Manchester City vs Dortmund Prediction & Betting Tips (5 November)

European champion in 2023, Manchester City failed to reach the round of 16 last season. This year, Pep Guardiola's men intend to regain the Premier League crown and the roof of Europe with this Champions League. Led by the prophet Erling Haaland, on a mission this season, City won two matches for a draw. Successes acquired against Villarreal two weeks ago 0-2 and at home against Napoli 2-0. Finally, it was against AS Monaco, despite a double from Haaland that the SkyBlues were held to Louis II 2-2. Undefeated for nine games in all competitions, the local team missed the ten-game mark by losing to Aston Villa in the championship 1-0. Immediately, they regained control by winning at Swansea in the EFL Cup last week 1-3. Last weekend, Man City hosted the very serious formation of Bournemouth in PL, result to follow.

After three days played, Borussia Dortmund holds as many points as Manchester City, i.e. 7 points. BVB's only misstep took place on Juventus' Turin pitch in a completely crazy match, notably the 2nd act 4-4. Subsequently, Dortmund crushed Athletic Bilbao 4-1 and Copenhagen in Denmark 2-4. Before his trip to Augsburg in the championship last weekend, the winner of the C1 in 1997 was riding a good momentum of three victories in all competitions including a nice success on the pitch in Frankfurt as part of a 1/16th final of the TAB German Cup. 

Injured in an ankle and absent from the trip to Villarreal, former Lens defender Khusanov made his return to competition against Swansea. No return, however, for the 2024 Ballon d'Or Rodri, absent today just like Kalvin Phillips, not registered to play the competition. Author of 4 goals in this Champions League, Erling Haaland (11 goals in the PL) will be in the mix to cross swords with his former club. Winger Doku (1 goal in C1) will be at Pep Guardiola's disposal as will executive Bernardo Silva who scored against Villarreal on an assist from Savinho. Rayan Cherki could apply for a starting place.

 For its part, Borussia Dortmund did not include Ozcan in the competition and will very logically be missing. Injured, the young Duranville and Emre Can are likely to miss this trip to the Etihad. Niko Kovac, on the other hand, will be able to field his prolific players in the competition, obviously like Guirassy (1 goal, 2 assists), Karim Adeyemi (1 goal, 2 assists) without forgetting the midfielder Nmecha (3 goals) and the full-back passed by Rennes Bensebaini (2 goals). 

• Summary: Manchester City U19 is going head to head with Borussia Dortmund U19 starting on 5 Nov 2025 at 15:00 UTC . The match is a part of the UEFA Youth League .