Pre-Season Friendly: Red Bull New York v Manchester City Odds and Betting Preview

NEW YORK, NY - Manchester City`s New York tour continues this afternoon with a clash against Thierry Henry`s new club, the New York Red Bulls. City lost their most recent pre-season friendly against Sporting Lisbon in the Red Bull Arena, but coach Roberto Mancini will be hoping for a better performance against the hosts of the Barclays New York Football Challenge.

The Premier League outfit are the favourites at 11/10 (bet £10 to win £11 profit) on Betfair to win the match, and the draw is available to back at 13/5 with Sky Bet. The Red Bulls are the outsiders to win the match at 13/5 with Bet 365, but are by no means ruled out of contention.

Star striker Thierry Henry opened the scoring in a 2-1 loss to Tottenham, and all eyes will be on the Frenchman in New York. Henry disappointed in France`s dreadful World Cup bid in South Africa, but he is said to be relishing his new challenge in America. He is a 6/1 chance with Bet 365 to score first, and a tempting 15/8 with the same bookmaker to score at any point during the match.

Other players to feature prominently in the first goalscorer betting are Juventus-target Emmanuel Adebayor and Brazil`s Jô at 9/2 and 13/2 respectively for the visitors. Conor Chinn is attracting some money at 9/1 with William Hill in the same betting market.

Man City will be definitely be without Shaun Wright-Phillips and Gareth Barry, but are still expected to field a fairly strong starting XI, featuring the likes of Patrick Vieira and Joe Hart. Indeed one of the most intriguing clashes on the pitch will be the duel between former Arsenal team-mates Vieira and Henry.

The half-time/full-time market often attracts plenty of interest from soccer bettors, and the most likely outcome according to the bookies is Man City/Man City at 12/5 with Coral. Man City/Draw is 14/1 with Victor Chandler and Draw/Draw is on offer at a standout 5/1 with Bet Internet. Red Bulls/Red Bulls would be a terrific result for the locals at 6/1 with Stan James.

In the correct score betting, the favourite scoreline is a 1-1 draw at 11/2 with Ladbrokes. 1-0 and 2-0 wins to City are at 6/1 and 17/2, and Extrabet are top-priced about the 0-0 bore draw at 11/1. A 2-1 for New York is a whopping 18/1 with William Hill.

There are plenty of novelty markets to arouse interest in the friendly, such as Thierry Henry to score a hat-trick at 40/1 with William Hill. Man City are 12/5 with Paddy Power to win to nil and it is evens (1/1) with Bet 365 for 10 or more corners in the game.

The Red Bulls are the fourth favourites at 6/1 with 10Bet to win the 2010 MLS, some way behind David Beckham`s LA Galaxy who are at 9/4.

Kick-off is at 3.30pm local time (EDT), which is 8.30pm English time (BST). The match can be watched via Bet 365`s excellent live streaming service which is available to European punters.

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