Despite Manchester City's poor form and mounting injury list, QPR can still be backed at 7/1 for the win on Saturday, and professional odds compiler Owen Goulding rates that as great value.

QPR take on Man City at Loftus Road under the Saturday evening lights in what should be an intriguing encounter.

Getting straight to the betting, QPR were available at a whopping 8/1 earlier this week but that has now been taken and they are now a best priced 7/1 for victory here. This, all things considered is still a huge price in my opinion. Man City are in poor form, there is no doubting that. Just like Rangers, they have only won one of their last five games in all competitions, but unlike QPR, City's performances have been very poor.

That victory came against the ten men of Man Utd and barring a few disputable penalties, it was another below par performance. City are clearly missing the creativity of David Silva and the constant attacking threat from the left hand side of Alexander Kolarov. Both players will be missing here, and even captain Kompany faces a late fitness test, much to the delight of Harry Redknapp. Aguero is a fantastic striker, but stats show how much more effective he is when he is serviced by the diminutive Silva, and Silva's absence cannot be over-stated. Just why bookmakers are making Man City a best priced 1/2 for this game is beyond me. That price equates Man City to 1.25 goals better than QPR and on recent performances and with injury news massively favouring the West Londoners, a bet on QPR has to be entertained here.

Charlie Austin can be backed at 4/1 just to score in the game at anytime and against a possible Kompany-less defence - one that has conceded eight goals in its last five games - this seems a huge price for the in-form striker to continue his purple patch.

Recommended Bets:

QPR to beat Man City - 7/1 BetVictor

Charlie Austin to score at Anytime - 4/1 Betfair.

My bet of the weekend is above. Charlie Austin can add to his tally of four goals in his last five games to score at anytime @ 4/1. I calculate it to be nearer 9/4, so 4/1 gives us a nice big edge.

Big Price Goalscorers:

Statistically, a lot more goals than usual are scored from set-pieces than other methods when league sides play non-league opposition, so with FA Cup taking centre stage this weekend in the lower realms of UK football this weekend, I am going with a few players who may benefit from this statistical anomaly.

John White - Southend v Chester - to score anytime 16/1 (Coral)

Mike Duckworth - Hartlepool v E Thurrock anytime 9/1 (PPower)

Pablo Mills - Bury v H Hempstead - to score anytime 8/1 (WHill)

Paul Huntington - Havant v PNE - to score anytime 9/1 (PPower)

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TacticalR added 21:16 - Nov 7 Thanks for your oppo report. Yaya has never been the same man since his birthday cake trauma. How about a birthday cake presentation before the match to mess with his head? Silva has been the architect of our downfall on more than one occasion, so it's good that he's out. It will be great for us if the Man City wobble continues, but that never seems to happen when a team on a bad run comes to QPR. I don't think we can monster City West Ham-style, so we'll have to play some football.

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