Manchester City Vs Bayern Munich – Predictions And Match Preview

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Manchester City vs Bayern Munich -Manchester City and Bayern Munich will play the first leg of their exciting UEFA Champions League quarterfinal at Etihad Stadium. This will be the first “Clash of the Titans” game.

Both groups have progressed to this point without too many issues. In their group, the Citizens had no trouble beating Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund, and Copenhagen. In the round of 16, they easily beat RB Leipzig.

In his previous Champions League appearance, Erling Haaland shone brightly, scoring five of his team’s seven goals against Leipzig at home in the second leg in Manchester.

With 10 goals total, Haaland shares the competition’s scoring lead with Mohamed Salah and Kylian Mbappe. The first obstacle in the knockout phase got rid of Mbappe and Salah. This made the Norwegian predator the favourite to win the Golden Boot at the end of the competition.

Haaland is back to full health after missing the win over Liverpool and the international games. He scored two goals as his team easily defeated Southampton 1-4 in the game that was played over the weekend.

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In the Champions League group stage, Bayern Munich easily defeated teams like Barcelona and Inter Milan before defeating PSG in the Round of 16 without conceding in either leg.

Though Julian Nagelsmann abruptly parted ways with the Bavarians to make room for former Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel to take over, this wasn’t enough for the team’s board to convince him to stay.

With a straightforward victory over their biggest rivals, Borussia Dortmund, in Der Klassiker, Tuchel did elevate the defending Bundesliga champions to the top of the domestic league standings, but Bayern Munich struggled in their subsequent two matches against Freiburg.

Following a devastating home loss to Freiburg seven days earlier, the Bavarians were eliminated from the DFB Pokal. In the league match against the same opponent on Saturday, they did manage to get revenge, but only because of Matthijs De Ligt’s stunning goal in what was yet another poor performance from the German heavyweights.

Manchester City vs Bayern Munich – Betting Analysis

Each team has five victories going into the eleventh head-to-head matchup. In 2014, when they were both members of the same Champions League group, the teams last squared off in a competitive match.

Back then, both teams had won at home. In the most recent round of friendly matches against the Bavarians, Manchester City came out on top twice, in 2018 and 2022, respectively.

The current run of form for Manchester City is incredible. With their victory over Southampton, Pep Guardiola’s team has now won eight straight games. In the process, the Citizens scored 31 goals.

They will have plenty of room to deliver here past Bayern Munich’s porous defence, as they have only left their goal unattended six times in the past 18 games across all competitions.

What are the top odds for this match?

Checking the betting prices for this game on the 90-minute result market, a win for Manchester City can be had for 1.83, going for the draw is 3.98, 98, and selecting a win for Bayern Munich comes in at 4.08. These are the top prices on offer at this very moment.

Manchester City vs Bayern Munich: Head -to-Head

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