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Elliott Jackson & Bobby Vincent

Rio Ferdinand predicts where Manchester United and Man City will finish in the Premier League

Rio Ferdinand has predicted Manchester City to win the Premier League title, with Manchester United in second place.

Pep Guardiola's side currently lead the table by five points, though they have played one game fewer than their city rivals.

With Liverpool all-but out of the title race, it seems like a straight shootout between the two Manchester clubs to lift the trophy, with City in the driving seat.

The former United defender reiterated, though, that he has "no doubt" City will claim their third Premier League title in four matches.

Ferdinand predicted Liverpool and Leicester City to complete the top four but believes that the former would have pushed City all the way for the title, had it not been for their crippling injuries.

“Liverpool are in a bad vein of form at the moment. Last season, if we were sitting here for this game, both of us would 100 per cent say Liverpool would win this (Leicester) game," Ferdinand told BT Sport.

"That’s why I’ve got them in the position they are (third), they’re lacking consistency, they’re lacking confidence, lacking form, so I don’t see them mounting a challenge this season.

“We were talking about this before, full tilt, full squad - they’re challenging City to win the league, no doubt. But I don’t think anyone else would be in their position with the amount of stuff that’s destabilised their season and that’s a credit to them.

"I still see them third and if anyone else goes through what they’ve gone through, they’re finishing eighth or tenth.”

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