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Manchester City vs Lyon Prediction & Betting tips
On the first Champions League match day English champions Manchester City and Olympique Lyon meet. Manchester City is determined to win the Champions League title this year. After the furious finish last year against league rivals Liverpool Pep Guardiola wants to attack again this year fully. Lyons ambitions are for the time being to survive the group phase. TSG Hoffeneheim and Schachtar Donetsk complete the group F.
Manchester City:
Manchester City has to give up some key players. Definitely missing Kevin De Bruyne, Sergio Agüero (use questionable) and Benjamin Mendy. Especially Agüero should be missed painfully, he scored so far in five games three goals and put on two more. Kevin De Bruyne is always a loss, no matter which team he plays for. But so far, the Skyblues could compensate for his absence mostly well.
Manchester City had to accept a point difference this season. Otherwise, all games were won. Nevertheless, there is a certain amount of ups and downs. Once they act at the highest level and defeat playful opponents such. For example, Arsenal beat London 2-0 or beat an opponent like Huddersfield Town 6-1. Then again only manage a 1-1 against Wolverhampton Wanderers or a narrow 2-1 win against Newcastle United. It must be mentioned, however, that even in the supposedly weaker games, City was far superior. Thus, these results may fool you a bit beyond true strength.
City’s previous home record is, as expected, very strong. All three games could be won in Etihad Stadium. With a goal balance of 11: 2 speaks in the game against Lyon a lot for the English champion. But let’s take a look at the previous opponents. With Fulham, Newcastle and Huddersfield they played against the current ranked 15, 18 and 19 teams in the Premier League. It is also striking that Agüero either scored or hung on goals in each match. As he probably will not play, it could be a lot harder for Lyon than expected. If Agüero really can not play, Gabriel Jesus would still be a very adequate substitute.
Lyon:
Olympique Lyon are playing a very weak season so far. After securing third place in Ligue 1 last year, they are currently only seventh in the league after five games, despite the fact that they have only played against opponents from the lower half of the table. Also in the last game against Caen, they showed again that the goals scored spring rather from chance and conceding goals often fall due to voting errors in central defense between Denayer and Marcelo.
It is also interesting to read between the lines. So z. For example, during the week, Anthony Lopes mentioned that the “team spirit must be revived”. Such statements suggest that it does not necessarily run very harmoniously in the squad of the French. The statement by midfielder Terrier that Manchester City is the best team in the world, but he believes in getting ahead because the other teams are beatable, secretly reveals that the defeats against Manchester City are already subconsciously planned. In terms of injuries, the team of coach Genesio can draw on most important players as far as possible. Thus, the question remains to be weighed more: the enormous strength of Manchester City without a few stars such as De Bruyne and Agüero or a rather weak but fully operational Lyon? The opinion of the bookmaker expresses itself before the match between Manchester City and Lyon in the betting odds. Lyon is the clear outsider for betting on the win.