Both Monchengladbach and Manchester City are trying to recover from defeats as they meet on Wednesday evening in Germany. Borussia were at the receiving end of a comprehensive defeat at Sevilla while Man City were defeated at home by Italian champions Juventus. The only previous meeting between these two sides was all the way back in 1979 in the UEFA Cup, that time the Germans won 4-2 on aggregate over two legs. That season Monchengladbach won the UEFA Cup after beating Red Star Belgrade 2-1 in the final.
Monchengladbach have no pressure or expectations as they are playing in the Champions League for the first time in their history this season. Last campaign they secured an unlikely third-place finish in the Bundesliga. Their Champions League debut wasn't the happiest as they were defeated 3-0 by Sevilla. Moreover, they lost their first five Bundelsiga matches this season, a terrible streak that pushed head coach Lucien Favre to resign. Andre Schubert replaced him and snatched a 4-2 victory over Augsburg before a 3-1 win at Stuttgart last weekend. Martin Stranzl is set to miss out through injury.
Man City had a great start to the season, with five wins out of five in the Premier League. Then they were defeated by Juventus in the Champions League with a late goal from Alvaro Morata and another defeat followed in the Premier League, 2-1 at the hands of West Ham. Last weekend the Citizens were thrashed 4-1 by Tottenham, a result which pushed them off the top of the Premier League table. City have several injury problems, with Vincent Kompany, Wilfried Bony, Fabian Delph, Eliaquim Mangala and Gael Clichy all expected to miss out.
Probable line-ups:
Monchengladbach: Sommer - Korb, Nordtveit, Christensen, Wendt - Herrmann, Dahoud, Xhaka - Johnson, Stindl, Raffael
Man City: Hart - Sagna, Otamendi, Demichelis, Kolarov - Fernandinho, Toure - Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling - Aguero
My prediction: Man City to win 3-1.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Monchengladbach win - 4.33 Draw - 3.75 Man City win - 1.90
Johnajax 8 years ago
Manchester city is great club and they are great in Premier league but Champions league was problem for them always. This is important win for them special after that loss from Juventus at home and if they didn't won here that will be bad situation for them. They had a lot of luck in this win but they were better team and...
Manchester city is great club and they are great in Premier league but Champions league was problem for them always. This is important win for them special after that loss from Juventus at home and if they didn't won here that will be bad situation for them. They had a lot of luck in this win but they were better team and they deserve that luck, also hart was great and saved them several times.
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newspiridon
8 years ago
Finally Manchester City managed to win a match in Champions League. They won this match with a lot of luck. Monchengladbach missed a penalty and Manchester City had a penalty in min. 90 and scored (Aguero). They won the match and that is the most important thing. Let`s see what they do in next match against Sevilla on their...
Finally Manchester City managed to win a match in Champions League. They won this match with a lot of luck. Monchengladbach missed a penalty and Manchester City had a penalty in min. 90 and scored (Aguero). They won the match and that is the most important thing. Let`s see what they do in next match against Sevilla on their field.
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Alexa Alexa 8 years ago
It was important win for Manchester City.After loss at home against Juventus in first round,negative result against Wolfsburg would make them real far from the knockout stage.I am sure that this will boost morale of Aguero.He is best player of City,but he was not on his level so far this season.
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rikimartin4444_115925
8 years ago
Manchester City won this match 2-1 with late penalty goal scored by Aguero. This was very important win for them after bad first match. This is hard group and it is very important to win away matches. Borussia Monchengladbach need to be better if they want to earn points. They have penalty in first half and they missed....
Manchester City won this match 2-1 with late penalty goal scored by Aguero. This was very important win for them after bad first match. This is hard group and it is very important to win away matches. Borussia Monchengladbach need to be better if they want to earn points. They have penalty in first half and they missed. That decided outcome of this match.
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sharpe
8 years ago
Man City are just disastrous in the CL for years now and they have to start producing this season or it will be really embarrassing for them. Not an easy game for them in Germany, Gladbach could be very dangerous at home but if City wants to avoid another failure in the tournament they are bound to take something from this...
Man City are just disastrous in the CL for years now and they have to start producing this season or it will be really embarrassing for them. Not an easy game for them in Germany, Gladbach could be very dangerous at home but if City wants to avoid another failure in the tournament they are bound to take something from this one.
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