Manchester City – Borussia M’Gladbach, Prediction – Champions League

🆙 Man City didn’t seem particularly shaken by the loss in the derby

The Citizens had no problem losing against United in the derby because then they simply smashed Southampton 5-2 and Fulham 3-0 in London and continued to do what they have been doing for months, namely to dominate their matches. The squad of Man City is very big and looks extremely fresh, although it has the most commitments of all. On Saturday, for example, the citizens visit Everton in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup. They are also in the final for the league cup and are fighting on 4 fronts, as usual. Man City finished their work in the first match in the Champions League with 2-0 over Gladbach and now they just probably won’t even allow them to score a goal.

❌ A nightmare for Gladbach in all paragraphs

Tragic results for Gladbach at the worst moment of the season. They have 6 losses and 1 draw in the last 7 games. This brought them to 10th place and they are generally as far from the top 4 as they are to the relegation zone, which means an absolute failure for Marco Rose this time. In addition, Borussia recently was eliminated of the German Cup, so it all ended for Gladbach this campaign. The reasons for the collapse are many, but the problems will be solved only in the summer.

Guests look even without a fleeting chance of success

 Expert view: Obviously, the Germans have no chance against City, but we are not convinced whether the citizens will be particularly aggressive against them. Accordingly, City may or may smash Gladbach. We have seen many times lately how Guardiola literally saves the strength of his players as they just keep their clean sheet and do not allow opponents to bother them in defense. Given that Man City will almost certainly control the ball in at least 65-70% of the time and the fact that citizens are very far from a rough team and rarely earn cards, the option Man City – Under 1.5 cards at 1.57 seems ideal bet in the case. In the first game, for example, there were no cards at all in the whole match for both teams in total.