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Monaco vs Manchester City predictions: Citizens to win thrilling affair

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Pep Guardiola's Manchester City have an excellent record against the Hammers
Pep Guardiola's Manchester City have an excellent record against the Hammers

Manchester City will be hoping to continue their impressive run of form when they head to Monaco for Champions League action on Wednesday.

The Citizens have rediscovered the winning thread, coming out on top in four of their last five games, and they face a Monaco outfit looking to put their 4-1 defeat to Club Brugge in their League Phase opener behind them.

Team news

Rodri missed the Burnley game for City with a knee injury and is a doubt for this game too. 

Rayan Ait-Nouri, Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov and Rayan Cherki are also out.

For Monaco, Dennis Zakaria, Lukas Hradecky and Aleksandr Golovin are all injury absentees, while former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba is still building up fitness.

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The stats

All three of Monaco's home games this season have gone over 3.5 goals.

Erling Haaland has scored nine goals in seven games for City this term.

Pep Guardiola has a remarkable record in the first two weeks of a Champions League campaign, losing just two of 33 such games and winning 26 of those.

The last time these two teams met they shared 12 goals across the two legs of their Champions League last-16 clash in 2017.

Prediction

City were comfortable 2-0 winners over Napoli in their first Champions League game of the season, cruising past the Serie A side after they were reduced to 10 men.

The Citizens face a different challenge in the shape of a Monaco side who have been solid at home but were beaten 4-1 by Club Brugge in their Champions League opener.

Guardiola’s side are dealing with a number of injury issues but they should be too strong for the hosts, who are yet to keep a clean sheet this season and have conceded nine in their last three outings.

Against Haaland and co, those defensive frailties are a big concern and the Citizens are fancied to outscore their opponents in this clash.

Back Manchester City to win and both teams to score at 8/5 with LiveScore Bet

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