Manchester City v Ajax Prediction and Betting Tips

Manchester City face a must win Champions League match with Ajax tonight with their place in the latter stages hanging by a thread.

With just one point picked up from their opening three matches, Mancini has called for a ‘miracle’ to help his team progress, it is all but certain that only three wins from their remaining three games will be good enough to make it to the latter stages and that needs to start tonight against an Ajax side who shocked City with a convincing 3-1 win in the reverse fixture two weeks ago.

City’s injury concerns show no signs of subsiding with Lescott, Richards, Milner and Silva amongst the names sidelined for tonight’s clash so the likes of Nastasic and Barry should take their place from the start. Still unbeaten in the Premier League the current Champions have not grasped the Champions League so far needing a late penalty in the match against Dortmund to pick up their only point so far and tonight has to be the night they finally show their undoubted class otherwise it will be curtains at this early stage, with the chances of them even making it to the Europa League also reduced.

Ajax have not set the world alight in the Eredivisie so far, making the win against tonight’s opponents even more impressive and they went down to a shock 2-0 home defeat against Vitesse at the weekend. So far they have lost a tight away match to Dortmund and got a home hammering by Real Madrid in this competition but on the road back home they have scored goals. In their five away games this season Ajax have scored 15 goals, including a 2-2 draw at Feyenoord latest. The Ajax coach has said his team will not sit back at the Etihad Stadium, so we can pretty much guarantee there will be goals.

At 4/9 (Ladbrokes) that is a price you cannot back Manchester City to win, the draw is 4/1 (Betfred) and Ajax are 7/1 (Bet Victor).

Both teams to score is an 8/11 shot and that is a bet to take seriously, it is hard to see Manchester City not scoring and Ajax’s away scoring record is good enough to secure a goal or two for themselves.

In three of their four home Champions League matches, City have fell behind before coming back to draw two and winning the other (the one time they didn’t was against Bayern Munich reserves who had already qualified). That makes a bet of Ajax to score first at 3/1 (Totesport) a wise bet.

Also have a small bet on Manchester City to win the match from behind at 7/1 with Blue Square.

Manchester City vs Ajax Best Bets

Both Teams to Score – 8/11 with Betfred

Manchester City to win from behind – 7/1 with Blue Square

Outside Punt: Christian Eriksen to score first – 22/1 with Bwin

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