Man City vs Barcelona Predictions, Betting Tips and Preview

Manchester City vs Barcelona predictions and betting tips for the Champions League this week including an anytime goalscorer and Man City to score bet.

 

The top two teams in Group C go head to head on Tuesday night when Manchester City entertain Barcelona in what looks to be the most entertaining game of Match day four.  Here are some tips and predictions for the big game.

 

Manchester City got back to winning ways on Saturday when they beat West Brom away 4-0. It was vital that they picked up all three points as there were on a winless run of six in all competitions and pressure was beginning to mount on the messiah that is Pep Guardiola but the performance at the Hawthorns at the weekend showed that the players weren’t lacking in confidence. Sergio Aguero was controversially left out of the starting eleven when these sides met a couple of weeks ago but I think that he will be the first name on the team-sheet on Tuesday night. He scored two goals against West Brom and one of them was a sensational strike and with him in their team they have a real chance of upsetting the odds and defeating Barcelona. As for the Catalan giants; they warmed up for this game in less spectacular fashion by beating bottom of the table Granada 1-0 at the Nou Camp with none of ‘MSN’ scoring. Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar all started the game on Saturday evening but didn’t look their best but they could be saving themselves for the game at the Etihad. Messi scored a hat-trick against City a couple of weeks ago and will fancy a few more if City defend like they did in the reverse fixture. If Barcelona win they will qualify for the knockout stages and almost guarantee top spot in the group with two games to spare and I’m sure this is what Luis Enrique will instruct his side to do.

 

Manchester City vs Barcelona Predictions

My first Man City vs Barcelona betting tip is going to be in the anytime goal scorer market. This game has plenty of attacking options but one at a very good price is Sergio Aguero. He has a point to prove after not playing in the first leg and everyone knows what a fantastic player he is. He is normally odds on to score anytime but you can get 6/4 for Aguero to score at any point in this match with Betfair and this is printing money in my opinion.

 

Aguero to score anytime – 6/4 with Betfair.

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My second Man City vs Barcelona prediction is going to be for Manchester City to score two or more goals. They looked back to their best on Saturday in the Premier League and with Barcelona missing key men I think this could be a memorable night for Pep Guardiola and his side however I can’t bet for Barcelona to lose because of how good they are going forward so I am going for a safer option and this is for Manchester City just to score two or more goals and this is evens with Coral.

 

Man City to score 2 or more goals – Evens with Coral.

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Manchester City vs Barcelona Team News

Manchester City will have Claudio Bravo suspended for this match after he got sent off in the Nou Camp two weeks ago and Willy Caballero will deputise in goal. Full backs Bacary Sagna and Pablo Zabaleta will have late fitness tests to see if they are ready to play on Tuesday night. Barcelona have injury problems of their own with key midfielder Andres Iniesta injured for up to eight weeks. Defenders Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba look set to miss out as well so it will be a patched up defence that tries to deal with Aguero and Co at the Etihad.

 

Man City vs Barcelona Head to Head Stats

As mentioned earlier, Barcelona were 4-0 winners in the reverse fixture in the middle of October. This was the fifth time that Barcelona had beaten Manchester City in five meetings and you wouldn’t back against it being six out of six on Tuesday.

 

Man City vs Barcelona Betting Odds

Barcelona are favourites for this match and are best priced 53/35 with Marathon Bet. A City win is 19/10 with Betway and a draw is 11/4 with William Hill. Everyone thinks there will be goals in this one and the bookies odds reflect this with best odds of 4/9 for BTTS with Bet365 and this is only worth putting in an accumulator. Luis Suarez leads the first goal scorer market and he is 4/1 with Sky Bet to opening the scoring but Kevin De Bruyne is worth a shout at 7/1 with Bet Victor.

 

Manchester City vs Barcelona Betting Tips

Aguero to score anytime – 6/4 with Betfair.

Man City to score 2 or more goals – Evens with Coral.

 

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