Real Madrid vs Manchester City Prediction & Betting Tips (10 December)

5th in the league phase, Real Madrid recovered perfectly from their defeat at Anfield against Liverpool 1-0 by beating Olympiakos in Piraeus but not without difficulty 3-4. Real Madrid have been ultra-fragile lately, as evidenced by their 2nd place in La Liga when they put Barça five points behind after the victory during the clasico at the end of October 2-1. In this Champions League, at home, Madrid beat OM on the first day 2-1 and Juventus narrowly 1-0. Note that the Merengue returned to the Bernabéu last weekend against Celta Vigo in La Liga, result to come. Before that, the players from the capital had completed a road trip of 6 away matches in all competitions 2w, 3d, 1d including a serious victory during the clash at San Mamés against Athletic Bilbao a week ago all round 0-3. Small error of course for Manchester City during the previous day. Indeed, Pep Guardiola opted for rotation against Bayer Leverkusen, but at this level, we can pay him cash.

Erling Haaland replacing at the start of the match as an example, result of the races: no goal scored, and a 0-2 home defeat. The only defeat in this C1 for the SyBlues who had started perfectly against Napoli at home 2-0, held in check at Monaco 2-2, regained confidence at Villarreal 0-2 and in total levitation against Borussia Dortmund victory 4-1. Overall, City has regained its edge but is not one of the teams in the top 8 at the start of this D6, being 9th, on the threshold of the 1/8 finals. The Mancunians know that going through the play-offs does not guarantee qualification since last year, in the 1/16th final, they fell against Real Madrid, notably from an assassin Mbappé on the return leg. Last week, Man City played two league matches against the Fulham Cottagers with a first result to come and last weekend against the Sunderland Black Cats with a result to come. 

At Real Madrid, the infirmary never appears empty. There are always players who provide work to the medical staff, particularly defenders. Long on the flank, Rudiger played again during the trip to Girona in La Liga. On the other hand, Dean Huijsen had taken his place in the infirmary to accompany the captains David Alaba and Dani Carvajal. The Spanish international was expected last week for a return like Raul Asencio. Author of a quadruple against Olympiakos, Kylian Mbappé (60 goals in 2025) soared in the scorers' rankings with a total of 9 goals in the competition.

After 5 matches played, the French international is doing as well as a certain Cristiano Ronaldo during the 2013-14 season.  The 2024 Ballon d'Or, Rodri, still does not seem fit to continue and could be missing, as is the case of another midfielder of much less massive caliber, Kalvin Phillips, who is not qualified to participate in the competition. Injured, Kovacic will not be traveling to his former club. A priori, Pep Guardiola will field his best possible team this evening. In this little game, Erling Haaland (mute since the international break) will play at the Bernabéu like the Belgian winger Doku without forgetting the young prince of the Etihad Phil Foden (2 goals, 1 assist in C1) without forgetting the French international Rayan Cherki (1 goal in C1). 

• Summary: Real Madrid U19 is going head to head with Manchester City U19 starting on 10 Dec 2025 at 15:00 UTC . The match is a part of the UEFA Youth League .