Villarreal vs Manchester City Prediction & Betting Tips (21 October)

Villarreal has still not won in this Champions League, conceding a narrow defeat in London against Tottenham 1-0 and a draw at home against the Old Lady of Juventus 2-2. In the championship, the Yellow Submarine is doing well by being positioned at the top of the table. Before leaving for the break, Marcelino's men went to the Bernabéu to challenge Real Madrid and despite the reduction of the score signed by Mikautadze, they did not manage to prevent the feline Mbappé from scoring the goal of the chaos 3-1 defeat, thus stopping a good series of 3 victories in a row in La Liga. Last weekend, Villarreal wanted to move forward against Betis Sevilla at home, result to follow. Manchester City did not miss their debut in the competition but we expected more from the Manchester steamroller.

Scorer of Napoli who played a good part of the match with ten men winning 2-0, City subsequently came up against Monaco in the Principality, despite a new double from Erling Haaland 2-2. Just eighth in this league phase, the SkyBlues had won their last two Premier League matches before going to the international break, against Burnley 5-1 and on the pitch of the Brentford Bees without necessarily shining 0-1. Last weekend, Pep Guardiola's men welcomed the Toffees from Everton in the championship, result to follow. Casually, they defended an unbeaten run of seven matches in all competitions. 

Coach Marcelino still cannot call defenders Kambwala, Logan Costa (Cape Verdean international) and Argentinian Juan Foyth, all three on the flank (injured). They are accompanied by the defective Gerard Moreno and Ayoze Perez (Spanish international) in the infirmary. The unimportant Pau Cabanes is also on the sidelines while Pau Navarro, selected for the U20 World Cup with Spain should be back in the small papers due to the elimination of La Roja at the U20 World Cup. Former Ligue 1 players: Georges Mikautadze (scorer against Juventus and Real Madrid in the same week) and Nicolas Pepe (elected player of the month for August in La Liga) are shining and should both apply for a starting place offensively.  Suffering from a thigh injury, Rayan Cherki did not participate in the international break with the Blues.

He is not the only one to have found his ticket to the infirmary since the former Lensois defender Khusanov is also on the flank like the Egyptian international Marmoush, the left back recruited this summer Ait Nouri or even the 2024 Ballon d'Or: Rodri, out with an injury against Brentford. In fusion since the start of the season, Erling Haaland already has 21 goals and 3 assists in all competitions (including selection). The Norwegian Cyborg has scored 3 times in the Champions League this season.