Manchester City have been backed to beat Liverpool on Sunday and blow the title race wide open.
The Reds lead City by six points and can put daylight between the sides with victory at Anfield in the top of the table clash.
However, former Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov believes Pep Guardiola's side will run out 2-1 winners and cut Liverpool's lead in half.
Betfair ambassador Berbatov told the Metro : "Whoever plays in goal for Manchester City won’t be too much of a concern for Pep Guardiola, as he has faith in Ederson’s understudy Claudio Bravo.
"The City manager will be aiming to come away from Anfield with three points on Sunday.
"It will be tight, and the first half could be a tactical chess match, but I’m backing City to nick this one and blow the title race wide open."
Claudio Bravo will make his first Premier League appearance in 18 months in the white heat of a title tussle with Liverpool , but Guardiola has full faith in his replacement goalkeeper.
Regular number one Ederson has been ruled out after coming off at half-time in the midweek draw in Atalanta, a game that ended with Kyle Walker donning the gloves after substitute Bravo was sent off for a rash challenge.
That was hardly the confidence-boosting cameo the former Barcelona man would have wanted, but he now faces the prospect of facing the table-topping Reds having last started a league game on the final day of the 2017/18 campaign.
There is no doubt Ederson's absence represents a further blow to a City side who sit six points adrift of their rivals and have won at Anfield only once since 1981, but Guardiola did not miss a beat as he offered Bravo his complete confidence.
"He (Ederson) is not able to play. But we have another top keeper," he said.
"We won the Carabao Cup (in 2018) thanks to Claudio, so he's an exceptional keeper. He's won a lot of games with his national team, Chile. So, no doubts."
