Man City – Steaua

Manchester City Steaua betting preview

Manchester City and Steaua will square off in the Champions League playoffs, with the Bucharest outfit hoping to limit the score after losing 5-0 at home.

Steaua Bucharest was obviously expected to lose the first leg last week, but after knocking out Sparta Prague (1-1, 2-0) in the previous round, people were expecting a respectable performance. It wasn`t the case, as Steaua was simply destroyed and was actually very lucky to escape with a 0-5 loss. The hosts are on the back of a 1-1 draw against arch rivals Dinamo, a game in which again they failed to impress.

Man City is looking really solid under Guardiola, playing some great stuff and scoring tons of goals. They won their 3 games this season with a 11-2 goal difference, including a 4-1 victory at Stoke a few days ago. Guardiola is expected to make wholesale changes for this match, but he stated that the win is important in order to maintain morale and momentum.

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Team news & lineups:

Key players like Aguero, Silva and a few others will be rested by Guardiola. Sagna will definitely miss out with an injury. Steaua has its own problems, as they miss key players Tosca, Pintilii and Golubovic, alongside Filip. What`s worse, new signings Tanase, De Amorim and Boldrin are not eligible to play. Steaua is basically missing at least 4-5 players from their ideal starting lineup.

Manchester City: Hart – Kolarov – Otamendi, Denayer, Clichy – Fernando, Delph – Navas, Toure, Sane – Iheanacho

Steaua Bucharest: Nita – Enache, Tamas, Mitrea, Momcilovic – Achim, Bourceanu – Popa, Stanciu, Hamroun – Tudorie

The first leg was an utter and complete obliteration. Even the biggest Steaua fan will agree that City could have won that game 10-0 without any problems. They had chance after chance after chance and made a fool of Steaua’s defense.

City will obviously treat this game in a relaxed manner after winning 5-0 in Bucharest. Many key players will be rested, but Guardiola will still field a decent lineup and stated that expects nothing less than a win from this game.

The problem however for Steaua is that they have not been impressive at all this season. They played one good match, the reverse leg against Sparta Prague and that was it. The squad for this game is very thin, they basically miss as many first team regulars as City and they don`t look strong enough to exploit the fact that City will not be at its best.

The difference between the two teams is huge and the first leg was one of the most one sided games of football you would ever see. City is looking great under Guardiola, while Steaua is not playing that well even in Romania. It might be a more respectable defeat for Steaua than in Bucharest, but it`s difficult to see them escaping with anything less than a 2-3 goal loss. Prediction: Manchester City – Steaua 3-0.

Pick: Manchester City -1,5
Odds: 1.59 @ Unibet
Stake: 7
Possible profit: 4.13
Event date: 24 August

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3 comments

  1. I agree with you! Cheers! 🙂

  2. How to describe this period ? 🙂

    Lost, lost lost :} 😐

    • Yea, it`s absolutely horrific and shameful. I always had bad runs and good runs, but this has been incredible. I mean one can`t be such a bad tipster even if he tries. It will turn around like always, but the question is when.

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