Manchester City vs Chelsea. Predictions and Betting Tips for the Champions League final

Manchester City had a successful finish of 2020/21 season - they claimed their seventh title of the English Premier League. The Sky Blues were not at the first spot only in the beginning of the season, but they quickly rose to the top and secured a confident win, moreover, they have done it with a few matches before the finish of the tournament.

In 38 rounds The Citizens recorded 27 wins and five draws, which brought them 86 points. They finished the season with 12 points gap from the runner-up. Man City put up the best defensive performance this season with the great efficiency. English champions scored 83 goals, 13 of them were scored by Gundogan. In the closing match of the tournament team demolished Everton (5:0).

Aside from the championship title, Mancunians secured their eight English League Cup throughout their history and four of them were secured in a row. In the final of this one Manchester City beat Tottenham (1:0).

But so far Sky Blues haven't win the Champions League. In the current edition of this tournament team easily coasted past the group stage and then two times were drawn to German teams. In the first of them MC defeated Borussia Monchengladbach (4:0 on aggregate) and after that they beat down Borussia Dortmund (4:2 on aggregate).

The most difficult clash was in the semi-final, where Citizens were drawn to the mighty Paris Saint-Germain. Team managed to get an easy win over the French champions - 2:1 in the first one and 2:0 in the second one.

Pep Guardiola brought to the final at Portugal 24 players, all of whom are ready for the game.

Chelsea had two stages of this season, both of them were successful for the team. In 2021, former PSG manager took over the team and he managed to adapt pretty quick and brought some lightness to the team's performance.

Under his guideness, London team managed to knock Atletico out of the Champions League (1:0 and 2:0) and then beat the owners of a final stadium - Porto (2:0 and 0:1). The major challenge for the team was a clash against another Madrid team - Real.

In this tie Blues managed to hold opponents to draw in an away match and than had a clean home victory over The Blancos, leaving Zinedine Zidane without a job.

The Aristocrats were unlucky in the English Cup, where Londoners beat their today's opponents in the semi-final, but then fell short in the final match against Leicester (0:1).

In the English Premier League Thomas Tuchel's side recorded 19 wins and 10 draws in 38 rounds, which brought them 67 points and the fourth spot. Despite the weak offensive performance, capital club pleased their fans with the quality of defensive game, they had a second-best defensive performance in the league.

The only unavailable player on the guests' roster is the midfielder Charly Musonda, who is recovering after the knee surgery.