Manchester City vs Galatasaray Prediction & Betting Tips (28 January)

By losing quite logically last week on the Bodo/Glimt field 3-1, their 2nd defeat of this league phase after the one already known against Bayer Leverkusen at home 0-2, Manchester City put themselves in an uncomfortable position since they are now outside the top 8 of this league phase, which is far from being able to guarantee them immediate qualification in the 1/8 finals. In this phase of the League, the Citizen otherwise achieved 4 successes against Napoli 2-0, Villarreal 0-2, Dortmund 4-1 and Real Madrid 1-2 and a draw against AS Monaco. In the standings, Pep Guardiola's men occupy 11th place in the table and they are part of a huge wagon of 7 teams with 13 points. At the same time, in the Premier League, the Sky Blues lost contact with leader Arsenal after the defeat suffered in the Mancunian derby against United 2-0. City will therefore want to relaunch this weekend against Wolverhampton. For its part, Galatasaray presents a rather balanced ration in this Champions League.

The Turks have indeed won 3 victories against Liverpool 1-0, Bodo/Glimt 3-1 and Ajax 0-3 and 3 defeats against Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1, Union Saint-Gilloise 0-1 and AS Monaco 1-0. Last week, Okan Buruk's men were content with a good draw against Atlético Madrid 1-1, which allowed them to pass the 10-point mark and be able to confidently consider qualifying for the play-offs. In the Süper Lig, the Istanbulites are battling their neighbor and rival Fenerbahce in the fight for the title. Hooked by Gaziantep 1-&, Mauro Icardi's partners will travel to the Karagümrük field next weekend. 

Suspended during the trip to Bodo/Glimt, Bernardo Silva will be back but it will be the turn of former Ballon d'Or Rodri to be sanctioned after being sent off against the Norwegians. Otherwise, we find in the infirmary the important defenders Ruben Dias and Gvardiol, the experienced Stones, the full-back Matheus Nunes, the midfielder Nico, the long-absent midfielder Kovacic as well as the wingers replacements Savinho and Bobb who form a substantial list of absences. In addition, winter recruits Semenyo and Guéhi (ex-Palace) and the undesirable Phillips are not qualified for this competition. Still alone at the top of the Premier League scorers' ranking with 20 goals, Erling Haaland has scored 6 times in C1 this year but he remained silent on the last day against his compatriots unlike the French international Cherki (2 goals and 7 assists in PL, 2 goals in C1). Foden (7 goals and 2 assists in PL, 2 goals in C1) and Doku (1 goal and 4 assists in PL) are also present.

The Turks will travel to the Etihad Stadium deprived of the little-used defender Baltaci, suspended in a sports betting case, and the side Karatas who was not registered for the league stage. In addition to this, the usually starting defender Singo (ex-Monaco) and his competitor for the more regularly replacing position Unyay remain out of shape at the moment. Offensively, Galatasaray will hope for a better performance from ex Citizen Leroy Sané (6 goals, 3 assists in the league) who, however, has still not scored in the Champions League any more than Icardi. The real offensive locomotive of this formation is the Nigerian Osimhen who has 6 goals to his credit in this C1.