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Manchester City - FC Porto   Prediction, Picks and Taips  


 
 
On Wednesday evening, at 20:00, Manchester City will receive FC Porto's visit on Etihad, in a match from the first stage of the groups in the UEFA Champions League. The hosts cannot count on the injured De Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus, Laporte and Mendy, while Zinchenko is uncertain. Marcano and Mbaye are absent from the "dragon" camp, both with knee problems.

Without defeat in the UCL groups of 11 consecutive matches, Manchester City opens with optimism the course of group C. The "citizens" have won every time in the previous three home games against opponents in Portugal, and FC Porto seems an accessible victim, in despite the impressive performances of the Lusitanians in the last year.






 
 



Olympiacos and Marseille are also part of group C, so it is hard to believe that Pep Guardiola will have emotions regarding the qualification. However, the first match remains very important, because it can set the "tone" for the next stages. As a form of sports, things look encouraging for City. Coming after a "clinical" 1-0 against Arsenal, even with a lot of team problems, Pep Guardiola's team has increased its level from the failure suffered in front of Leicester - a shocking 2-5 in the league. With only one goal conceded in the last three games (from Leeds), Manchester City will not underestimate its rival on Wednesday. The Portuguese champion has a mature and very well organized game!







 
 
 
 

However, FC Porto started the championship slightly hesitantly, although they defeated Braga (3-1) and Boavista (5-0) at the start. A defeat followed in front of Maritimo Funchal (2-3), after a "crazy" match. Telles missed a peanlty for Porto, 1-2 (’86), then Nanu made it 3-1 (’90 +4), for Otavio to close the table on Dragao (’90 +9). At the end of a match in which Maritimo did not benefit from any corner kick, the guests were surprised. Then, Sergio Conceicao's team made it 2-2 in Lisbon, in the derby with Sporting, being again negligent in the end.

All the numbers and details around this match recommend an open game, with goal phases and goals. The two camps also dueled in UCL in the 2011/2012 season, when Manchester City won against the Portuguese, score 2-1 away and 4-0 at home. Without a goal scored in the last 7 trips on English soil, FC Porto needs a perfect performance to stop Pep Guardiola's "passing machine". We are betting on a good rhythm game here! The missed opportunities of the two camps could easily turn into corner kicks.


 


Our recommendation tip for Manchester City - FC Porto   :  BTS / YES @ 1.67