LiontipsPSG vs Manchester City. Predictions and Betting Tips for Champions League
Command Analysis
PSG found themselves in a tough Champions League group: they were up against Leipzig, Manchester United and Basaksehir. But French team advanced through the group stage with ease, beating third-placed Manchester United by 4 points. In the first play-off round Parisians faced Barcelona and the outcome of this clash was settled after the first leg at Spain (4:1).
In the second leg PSG held Barca to draw (1:1) and advanced to the quarter-final. There they got Bayern as their opponent. Munich team lost many key players before the first leg. Just like at Barcelona, PSG again won in an away game, beating current League holders by a 3:2 score. PSG lost in a home game (0:1), but Bayern still got eliminated from the tournament and PSG advanced to the semi-final for the second time in a row.
Things are not going so well for Red-Blues in Ligue 1 - they are on second place, one point behind the leader, Lille. Parisians are also still in competition for the French Cup - they will play against Montpellier in the semi-finals on the beginning of May.
Rafinha and Bernat are injured and won't be able to play in today's game. It is also uncertain if Kylian Mbappe will play.
Manchester City, in comparision with their opponent, didn't face any problems in the group stage - Pep Guardiola's team easily beat Porto, Olympiacos and Marseille to the first place in the group. In the round of 16 Citizens easily eliminate Borussia Monchengladbach from the tournament by a 4:0 score on aggregate.
Another Borussia, from Dortmund, also didn't cause many trouble to English club - in the first leg Manchester beat Bumblebees by a 2:1 score. On away game Citizens won by the same score and advanced to the semi-final.
Citizens are looking great in the Premier League - City is on the top spot, ten points ahead of second-placed Manchester United. In a previous weekend Manchester City won a silverware - they beat Tottenham in the final (1:0).
After that match City's head coach said that this title is very important for them, because it will give them a confidence boost for the Champions League game.
Trends
СтавкаExact score 1:2
Manchester City won last two away games with that exact score
СтавкаPSG to score in the first half
Only in one out of last three away games Man City didn't concede a goal in the first half
СтавкаPenalty: yes
Only in one out of last three PSG matches penalty wasn't given
СтавкаPhil Foden to score
Foden scored in last two Champions League matches
Tip and bets
PSG has already beat Barcelona and Bayern, but today they will face a very powerful team. Manchester City, in comparision against other PSG's opponents, doesn't have any injury problems, plus Citizens are on a hot form and have an objective to win the League.
Manchester City is looking better than PSG, plus Citizens are ahead of PSG on head-to-head games. We believe that Man City is the slight favourite before this game.
We think that guests have more chances to win this match. Our prediction - Asian handicap (0) on Manchester City.
Manchester City has a very powerful attacking force, which is extremely efficient. PSG doesn't have the most reliable defense in the world, so we don't think that Parisians will contain City's offense. But PSG is also very dangerous on the offensive end, so they must score as well. In this case, we expect many goals to be scored in this match.
Our second bet will be on total over 3 goals.
