Manchester City vs Atl. Madrid Prediction & Tips
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City will face Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final. The Citizens are the bookmakers’ favourites after their convincing performance in the round of 16, when they beat Sporting CP 5-0 in Lisbon, and they are now one point ahead of Liverpool in the Premier League. City will be without the injured Ruben Dias and Cole Palmer after a 2-0 win over Burnley. Atletico Madrid, on the other hand, had eliminated Manchester United in the previous round and have won six games in a row in all competitions. In the league, where they will soon leave the title to city rivals Real, they are 12 points behind the top spot but dominated Deportivo Alaves 4-1 at home in the last round. In Manchester they will be without the injured Hector Herrera, while José Gimenez is in doubt.
Manchester City are unbeaten in all competitions in 7 games with 5 wins and 2 draws.
Atletico Madrid have won their last 6 matches in all competitions.
Atletico Madrid are unbeaten in all competitions in 8 games with 7 wins and 1 draw.
Atletico Madrid have scored at least 1 goal in their last 8 games in all competitions.
Manchester City have won 3 out of 4 home games in this edition of the Champions League and drew the only one 0-0 in the return leg after winning the first leg 5-0.
Manchester City are favourites but Pep Guardiola’s men will have to earn their keep at home ahead of the return leg at the Wanda Metropolitano. Against a defensively-minded Atletico, it could be more complicated than the thrashing of Sporting in the first leg of the previous round, so we’ll double down on the 1 + Under 3.5 combo.
Manchester City – Atl. Madrid FREE TIPS
OVER 10,5 CORNERS @ 2.25
