When Manchester City travel to FC Copenhagen in midweek, there isn’t a whole lot of mystery about what the result is going to be. Having won the reverse fixture 5-0 just last week, and still yet to suffer defeat this term, City will roll in Denmark. The only question mark here- does Erling Haaland “only” bag a brace in this match? Or does the big Nordic goal-scoring machine achieve yet another hat trick? That’s the only mystery here in Copenhagen really.
Let’s take a look at the rest of the lineup that we think will end up complementing Haaland.
Man City vs FC Copenhagen UCL Group G, Matchday 4 of 6
Kickoff: Wed. Oct 5, Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Google Result Probability: FC Copenhagen 4% Man City 87% Draw 9%
UCL Group Standings/Form: FC Copenhagen 3rd, 1pt, LDL Man City 1st, 9pts, WWW
Manchester City Starting XI Prediction at FC Copenhagen (UCL)
Ederson; Cancelo, Dias, Akanji, Gomez; Rodri, Silva, De Bruyne; Mahrez, Haaland, Foden
Prediction: Man City 4, FC Copenhagen 0
Take a look at that Google’s Result Probability up there! Really kind of tells you all you need to know about trying to forecast this one.
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