Mancini ready to turn to Tevez

Carlos Tevez will be handed the opportunity to lead Manchester City's forward line when they travel to take on Wigan Athletic on Wednesday.

The Argentinian striker, it was assumed, started on the bench last week against Real Madrid, to have him ready and firing for Sunday's clash with Chelsea.

But Tevez, 15/4 to open the scoring against the Latics, was shocked to learn he was again named amongst the substitutes, despite an impressive record against the west London outfit, before being introduced in the closing stages of the 0-0 draw.

City boss Roberto Mancini is expected to drop Edin Dzeko to the sidelines, who scored the only goal in the Blues' 1-0 victory at the DW Stadium last season. The Italian also has one eye on the weekend game at home to Everton and Mario Balotelli will come into the equation.

City are 7/1 to win 1-0 once again, while Wigan can be backed at 7/1 to secure a 1-1 draw. A shock 2-0 victory for the Latics is available at 33/1.

Mancini insists: "We play another game in three days against Wigan, and sometimes we need the players to be fresh."

City, meanwhile, have been boosted by the news Swedish forward John Guidetti is now training outside after contracting a summer virus which damaged muscles in his leg.

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