Manchester City roundup: three wins from three and top of the table

Manchester City head into mid-September top of the Premier League with a perfect record, their goals shared among four different scorers and a Manchester derby on the horizon. Here is where things stand after three rounds of matches.

Top of the pile on goals scored

According to the Premier League table, City have taken nine points from a possible nine: three wins from three, seven goals scored, two conceded and a goal difference of +5. Their form line reads WWW.

Arsenal are the only other side on nine points, and their goal difference is identical at +5. City edge the summit on goals scored, seven to six — as fine a margin as the table can produce. Hull City AFC (seven points) and Chelsea (six) lead the early chase.

How the points were banked

City's three results, in order:

• Manchester City 1–0 Coventry City
• Crystal Palace 1–4 Manchester City
• Manchester City 2–1 AFC Bournemouth

Two wins at the Etihad Stadium either side of a commanding away win in south London — and only two goals conceded along the way.

The goals are spread around

FanTribe's scoring data shows four different names on the club's scoresheet: Haaland leads the way with three, Cherki has two, and Gvardiol and Guehi have one apiece. That quartet accounts for all seven of City's league goals so far.

Next up: the derby at Old Trafford

City travel to Manchester United on Sunday, 13 September. Bookmakers make the visitors favourites at 2.11, a bookmaker-derived implied probability of 44% — a market lean, not a certainty. United are priced at 3.05 (31% implied) and the draw at 3.78 (25% implied).

FanTribe's points on offer reward the bolder calls: 42 points for correctly predicting a City win, 61 for a United victory and 76 for the draw. United, eleventh on four points according to the table, have won one, drawn one and lost one so far.

Sunderland, twelfth on four points, then visit the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, 20 September. City are 1.29 with the bookmakers — a 76% implied probability — with the draw at 6.2 (16% implied) and an away win at 12.5 (8% implied). FanTribe's points scale with the risk: 26 for the home win, 124 for the draw and 250 for anyone tipping Sunderland.

Taken together, the market leans City's way in both fixtures — but implied probability is not prophecy, and a 44% chance of a derby win leaves most outcomes lying elsewhere.

The FanTribe view

FanTribe's community data shows 18 supporters currently list Manchester City as their club on the platform. Three wins from three and first place on goals scored make for a contented early-season mood — and a derby result at Old Trafford would cap the start nicely.