Manchester City head home to take on Tottenham Hotspur down 1-0 on aggregate, but with a tremendous advantage when it comes to squad health and fitness. Spurs will head to the City of Manchester Stadium twice this week, and they will do so without some key players available, and question marks surrounding the fitness of the others.
Manchester City are showing no signs of slowing down right now, and here we are, now in mid-April and their quadruple hopes are still very much alive all around.
If City don’t advance through to the UCL semi-finals in mid-week, it will be considered a tremendous upset.
Let’s take a look at who Pep Guardiola may select in his first team, given the fact that he has almost all of his individual player options available.
The Bank Manchester City Starting XI Prediction vs Tottenham Hotspur (UCL quarterfinal Leg 2/2)
Forwards: Leroy Sane Sergio Aguero Raheem Sterling
Midfielders: David Silva Ilkay Gundogan Kevin De Bruyne
Defenders: Kyle Walker John Stones Aymeric Laporte Benjamin Mendy
Goalkeeper: Ederson
Tottenham Hotspur at Manchester City UEFA Champions League Quarter-final Leg 2/2 FYIs
Kickoff- Wednesday Apr 17, City of Manchester Stadium 8pm (Tottenham up 1-0 on aggregate)
Injury report for both sides: go to this link
Starting XI Predictions- Tottenham Hotspur Manchester City
Google Result Probability- Manchester City win 71% Draw 19% Tottenham Hotspur win 10%
Preview press conference video and quotes- coming Tuesday
Odds to qualify for the semifinal, via Betfair- Manchester City win 4/7, Tottenham 11/8
Prediction: Man City 3, Tottenham 1 (aggregate Manchester City 3-2)
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