Manchester City v Inter Milan Betting Tips: 13/1 Bet Builder & Best Bets (Champions League)
- Written by Simon Bettarini
The first matchday of the new Champions League sees a rematch of the 2023 Champions League final as English champions Manchester City host Italian champions Inter Milan at the Etihad Stadium. Will Pep Guardiola's men come out on top once again? Don't miss our Manchester City vs Inter Milan predictions, bet builder tips, starting line-ups, latest odds and sign-up offers.
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How to watch Manchester City vs Inter Milan?
Manchester City will host Inter Milan at the Etihad stadium in Manchester (England) on Wednesday, September 18.
The fixture kicks off at 20:00 UK time and will be available to watch live in the UK on TNT Sports 1.
Man City vs Inter Milan will be also streamed live on the BT Sport app.
Wednesday 18th September, 2024
- 8:00 pm: Manchester City vs Inter Milan
Man City vs Inter Milan Betting Preview
Man City are the only Premier League team who boast a 100% winning record after Matchday 4. The Citizens extended their faultless run over the weekend by beating Brentford 2-1 at Etihad. prior to that, they opened the campaign with 2-0 victory at Chelsea, and then beat Ipswich town (4-1 at home) and West Ham (3-1 at the London Stadium). Erling Haaland has already scored 9 goals, recording hat-tricks against Ipswich and West Ham. Pep Guardiola's men are unbeaten in the last 46 games at Etihad, with 39 wins and 7 draws and have not lost any of their last 23 Champions League matches.
Inter Milan are unbeaten in the Italian Serie A although they have slipped to third place on the back of a disappointing 1-1 draw at Monza last Sunday. The Nerazzurri opened their domestic campaign with a 2-2 draw at Genoa but then they recorded two impressive home wins over Lecce (2-0) and Europa League winners Atalanta (4-0). Simone Inzaghi's men head into this contest having lost only three of their last 20 Champions League games (W11 D6). In last season's Champions League, they were knocked out in the Round of 16 by Atlético Madrid.
These two teams have played each other for the first and only time in the 2022-23 Champions League final, with City's Rodri scoring the only goal of the closely-fought contest.
Match Odds & Price Boosts
As expected, Man City go into their maiden Champions League match of the season as 6/11 favourites on SpreadEX.
Inter Milan are big underdogs here at 11/2 with Betfred, while an all square affair at the Etihad is an unfancied 18/5 with BetMGM.
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Probable Line-Ups
Manchester City (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Lewis, Stones, Dias, Gvardiol; Rodri, Kovacic; Bernardo, De Bruyne, Grealish; Haaland.
Midfield ace Rodri could be ready to make his first start of the season having made his first appearance of the season for the Citizens when he came on as a half-time substitute versus Brentford. Anyway, Oscar Bobb and Nathan Ake are sidelined while Brazilian winger Savinho is a major doubt. hence, Phil Foden will be pushing to start after watching on as an unused substitute last time out. Erling Haaland will spearhead the attack as usual, while Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva also look sure starters. At the back, Rico Lewis is likely to complete the four-man backline alongside John Stones, Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol.
Inter Milan (3-5-2): Sommer; Pavard, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, C.Augusto; Thuram, Martinez
Federico Dimarco and Marko Arnautovic did not travel with the team and will miss the match. They have joined Tajon Buchanan on the sidelines. Carlos Augusto is expected to play as left wing-back, with Alessandro Bastoni restored in the three-man backline alongside Francesco Acerbi and Benjamin Pavard. In midfield, Nicolò Barella and Hakan Calhanoglu will surely start after being rested at Monza. Henrikh Mkhitaryan should get the nod over Piotr Zielinski and Davide Frattesi for the remaining berth, while Denzel Dumfries is expected to replace Matteo Darmian on the right flank. Up front, Marcus Thuram and Lautaro Martinez will lead the line. Joaquin Correa and new signing Tomas Palacios are uneligible.
Our Manchester City vs Inter Milan Predictions
Manchester City had to work hard for their 1-0 victory over Inter in the 2023 final. But that match was played on neutral ground.This time the Cityzens will play in front of their own turf, and they perform much better at Etihad where they have won 12 of their last 13 home Champions League matches.
As a result, we back Man City to win. Both teams have scored in the Cityzens's last seven home league wins, so the BTTS bet could be another interesting bet as well as 2-1 and 3-1 scorelines in the Correct Score market.
Erling Haaland has scored nine goals in his first four Premier League appearances this season and the Norwegian is the candidate #1 to find the back of the net. Josko Gvardiol to have 1+ shots on target completes our set of predictions..
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