Man City vs Real Madrid is the most notable match of the Champions League play-off round (C1 Cup) season 2024-2025. At Etihad Stadium (Manchester, England) at 3am on February 12, the two most recent champions of European football will face each other in a state of instability due to a personnel crisis.
Man City vs Real Madrid Prediction
Man City had to wait until the final round of the qualifying round to escape early elimination. Coach Pep Guardiola's team. After 3 unbeaten matches (including 2 wins) and not conceding a goal, no one expected coach Pep Guardiola's team to struggle so much in the European arena.
Man City are in crisis.
Injuries to Rodri and Ruben Dias, and the sudden decline of key defenders are the main reasons why Man City has been weakened this season. The Etihad team's defense is fragile and constantly makes mistakes regardless of the opponent. Older stars can no longer keep up with the physical game with younger opponents, which also reduces Man City's performance.
Man City have been poor against strong opponents this season. They lost to PSG, Arsenal, Juventus, Liverpool, and were even beaten at home by Man Utd and Tottenham.
The opponent is in crisis but Real Madrid is in a similar situation, only better in terms of achievements. Coach Carlo Ancelotti and his team are at the top of the La Liga rankings but still make fans uneasy.
Real Madrid's patchwork defence has left them vulnerable. The likes of Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo and Jude Bellingham have not always been able to shine in time to make up for their lack of attacking talent.
This season, Real Madrid have not had good results in difficult matches. In the Champions League, they lost to Liverpool and AC Milan. In the domestic arena, Real Madrid only drew 2 matches (against Atletico Madrid) when facing teams in the current top 4 of La Liga, the rest were losses to Athletic Bilbao and 2 defeats to Barcelona.
Real Madrid often have difficulty against strong opponents.
Expected lineup
Man City also lost Nico Gonzalez - a new signing who was injured in his first match. This midfielder, along with Oscar Bobb, Nathan Ake, Jeremy Doku, Ederson and Rodri, will have to sit out tonight's match.
Real Madrid are in the same crisis as their opponents. Lucas Vazquez, Antonio Rudiger, Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao and David Alaba are injured, leaving the visitors with few options for their defense.
Man City: Ederson; Nunes, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol; Silva, Kovacic; Foden, De Bruyne, Savinho; Haaland.
Real Madrid: Courtois; Valverde, Tchouameni, Asencio, Mendy; Camavinga, Modric; Rodrygo, Bellingham, Vinicius Junior; Mbappe.
Man City vs Real Madrid Prediction
Opta's supercomputer predicts Man City's chances of winning at 42.7%, not much different from Real Madrid's (33%). Defensive mistakes by both teams will decide the outcome of the first leg. Both teams have attacking stars who can "punish" any moment of negligence by their opponents.
In the 8 matches between the two teams since 2020, only 2 matches have had less than 3 goals. In the context of both Man City and Real Madrid playing with an offensive style to compensate for defense, this is likely to be a match with many goals.
Score prediction: Man City 2-2 Real Madrid.
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