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Manchester City vs Sparta Prague: Prediction and Betting Odds 2.50
After a slight decline, Manchester City has gone on a winning streak of three matches and does not plan to stop there in the Champions League. Sparta has scored four points in two rounds of the main European football tournament and has already managed to make a sensation. How will the face-to-face meeting between the rivals on October 23 go? - the answer is in our forecast. Our star expert Roman Pavlyuchenko also shares his bet on the match
Command Analysis
Manchester City
EnglandCurrent form
Manchester City have been unbeaten in all tournaments they have played in since the start of the season. However, the Citizens have lost points. In the first round of the Champions League, they were unable to penetrate Inter well-organized defense (0:0). But in the next round, they fully recouped their losses at Slovan (4:0). In that meeting, one could see the total advantage of the Premier League representative - 74% ball possession, 14 shots on target, the opponent did not even hit the target once.
After a great trip to Bratislava, Josep Guardiola men had two tough matches in the Premier League. They managed to beat Fulham at home by one goal (3:2) and Wolverhampton away by 2:1. They almost lost points against the Wolves, as the winning goal was scored only in added time. Manchester City is in second place in the league table, one point behind Liverpool.
The fact that the Citizens often concede is alarming – in five of the six previous matches, their opponents have opened up their defense. Moreover, since the beginning of the season, https://www.mancity.com target=_blank rel=noopener>Manchester City has played 12 official matches and only in three cases managed to avoid conceding goals.
Disqualifications and injuries
Manchester City have only three players out through injury today, but two of them are key in midfield, with no replacements available for Rodri and De Bruyne. Bobb is also out.
Interesting trends for betting
- Manchester City have drawn their last two games in the first half
- Six of City previous eight Champions League games have seen at least four goals scored
- Both teams to score have played in six of Manchester City last eight matches in the competition
Probable line-up : Ederson - Lewis, Akanji, Stones, Guardiol - Nunes, Gundogan - Savinho, Foden, Grealish - Haaland.
Sparta Prague
Czech RepublicCurrent form
In the Champions League, after two rounds, Sparta has made a good bid for a possible playoff spot. The Czech team has four points. At the start, Lars Friis men beat Salzburg (3:0) at home, and then took points away from Stuttgart (1:1).
In the domestic championship, the "Reds" have seen a decline, after all, they do not have enough resources for several tournaments. In the last three rounds, Sparta managed to lose to Sigma (2:3) and their archrival Slavia (1:2). However, before the trip to Manchester, a 2:1 victory was recorded over Slovan Liberec (2:1). In the tournament table, the team is currently in second place and is already six points behind Prague Slavia.
It should be noted that Sparta plays quite boldly in attack, regardless of the opponent. Due to participation in the Champions League qualification, the season had to start in July and since then the team from Parga has not been left without goals in any of the official matches. Much in the attack depends on Garaslin and Birmancevic. These players have managed to score 12 goals between them.
Disqualifications and injuries
Sparta injury list only includes Kobbout.
Interesting trends for betting
- Sparta have scored goals in all 19 official matches since the start of the season
- Sparta have not left the field without scoring in their previous nine Champions League matches
- The team has not lost in the first half in their last eight Champions League matches
Estimated line-up : Vindal – Vitik, Panak, Zeleni – Preciado, Laci, Kairinen, Rinesh – Birmancevic, Rrahmani, Garaslin.
Trends
Sparta win bet on offsides
Manchester City have lost their last seven matches due to offsides
1.75Bet Exact score 3:2
Three of Manchester City last four wins have come by a one-goal margin
42.00Bet 1st half: total over 1.5 goals
The bet has been successful in four of the hosts' previous five matches
1.94Sparta will score in the first half
Manchester City have conceded in the opening 45 minutes of their last two matches
4.80Tip and bets
In the upcoming game, we recommend paying attention to the bet with high odds on the exchange of goals scored. Manchester City is the obvious favorite of the confrontation, but Guardiola charges have conceded too often this season. Only three times in 12 official matches in all tournaments have the Citizens played to zero. We would not underestimate Sparta in attack, so far the team has not been left without goals scored this season. Garaslin and Birmancevic are doing well in attack for the visitors, who are quite capable of realizing at least one of the few moments. We believe that the bookmakers underestimate the "both will score" position in this pair.
Our prediction is both teams to score at odds of 2.50
Bet on the outcome
Without De Bruyne and Rodri, Manchester City play and tactical formations in the center of the field do not look very convincing, which affects the attack. Only twice since the start of the season have the Citizens secured crushing victories with an advantage of more than two goals. The visitors today can easily avoid such a fate.
The second bet is Sparta victory with an Asian handicap (+2.5) with odds of 2.07
Bet on corners
Let also pay attention to the promising trend in corners. In 10 of the last 13 home matches in the Champions League, Manchester City have not taken more than eight corners. Accordingly, we recommend another option for betting.
Prediction – Total corners for Manchester City under 8.5 with odds of 2.00
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