Manchester City take on the visitors Copenhagen in the second leg of UEFA Champions League 1/8-finals. First leg result: 3-1. The match will be played on Wednesday, February 6th at Etihad Stadium (Manchester).
Manchester City won the previous Champions League campaign, marking their first such success in history. Guardiola, for the first time since leaving his native Barcelona, lifted the big-eared cup, having failed to repeat this feat either at Bayern Munich or during his long stint in England, only reaching the final once. Now, Pep clearly wouldn't mind repeating such an achievement immediately. It must be acknowledged that his team performs better on the international stage after the summer holidays than domestically, where they lost without much sentimentality in both the FA Community Shield and the EFL Cup. In addition to these trophies, they added the UEFA Super Cup in the summer and the Club World Cup in December. Meanwhile, they effortlessly topped their Champions League group and comfortably secured a solid result in Denmark, effectively sealing their place in the quarterfinals.
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Copenhagen won't advance further. The Lions were founded only in the early 90s but have already been recognized as the strongest representative of their country, both domestically and on the European stage. In 2023, they claimed their 15th league title. In the Champions League, starting from the summer qualifiers, Jacob Neestrup's team had a good group stage, defeating both Galatasaray and Manchester United. As a result, despite the summer signings of several star players by the Turkish side and the British giants, the Scandinavians secured a place in the knockout stage from second place. This is only the second such success in their history, similar to what they achieved at the beginning of the previous decade. However, it's not worth overestimating the club; they failed to achieve much against Bayern Munich in the autumn. Despite putting up a decent fight against the English side in February, the final whistle eventually blew with a score of 1-3, making the chances of overall success purely theoretical.
The teams first met in 2009 in the UEFA Cup, with the English side winning at home after a draw away. In 2022, in the group stage, the Citizens crushed their opponents 5-0, but the return match ended goalless. The odds suggest another victory for the Citizens, and it's expected to be an easy one. However, it's unlikely that both sides will exert themselves too much. Let's bet on total under 3.5 goals.
Prediction for the match: Under 3.5 scored goals.
