Sevilla vs Manchester City Match Analysis and Prediction

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Manchester City begins their quest for Champions League glory as La Liga giants Sevilla welcome the Premier League champions to the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in Group G on Tuesday.

Pep Guardiola’s side were dumped out in the semi-finas by Real Madrid last year, while Sevilla were eliminated from the group stage before unsuccessfully challenging for Europa League glory.

Prior to the 2021-22 campaign, Sevilla had never failed to make it out of their Champions League group, but Los Palanganas could only finish third behind Lille and Red Bull Salzburg last season.

Previous successes in Europa League also counted for nothing as Sevilla lost to West Ham United in the last 16 of the Europe’s secondary competition, but a fourth-placed finish in La Liga handed them another chance to test their strength in the top tier.

The home faithful can take solace in the fact that Los Palanganas are unbeaten in six Champions League opening-day group-stage matches, and one point against Manchester City may be celebrated as all three this week.

Erling Braut Haaland failed to bag a third successive hat-trick at the weekend, and even though the towering Norwegian made it 10 Premier League goals for the season at Villa Park, Manchester City dropped another two points early doors.

Arsenal now have the chance to stay atop of the Premier League table for the time being, but there is still a lot of domestic football to be played in the coming months, and City fans are also growing impatient for a continental honour.

Manchester City ran out 5-2 victors over two matches when they first met Sevilla competitively in the 2015-16 group stage, and if the hosts were not already fearing an in-form Haaland enough, he scored four goals in two games for Borussia Dortmund against Los Palanganas in 2020-21.

Sevilla vs Manchester City head to head

The two teams have previously met on just two occasions in the Champions League back in 2015, where Manchester City won in both meetings scoring five goals and conceding two in the process.

Manchester City 2-1 Sevilla 21/10/15

Sevilla 1-2 Manchester City 03/11/15

Sevilla latest home form

Sevilla were beaten 3-0 by Barcelona in their last home game in the league. However, they have recently been on a relatively good run of form at home, as they have been unbeaten in their previous six matches. In their last five matches, they have scored nine goals and conceded four.

Sevilla 1-0 Athletic Bilbao 22/05/22

Sevilla 6-0 Angers 27/07/22

Sevilla 1-0 Cadiz 06/08/22

Sevilla 1-1 Real Valladolid 19/08/22

Sevilla 0-3 Barcelona 03/09/22

Sevilla latest away form

Sevilla have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having lost each of their four most recent matches. They were beaten 2-1 by Almeria in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored three goals and conceded 12.

Sporting Lisbon 1-1(P) Sevilla 24/07/22

Arsenal 6-0 Sevilla 30/07/22

Leicester City 1-0 Sevilla 31/07/22

Osasuna 2-1 Sevilla 12/08/22

Almeria 2-1 Sevilla 27/08/22

Manchester City latest home form

Manchester City have recently been on a good run of form at home, and have been unbeaten in their five most recent matches. They managed to defeat Nottingham Forest 6-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 19 goals and conceded five.

Manchester City 3-2 Aston Villa 22/05/22

Manchester City 2-1 America 21/07/22

Manchester City 4-0 AFC Bournemouth 13/08/22

Manchester City 4-2 Crystal Palace 27/08/22

Manchester City 6-0 Nittingham Forest 31/08/22

Manchester City latest away form

Manchester City have recently been on a relatively good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their four most recent matches. They drew 1-1 with Aston Villa in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 10 goals and conceded 10.

Liverpool 3-1 Manchester City 30/07/22

West Ham United 0-2 Manchester City 07/08/22

Newcastle United 3-3 Manchester City 21/08/22

Barcelona 3-3 Manchester City 24/08/22

Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester City 03/09/22

Sevilla news

Sevilla remain depleted in defence by injuries to Karim Rekik and Marcao, while Jesus Corona is also expected to remain sidelined until 2023 with a fibula fracture.

New arrival Kasper Dolberg earned his first minutes off the bench for Sevilla at the weekend after joining on loan from Nice to compete with Youssef En-Nesyri.

Manchester City news

Manchester City already have Aymeric Laporte out of contention for Tuesday’s contest due to a knee injury, and Kyle Walker is also a concern for Guardiola.

Walker’s absence could see Joao Cancelo move back to the right-hand side, while the visitors will also hope to have Kalvin Phillips back from a shoulder issue.

Prediction and Odds

With a new-look defence already under the hit due to injuries and their attackers largely failing to fire, Sevilla look set to fall for a defeat on Tuesday.

Manchester City are a dangerous beast when seeking to bounce back from a disappointment, and we expect a comfrotable away win to come here.

Odds: 1 2.42 X 2.10 2 1.72