Hoffenheim v Manchester City Betting Preview – UEFA Champions League 2nd October 5.55pm
Manchester City needs to come up with a response to their shock loss on match day one which they suffered against Lyon. They surprisingly went down on home soil in one of the worst displays they have produced under Pep Guardiola. A win out in Germany on Tuesday will start to set the record straight. Read our predictions for the Hoffenheim v Manchester City fixture.
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Hoffenheim News and Form
German side Hoffenheim made their debut in the Champions League back on match day one and got a good return with an away point at Shakhtar Donetsk in a 2-2 draw. This is a big home game for them, arguably the biggest home game of their history as they take on the English Champions. This is going to be some occasion for them. Hoffenheim hold a W3 D2 L3 record for the season across all competitions and all but one of those fixtures have produced at least three goals. For our Hoffenheim v Man City predictions we are looking over 3.5 goals at even money with this one* (betting odds taken on September 30th, 2018 at 3:34 pm).
This will actually only be Hoffenheim’s third home game of the season, in their previous two beating Freiburg and taking a great draw against Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. They have hit the back of the net every game played this season. Florian Grillitsch and Havard Nordtveit got their goals on match day one. Their shortest priced option in the anytime goalscorer market for the game is Brazilian Joelinton. They are naturally going off as underdogs in this one, but if they could hustle their way to a point that would be a tremendous return from them.
Manchester City News and Form
Manchester City churned out one of their worst performances seen under Pep Guardiola on match day one. They were slack, unimaginative and uninspired as they slumped to a defeat against Lyon. So that puts them on the back foot early in the Champions League but that game aside, they have been strong. They have won eight of their other nine matches played (D1) in all competitions. They have won each of their last three games after beating Brighton in the Premier League on the weekend. That’s ten goals scored in their last three and each of those games yielded a clean sheet for them too. Given their drop in standards on match day one though we are looking at a Man City 2-1 correct score at 15/2 odds* (betting odds taken on September 30th, 2018 at 3:34 pm).
The Citizens are unbeaten on their travels this season. They have put up numbers of W4 D1 away from the Etihad and have conceded in just one of those. Sergio Aguero is a at 8/11 in the anytime goalscorer market* (betting odds taken on September 30th, 2018 at 3:34 pm). In last season’s group stage City posted a W5 L1 record so they could recover and still match what they produced last season, where they won the group. A Manchester City to win & both teams to score option is at 6/4 odds for the game* (betting odds taken on September 30th, 2018 at 3:34 pm) which looks a reasonable punt. Manchester City’s record against German sides is W9 D3 L7.
Hoffenheim v Manchester City Head to Head
Manchester City and Hoffenheim will be meeting for the first time ever in this fixture.
Hoffenheim v Manchester City Betting Odds*
Manchester City 4/11
Draw 4/1
Hoffenheim 13/2
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on September 29th, 2018 at 11.35 p.m.)
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Hoffenheim v Manchester City Predictions
We are going to back Manchester City to come up with a much better performance and output than they did on match day one. They have produced some good performances since then and we are going to back Man City to win & both teams to score for our Hoffenheim v Manchester City predictions.
