Analysts favor English club
On April 11, Manchester City will face Bayern in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. According to bookmaker analysts, the English club is the favorite of the match.
Chances of Manchester City to win are evaluated as 1x.1.7. Bayern win odds – 1×5.3. The probability of a draw is 1×4.4.
In the second stage of the playoffs in a row, Manchester City will play with the German club. In the 1/8 finals, the Citizens left no chance for Leipzig. Having given the Bulls hope in the first leg of the stage – 1:1, Man City simply smashed the opponent in the second – 7:0, and Erling Haaland scored five goals. Bayern’s first round of the playoffs was less effective, but given the level of the opponent – PSG – quite confidently (1:0 and 2:0). True, then the Munich team was led by Julian Nagelsmann, whose resignation was one of the main surprises of the season.
Man City will now face Thomas Tuchel. Their recent duels with Citizens head coach Pep Guardiola were a highlight of the Premier League, now the coaching duel will take place at the Champions League level, in the final of which Tuchel had already beaten the Spaniard.
At the same time, Tuchel has something to focus on: with Nagelsmann, Bayern won all eight matches in the Champions League, six of them, including the last four, with a clean sheet. Manchester City have not yet lost in the current League, although the results are more modest: five wins and three draws.
Tuchel has already managed to play three matches at the head of Bayern. Beat Borussia Dortmund and Freiburg in the championship and lost to the same Freiburg in the German Cup. Manchester City are unbeaten in the league for eight matches, having won seven matches, including the last five. In these matches, the Citizens scored 15 goals, conceding twice.
But today, it seems, there won’t be many goals. Under Tuchel, Bayern only scored more than one goal in three games against Borussia Dortmund. Plus, Thomas is a tenet of defensive play. Yes, Manchester City have Haaland, but Bayern must find an antidote. It is not surprising that the probability of the outcome of a match with an indicator “Total under 3” is estimated by analysts as 1×1.83. And this is already interesting.
Source: Sportarena
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