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December 1st. 22:00. Porto. Dragau Stadium
Champions League. Group C. Fifth round
Porto (Portugal) – Manchester City (England)
Where to look: I wanted Football 4
Disqualified: Marco Grujic (Porto)
Injured: Pepe (questionable), Mohamed Mbaye, Ivan Marcano – Sergio Aguero, Nathan Ake (both questionable)
Porto – Manchester City: quotes from bookmakers
Manchester City will arrive in Portugal in playoff status. “Citizens” lived up to high expectations, without encountering decent resistance in the group stage. To the delight of Josep Guardiola, Manchester City have won all four games with minimal energy consumption with a total goal difference of 10: 1. The only thing left to do for the “people of the people” is to rethink the first position , which will allow you to get a more favorable opponent in the first round of the playoffs. And for this, Josep Guardiola’s men do not have to lose to Porto. However, the “townspeople” can be satisfied with a defeat, but with a difference of no more than one goal.
Despite the fact that the “Porto” retain their chances of winning in the group, the “dragons” do not set themselves such an ambitious goal. For the leaders of Sergio Conceição, the mere fact of leaving the group will be a great success, in the direction of which there is only one step left to take. The Dragons don’t even have to hold on to points against Manchester City. It is enough for the Portuguese that Olympiacos do not win in Marseille, which is very likely.
Group C standings
Porto – Manchester City: indicative lineups
Porto’s only great defeat is the absence of Pepe. The 37-year-old center-back is struggling to recover from his injury in late October. His participation in the match against Manchester City is unlikely. But Mateus Uribe recovered. The Colombian footballer is expected to return to the starting eleven from his usual position in the midfield.
As for Manchester City, predicting the Citizens’ starting lineup is a game of roulette. Josep Guardiola, much to the disappointment of fantasy football fans in the match against Burnley, left Raheem Sterling and João Cansela in reserve, and did not include Emeric Laporte and Sergio Agüero in the match request at all. The Argentine forward probably won’t play against Porto either, as he missed pre-match training. But Sterling, Kancelu and Laporte should be expected to return to the starting lineup. Bernardo Silva, Fernandinho and Phil Foden can also play from the first minutes, but Kevin de Bruyne, Ilkay Gnundogan, Ruben Dias and Riyad Marez can rest.
“Porto” – “Manchester City”: author’s forecast
In previous seasons, the situation was repeatedly observed when “Manchester City”, having bet a playoff berth, in the last two rounds allowed themselves to relax a bit. I immediately remember two failures in matches with Shakhtar Donetsk (1: 2 in December 2017 and 1: 1 in November last year), as well as draws with Lyon (2: 2 in November 2018) and Celtic. “(1: 1 in December 2016). Therefore, I would not be surprised if the Porto teams sign an effective draw that suits both sides. Therefore, we can consider bets both on scores (1.70) and not Porto loss + total over 2.5 (odds 5.0!). But personally, I would bet on the number of goals from the guests: Manchester City will score 2 or 3 goals. Firstly, this bet has been made on three of City’s four games in the current Champions League. He would have gone in the previous round, but there Josep Guardiola’s team was unlucky to complete the attacks. Second, “Manchester City” recently won a very decent play Therefore, I do not believe that the Porto defense can stand up to the attack of the townspeople.
Frequent questions
🥇 What time does the game start?
The match will start at 22:00
🥇 Who is the favorite according to the bookmakers?
According to the bookmakers, the favorite of the match is Manchester City. In the announcement of the match, we analyze whether the choice of bookmakers is worth trusting.
🥇 What is the best place to bet?
It is better to place a bet on the Parimatch website with an odds of 2.03.
