Manchester City vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction & Betting Tips (25 November)

Manchester City has been in high gear for several weeks. The winner of the 2023 Champions League repositioned himself in fourth place in the standings for this league phase, notably brilliantly defeating Dortmund 4-1 , Villarreal in Spain 0-2 and Napoli on the first day 2-0. In the end, it was only against the Monegasques that the Cityzens held up 2-2. In the league, since their 1-0 defeat against Aston Villa at Villa Park, Pep Guardiola's men have not foundered, even defeating Liverpool before the international break 3-0. Last weekend, Arsenal's runners-up in the league traveled to St. James Park to challenge Newcastle in the Premier League, result to follow. Bayer Leverkusen is less sharp than in the last two seasons with Xabi Alonso, now coach at Real Madrid.

But he still has good foundations, as evidenced by his big victory in the championship before the international break against Heidenheim at home 6-0. A success which followed a nice blow achieved by the Germans in the Champions League in the Luz de Benfica victory 0-1. It was also Leverkusen's first success in the competition. As a reminder, there remained a large correction at home against PSG 2-7 and two draws against PSV at home 1-1 and on the Copenhagen turf 2-2. It was Wolfsburg on the program in the championship last weekend for Bayer result to follow. 

Not qualified to participate in the league phase, Kalvin Phillips will logically not play today. Still suffering, Croatian international midfielder Kovacic will most likely be forced to throw in the towel for this poster. Uncertainty around the 2024 Ballon d'Or: Rodri (absent with La Roja during the international break). The executioner Erling Haaland (32 goals in 20 matches played in all competitions, selection included) author of 5 goals in C1 this season should logically start up front, accompanied by winger Doku (1 goal, 3 assists in PL) author of a double plus an assist with Belgium against Liechtenstein. French international Rayan Cherki (1 goal, 2 assists in PL) is at Pepe Guardiola's disposal, as are Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden (2 goals, 1 assist in C1).

 Excluded against PSG, the precious midfielder Robert Andrich will be back in competition today unlike Martin Terrier, the young Argentinian Alejo Sarco (U20 international) and Jonas Hoffmann (1 goal, 1 assist in the Bundesliga) all three not registered on the UEFA lists to compete in the Champions League. On the flank, Argentinian midfielders Exequiel Palacios (1 goal, 7 assists in the league last season) and Ezequiel Fernandez (5 appearances in the league this season) will not likely be fit to play at the Etihad this evening. Free from any contract from Real Madrid, Lucas Vazquez is also injured like French midfielder Alex Tape and Nathan Tella. Sole scorer against Benfica, Patrik Schick (5 goals, 1 assist in the league) took the opportunity to score his first goal in the Champions League this season. 

• Summary: Manchester City U19 is going head to head with Bayer Leverkusen U19 starting on 25 Nov 2025 at 15:00 UTC . The match is a part of the UEFA Youth League .