Manchester City take on the visitors Napoli at “City of Manchester Stadium” in the round three of the UEFA Champions League Group stage. The game will be played in Manchester on Tuesday, October 17th.
Taking into account last season, Manchester City have not been beaten across 20 encounters in a row since the 5th of April. “The Citizens” recorded 16 triumphs and four draws during that run. On weekend Josep Guardiola’s side simply destroyed Stoke City with 7:2 scoreline in the English Premier League. As a result, Manchester City take the lead in the English elite division with 22 points taken and 29-4 goal difference after eight matchdays played. It should be mentioned that having scored 29 goals in eight starting clashes, “The Citizens” renewed the English record of the goals scored in opening rounds which had lasted for 123 years since 1894/1895 season. The Brits are also doing great in the UEFA Champions League. Having got two victories in the starting clashes over Feyenoord 4:0 and Shakhtar Donetsk 2:0, the club settles on the first place in Group F with six points earned and 6-0 goal difference. This season Josep Guardiola’s team conducted five matches at the home ground resulting in four triumphs and single draw with 20-3 goal difference.
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In their turn, Napoli come up to the trip to England with six-game winning streak with 20:4 aggregated score. Last weekend “Partenopei” broke AS Roma on the road and strengthened their leading position in the Italian Serie A table with 24 points gained and 26-5 goal difference. With two Eurocups battles behind, Maurizio Sarri’s side sits on the third place in the group standings with three points taken after 1:2 defeat from Shakhtar Donetsk and 3:1 victory over Feyenoord. This season the Italians participated in seven clashes at away turfs, having got six wins and a loss in them.
In 2011 Manchester City and Napoli faced each other within the UEFA Champions League and then the Italians succeeded with 1:1 and 2:1 scorelines. The forthcoming fight of English Premier League and the Italian Serie A leader is going to be the trademark of Tuesday evening as both rivals come up to the battle in a great competitive form. I don’t believe that the opponents will show mindless attacking football as both of them have remarkable offense. In other words, I presume that not more than four goals will be scored in that clash.
Prediction for the match: Under 4.0 scored goals.
