Manchester City – Leverkusen

Manchester City will defeat the guest from Germany by a margin of two or more goals

After surviving a deep crisis last season, Manchester City is on the right track. Certainly, Pep Guardiola still needs to make a lot of efforts to return to the level of 2022-2023, but positive changes are happening at the "Citizens". New leaders are emerging in the team, and playing connections are being established. The last match in the English Premier League once again led to a stumble for Manchester City, but it came after a four-match winning streak, during which they defeated opponents such as Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund. The defeat to Newcastle, like the recent loss to Aston Villa, was a result of a fair fight against a strong opponent. It is important that Manchester City no longer experiences nightmarish collapses in the final minutes, as was the case in almost all important matches from last season against strong competitors. Guardiola has established a healthy atmosphere within the team, and they no longer concede two goals in stoppage time. Bayer amused all of football Europe at the beginning of the season when they fired Erik ten Hag after just two rounds of the Bundesliga. Currently, the "pharmacists" are mostly satisfied with the work of the coaching staff led by Kasper Juhlmann, although the consequences of the radical staff shake-up in Leverkusen are still being felt. Bookmakers have designated the hosts as favorites for the upcoming match, offering odds of 1.23 for their victory. After initial stumbles, Manchester City has reached the level of the TOP-3 teams in the Premier League. Even after Saturday's defeat to Newcastle, the "Citizens" maintained their position alongside Chelsea and Arsenal. It is important that Guardiola's men have recently only lost in difficult away conditions. At their home ground, Manchester City almost always wins, scoring between three to five goals even against strong opponents. Bayer did not notice their opponents in the last two rounds of the Bundesliga, scoring a total of nine goals against Heidenheim and Wolfsburg. However, in matches against strong opponents, Bayer is often overlooked themselves. One can recall the matches against Bayern and PSG, during which the "pharmacists" conceded a total of ten goals. The trip to Manchester will be no easier than the matches against these mentioned TOP clubs.