The one two groups with seven factors after three rounds of UEFA Champions League (UCL) group part motion go head-to-head as Manchester Metropolis host Borussia Dortmund in what guarantees to be a pulsating encounter on the Etihad Stadium.
Metropolis shall be ruing their missed alternative to make it 9 factors from 9 after twice surrendering the lead towards Monaco on matchday two their solely dropped factors of the marketing campaign to this point. Softfootball understands that Pep Guardiola’s males have responded strongly, securing 5 wins from their final six aggressive video games (L1), together with a stable 3-1 Premier League victory over Bournemouth on Sunday.
The English champions will take confidence from their formidable UCL dwelling report, having gone 22 dwelling group-stage matches unbeaten since September 2018 (W19, D3). That consistency underlines their dominance on dwelling soil, and with their attacking kind firing once more, few would guess towards them extending that streak.
In the meantime, Dortmund journey to Manchester after a slim 1-0 win away to Augsburg on Friday night time. Regardless of Bayern Munich’s relentless kind leaving them trailing within the Bundesliga race, Edin Terzić’s facet have been quietly spectacular this season with only one defeat from their final ten UCL matches (W6, D3).
Manchester Metropolis are hoping to stir the strain a bit, as they uploaded a throwback video of a flawless Joe Hart efficiency towards Dortmund again in 2012 on their official X account.
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The Yellow and Blacks have scored 4 targets in every of their three UCL outings to this point, together with two on the street, exhibiting their attacking intent stays deadly. Dortmund shouldn’t be underestimated — at the same time as underdogs — particularly contemplating their resilience in Europe.
Metropolis have the higher hand traditionally on this fixture, main the UCL head-to-head (W3, D2, L1), and stay unbeaten of their final eight video games towards German opposition (W5, D3). Guardiola himself is unbeaten in ten consecutive matches versus Dortmund (W6, D4).
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Manchester Metropolis are near full power once more with Rodri again in motion. The Spanish midfielder’s return will present stability in the midst of the park.
For Dortmund, Nico Schlotterbeck missed Friday’s Bundesliga conflict with sickness however may return for this important European tie.
Doable Lineups
Manchester Metropolis (4-3-3):
Donnarumma; Nunes, Stones, Dias, Ait-Nouri; Gonzalez; Savinho, Reijnders, Foden, Doku; Haaland
Borussia Dortmund (4-2-3-1):
Kobel; Schlotterbeck, Anton, Bensebaini; Couto, Nmecha, Bellingham, Svensson; Adeyemi, Beier; Guirassy
Manchester Metropolis’s UCL dwelling dominance and attacking depth make them clear favourites, however Dortmund’s sharpness in entrance of objective may check them after the break, particularly with Serhou Guirassy’s behavior of scoring late.
Prediction: Manchester Metropolis 3–1 Borussia Dortmund
