Bayern Munich v Manchester City Betting Tips – International Champions Cup, 30th July 00.00am
This is the final game for both Manchester City and Bayern Munich in the International Champions Cup this summer. The Citizens have lost their other two games so far at the event so will want to try and push for a positive, although they are nowhere near full strength. German Champions Bayern have a win and a loss under their belt at the event so far and City boss Pep Guardiola will get a nice reunion with his former club again under relaxed circumstances.
Bayern Munich News and Form
Bayern Munich opened their International champions Cup account with a 3-1 win over PSG having come from behind in the game. That was against a reserve PSG side though. The Germans aren’t a full strength, notably resting most of their German players from the World Cup. Following their win over PSG Bayern then took a 2-0 loss against Juventus in their second game of this summer-friendly festival. Now it is on to Manchester City at the Audi Football Summit. This is one of the biggest high-profile games coming from the International Champions Cup but both are going to be a long way short of their regular starting eleven. Bayern do have the likes of Arjen Robben, Franck Ribery, Rafinha and Sandro Wagner with them and of the two sides here they do look to have taken the stronger squad. Surprisingly new Bayern boss Niko Kovac has operated with a back four instead of his preferred back three. It is only natural to expect the goals to flow in this one and over 2.5 goals is at 8/15 odds and makes a reasonable option to look at* (Betting Odds were taken on July 27th, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.). Their width through Robben and Ribery could be the key to them troubling City.
Manchester City News and Form
So it has been back to back defeats for Manchester City at the International Champions Cup 2018. They started with a 1-0 loss against Borussia Dortmund and then went down 2-1 against Liverpool after having taken the lead in the match. Those are defeats of course that no-one will remotely worry about as City have taken a pretty youthful reserve type squad out to the USA on tour. This is just about a look at their depth. Really only Leroy Sane, Riyad Mahrez and Bernardo Silva are the senior figures in the tour squad for them. So will they be able to finish on a positive note though before heading back to Europe ahead of the new season? Pep Guardiola’s was actually beaming about how well his young side did against Liverpool, their opponents having star power like Mo Salah and Sadio Mane out in force. Just have a look at both teams to score for a quote of 1/2 at bet365* (Betting Odds were taken on July 27th, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.) for the game and hopefully we get to see the entertaineing, open affair that it could be.
Bayern Munich v Manchester City Head to Head
These two have met up six times in the UEFA Champions League and they have produced three wins apiece in those. The last time they met in a pre-season friendly was in 2016 with the Bavarians collecting a 1-0 win.
Bayern Munich v Manchester City Betting Odds*
Bayern Munich 19/20
Man City 5/2
Draw 11/4
* (Betting Odds were taken on July 27th, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.)
Bayern Munich v Manchester City Predictions
Bayern Munich to win: Don’t read too much into the losses by City because they are nowhere near full strength for this and are just having a really good look at their depth more than anything. So we are going to roll with Bayern Munich collecting a win over them.
