Manchester City v Steaua Bucharest Betting Preview – UEFA Champions League 24th August
Well the Citizens already have this tie in the bag so Pep Guardiola could even rest his regular starting eleven and cruise through. It was that easy for them in the first leg, posting a 5-0 win over Steaua and there could be more misery for the Romanians as they head to the Etihad on Wednesday evening. Given the evidence of the first leg there is no way back into this tie at all for Steaua who looked a long way short of quality against the UEFA Champions League outfit.
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Manchester City v Steaua Bucharest Betting Tips
It has been all positives for Manchester City so far under Pep Guardiola. They have won both of their Premier League games this season and have stretched out a massive lead in this UEFA Champions League play off round tie against Steaua Bucharest. City banked a 5-0 win in the first leg out on the road and now they return to the Etihad just looking to go through the motions and see off the tie to make it through group stage of the tournament. The first leg was so easy for them, they quickly figured out how to crack open the Steaua defence and they didn’t look back. Sergio Aguero scored a hattrick against the beleaguered defence and he missed a couple of spot kicks as well. Aguero is obviously the 1/2 outright favourite in the anytime goalscorer market. He has looked in some sharp form already this season.
Will Pep Guardiola just take things easy in this one, give a run out to some of his squad players and rest key players? He can do that and still cruise through this tie off course because it is all over bar the shouting. It’s remarkable how Raheem Sterling has quickly gotten back to his best under Guardiola and how summer signing John Stones actually looks like a quality defender. It’s a big impact that the boss has. So all around this looks easy for City and you can back them to win to nil in the second leg as well, which is a price of 4/5 on the game and looks a nice bit of value. You have options like 5/1 on a Man City 1-0 and a 6/1 on a Man City 3-0 result happening through the correct score market. City have only faced Romanian opposition once before that was when they beat Timisoara 3-0 on aggregate in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League Play Offs.
Steaua have had plenty of history against English sides and from their 19 previous games against English opponents have gone W5 D4 L10 (W5 D2 L3 at home – W0 D2 L7 in England). So they are winless in England and are likely to remain that was as well. Both of Steaua’s previous two visits to the play off round of UEFA Champions League qualifying saw their ties end level on aggregate. That’s not going to happen here, but the question is, can they go out and restore a little bit of pride at least? Probably not. Steaua have posted a W4 D2 L1 record for the season across all competitions, but they looked so short of the quality needed to stand up to City in the first leg, that this is, more likely than not, going to be another fruitless visit to England. Over 2.5 goals is a price of 1/2 on the game with Bet365.
Manchester City v Steaua Bucharest Betting Odds
Man City 1/5, Draw 6/1, Steaua Bucharest 18/1
Manchester City v Steaua Bucharest Predictions
Easy for Manchester City. There’s no other word for it. This will all depend on what side Guardiola puts out and how driven they are to go and put more goals on the board. This could be another route or just as easily peter out into a non-starter with City sitting so comfortable. Either way it is still worth backing Manchester City to win to nil at home here.
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