
    5 Burnley Millwall 5 : 1
    6 Sheffield Utd Mansfield 3 : 4
    7 Portsmouth Arsenal 1 : 4
    8 Preston Wigan 0 : 1
    9 Wrexham Nottingham 4 : 3
    10 Ipswich Blackpool 2 : 1
    11 Hull Blackburn 1 : 0
    12 Charlton Chelsea 1 : 5
    13 Port Vale Fleetwood 1 : 0
    14 Bristol City Watford 5 : 1
    15 MK Dons Oxford Utd 1 : 2
    16 Everton Sunderland 1 : 2
    17 Tottenham Aston Villa 1 : 2
    18 Newcastle Bournemouth 4 : 3
    19 Manchester City Exeter 10 : 1
    20 Salford Swindon 3 : 2
    21 Grimsby Weston-super-Mare 3 : 2
    22 Wolves Shrewsbury 6 : 1
    23 Liverpool Barnsley 4 : 1
    24 Manchester Utd Brighton 1 : 2
    25 Boreham Wood Burton 0 : 5
    26 West Ham QPR 2 : 1
    27 Macclesfield Crystal Palace 2 : 1
    28 Sheffield Wed Brentford 0 : 2
    29 Cambridge Utd Birmingham 2 : 3
    30 Derby Leeds 1 : 3
    31 Norwich Walsall 5 : 1
    32 Swansea West Brom 2 : 3

    1/16-finals

    1 Stoke Fulham 1 : 2
    2 Southampton Leicester 2 : 1
    3 Burnley Mansfield 1 : 2
    4 Arsenal Wigan 4 : 0
    5 Wrexham Ipswich 1 : 0
    6 Hull Chelsea 0 : 4
    7 Port Vale Bristol City 1 : 0
    8 Oxford Utd Sunderland 0 : 1
    9 Aston Villa Newcastle 1 : 3
    10 Manchester City Salford 2 : 0
    11 Grimsby Wolves 0 : 1
    12 Liverpool Brighton 3 : 0
    13 Burton West Ham 0 : 1
    14 Macclesfield Brentford 0 : 1
    15 Birmingham Leeds 1 : 2
    16 Norwich West Brom 3 : 1

    1/8-finals

    1 Fulham Southampton 0 : 1
    2 Mansfield Arsenal 1 : 2
    3 Wrexham Chelsea 2 : 4
    4 Port Vale Sunderland 1 : 0
    5 Newcastle Manchester City 1 : 3
    6 Wolves Liverpool 1 : 3
    7 West Ham Brentford 3 : 2
    8 Leeds Norwich 3 : 0

    Quarter-finals

    1 Southampton Arsenal
    2 Chelsea Port Vale
    3 Manchester City Liverpool
    4 West Ham Leeds

    English FA Cup Outrights

    1. Arsenal: 2.9 (30.6%)

    2. Manchester City: 3.96 (22.36%)

    3. Chelsea: 4.53 (19.58%)

    4. Liverpool: 6.4 (13.84%)

    5. West Ham: 14.1 (6.28%)

    6. Leeds: 16.5 (5.37%)

    7. Southampton: 60.5 (1.46%)

    8. Port Vale: 175.5 (0.5%)

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