Manchester City - Hoffenheim - Tips by users and experts on football, 12 December 2018: UEFA Champions League

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Handicap Manchester City (-1) • 1.41

Manchester City vs 1899 Hoffenheim Manchester City will be looking to bounce back from their first Premier League defeat of the season City have lost three of their four home Champions League ties in 2018 but I expect Pep Guardiola’s side to bounce back after losing their unbeaten Premier League record at Chelsea on Saturday.
City need a point to top the Group while Hoffenheim have yet to win away from home in Europe (D3 L3). City to get back to winning ways.

Source: Daily Post

Handicap Manchester City (-1.5) • 1.61

Le Champion d'Angleterre se doit tenir son rang ! Auteurs d'un parcours européen entaché par quelques déceptions, notamment la défaite contre Lyon, les Citizens ont l'occasion de boucler la phase de poules sur un nouveau succès qui leur garantirait la première place du groupe F. Collectivement impressionnant et individuellement très au-dessus d'Hoffenheim, on ne voit pas comment les hommes de Pep Guardiola pourraient louper le coche. Tout porte à croire à une victoire des Citizens pour cette 6ème journée de la Ligue des Champions !

Manchester City Win • 1.23

Manchester City has yet to validate the first place.

Hoffenheim did not win his two trips to the European competition.

The Citizens have won ten of their last twelve games.

The German club is in the last place of the pool.

In the first leg, Manchester City won in Germany (2-1).

Conclusion

Manchester City should quietly finish the job in these rounds of Champions League hens. To secure first place, the English club should win against Hoffenheim.

Both Teams To Score - Yes • 1.65

Manchester City absorbed a hefty blow on Saturday evening as they fell to their first league defeat of the season, and it didn’t come without cost. Their 2-0 loss away to Chelsea not only brought The Blues back into the Premier League title race, but it also allowed main challengers Liverpool to leapfrog The Citizens into top spot.

Of course, it was in the Champions League where the illusion of invincibility fell apart. Lyon shocked them with a 2-1 win at the Etihad on matchday one, and Hoffenheim even managed to take the lead against their illustrious opponents. In fact, Manchester City have conceded over a third of their goals this season in their 5 Champions League group stage game.

That hasn’t stopped Pep Guardiola’s men from rising to the top of the group though. They sit 3 points clear of Lyon behind them, and know that a point against Hoffenheim on Wednesday will be enough for them to clinch the top spot. For this reason, Guardiola is likely to make some changes and give some tired legs a much needed rest.

Hoffenheim are already out of the running for the qualifying positions, but they are only 2 points behind Shakhtar Donetsk in 3rd and could stake a claim to the Europa League knockout stages with an unlikely win on Wednesday. However, even against a weakened Manchester City side their chances of getting a result are slim.

The visitors’ chances of getting a goal or 2 are much more pronounced though. The Bundesliga underdogs have scored in a massive 20 of their 21 competitive games this season, including all 5 of their Champions League group matches. They’re facing a Manchester City side who have conceded in each of their last 4 competitive games and in over half of their competitive home games this season.

All things considered, we fancy Hoffenheim’s chances of getting on the scoresheet, but with just 1 clean sheet this season they aren’t likely to hold Manchester City at bay for very long. I am backing Both Teams to Score here, along with a 3-2 win for the hosts.

Both Teams To Score - Yes • 1.71

Hoffenheim scores very well both in the German bundlesliga and UCL.
The visitors have never failed to score again any team in her five EUFA games this year including her host tonight in the reversed feature at home which ended 1-2.
Do expect a repeat of result tonight in England.