Manchester City v Shakhtar Donetsk Predictions & Betting Odds – 26th September 2017

City to win to nil at the Etihad on Match Day Two

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Manchester City v Shakhtar Donetsk Betting Preview – UEFA Champions League 26th September 7.45pm

While this isn’t likely to be a particularly tough match for the Citizens, it could be an important one because they are sat level on points with the Ukrainians. So that means with a win, the citizens can take full control of the group. They will be expected to do just that after winning at such a canter on match day one out at Feyenoord. Shakhtar though did pull off a shock home win over Napoli a fortnight ago.

Manchester City v Shakhtar Donetsk Betting Tips

Manchester City can really drive forward in the group with a win in this one. They have certainly been carrying great form lately. This will be the first ever clash between the two clubs and the Premier League side are favourites to win it. Manchester City are on a ten match unbeaten streak of form at home in the UEFA Champions with a good W7 D3 record on the board (including qualifying). Last season in their group stage campaign, they went unbeaten at home collecting seven points. That included a win over Barcelona. In the bet365 correct score market, the shortest priced option at 15/2 is a Manchester City 2-0 result. You can go and find a very nice 11/10 price at bet365 on Manchester City to win to nil. City have only ever faced Dynamo Kiev before as Ukrainian opposition and they took a W1 D1 from their two home matches against them. City hammered Feyenoord on match day one posting a 4-0 win in Holland so they should be confident here. City finished second in their group last season before losing on away goals against Monaco in that high-scoring round of sixteen tie. The Citizens have Sergio Aguero as the 12/5 first goalscorer favourite at bet365 with Gabriel Jesus at 3/1. Aguero has seven goals in seven appearances for City this season.

Shakhtar Donetsk also took a great win on match day one of the Champions League this season as they took down Napoli against the odds. So far this season the Pitmen have lost just one of their twelve games played in all competitions and they are actually unbeaten in 27 away games now across all competitions, but with that having been said, they have lost five of their last six visits to England. The only time that they avoided a loss in England was in their second ever trip there which ended in a 1-1 draw with Spurs in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup. Across the five defeats that they have suffered in England, the Ukrainians have conceded 14 goals and have conceded six. Over 3.5 goals at bet365 returns a price of even money. This is their seventh group stage campaign in eight seasons now and the last time they qualified from their group was in the 2014/15 season. Last season they didn’t make it through the qualifying rounds for the Champions League, so dropped to the Europa League and went out in the round of 32. Shakhtar have won their last five European away games, and have picked up victories in eight of their last ten matches outside Ukraine, losing the other two.

Manchester City v Shakhtar Donetsk Betting Odds

Man City 1/5, Draw 6/1, Shakhtar Donetsk 10/1

Manchester City v Shakhtar Donetsk Predictions

Man City to win: At the end of the day, City shouldn’t have too much trouble putting the win on the board in this one. Shakhtar aren’t going to be as big of a threat on the road as they are at home, so back Manchester City to wrap this up with a clean sheet victory.