
Man City vs Club Brugge Prediction, Lineups and Odds: 9/2 anytime goalscorer at the Etihad

Manchester City find themselves in a real pickle heading into their final Champions League group stage match at home to Club Brugge, which kick-offs shortly at 8pm on TNT Sports 2.
City, the pre-season favourites to win the competition, are currently in the elimination zone down in 25th, five places behind tonight's opponents Club Brugge, who are unbeaten in their last 20 matches.
Pep Guardiola’s men failing to qualify for the knockouts would rank as one of the biggest shocks in recent years and they need to beat the Belgian side if they are to avoid that fate.
Man City vs Club Brugge Predictions
Manchester City’s 4-2 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain last week was the latest in a series of defensive days to forget for Pep Guardiola’s men this season and represented the ninth time in all competitions that they have surrendered a lead.
They have won just two of their seven group games in the Champions League and face a Brugge side who are two points ahead of them and currently on course for a spot in the knockout rounds.
Both teams have scored in 10 of the last 14 games that Nicky Hayen’s men have competed in and a repeat of that is fancied in Manchester.
The hosts have conceded 13 times in seven group games and both teams scored in the two previous meetings between these two teams.
Take both sides to find the net in what should be an entertaining affair.
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One of Manchester City’s key issues this season has been an overreliance on Erling Haaland’s goals but one player who has been trying to lessen the Norwegian’s load has been Josko Gvardiol.
Despite being a defender the Croatian has scored five goals in all competitions and only Phil Foden and Haaland have higher expected goals figures than the 23-year-old.
Savinho, Foden and Haaland are the only City players to have registered more shots on target than Gvardiol and he could find himself on the scoresheet again in this crucial clash.
Man City vs Club Brugge Lineups
The full starting lineups for Man City vs Club Brugge will be displayed in the graphic below once the team news has been announced, approximately one hour before kick-off.
Club Brugge have an almost full squad to choose from at the Etihad, with captain Hans Vanaken a doubt having missed their weekend clash against Kortrijk through illness.
Man City are without the services of Rodri, Ruben Dias and Oscar Bobb who are all injured, while Nathan Ake and Jeremy Doku are doubts.
New signing Abdukodir Khusanov was thrown in at the deep end against Chelsea last time out and had a disastrous debut.
# | Starting XI | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31 | Ederson Santana de Moraes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Joško Gvardiol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Manuel Obafemi Akanji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | John Stones | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Matheus Luiz Nunes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | İlkay Gündoğan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Mateo Kovačić | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
47 | Philip Walter Foden | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Kevin De Bruyne | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Erling Braut Haaland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
# | Substitutes | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
68 | Max Alleyne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | Scott Paul Carson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Jack Peter Grealish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
82 | Rico Henry Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
87 | James John McAtee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Sávio Moreira de Oliveira | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
75 | Nico O'Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Stefan Ortega Moreno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
56 | Jacob Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
# | Starting XI | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 | Simon Luc Hildebert Mignolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
55 | Maxim De Cuyper | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
44 | Brandon Mechele | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Joel Leandro Ordóñez Guerrero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
65 | Joaquin Seys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Ardon Jashari | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Raphael Onyedika Nwadike | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Christos Tzolis | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Hans Vanaken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
68 | Chemsdine Talbi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Ferran Jutglà Blanch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
# | Substitutes | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
29 | Nordin Jackers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Casper Mørup Nielsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Håkan Gustaf Nilsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Zaid Abner Romero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
64 | Kyriani Sabbe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
41 | Hugo Thierry Siquet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Michał Krzysztof Skóraś | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
58 | Jorne Spileers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Romeo Vermant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Hugo Vegard Vetlesen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Tristan Danique van den Heuvel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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