Bayern Munich vs Manchester City: Champions League Quarter-Final 2nd Leg Odds, Prediction

There was so much promise about this tie just a week ago. There wasn’t any doubt in any football fans’ mind that the City-Bayern first leg was “must-see tv.”  90 minutes later, Pep Guardiola’s side walked away confident 3-0 winners, leaving Thomas Tuchel and his men asking many questions as to what went wrong.

As per the Champions League odds, the Bavarians sit at +195 to City’s +109, with a draw set at +304. The total is 3.0.

Bayern Munich vs Manchester Betting Analysis

It would be quite something to witness the German heavyweights exit stage left once again in this competition’s quarter-final stage. Last year they were shockingly dumped out by Villareal. Falling to a club like Premier League powerhouse Manchester City is nothing to be ashamed about. But it was so bad last week that reports came out shortly thereafter of Sadio Mane punching teammate Leroy Sane in the dressing room!

In truth, the first leg wasn’t a horrendous display of incompetent football on Bayern’s part or a demonstration of overwhelming superiority on City’s part, save perhaps for the latter stages of the second half. The visitors had their chances, but as many pundits have alluded to, this was a game where Robert Lewandowski’s absence was felt. The whole strategy of generating offence without a true number nine definitely haunted them in a game of this magnitude.

On the flip side, rarely will a defender hit a strike like Rodri did in the first half. Erling Haaland also rarely supplies the sort of cross he did for Bernardo Silva in the 70th. After that, the German defence completely shut down and got clumsy, which led to Haaland’s goal making it 3-0. City were simply more efficient.

Bayern Munich

One should never be too presumptuous. We won’t write that all Bayern have to play for is the Bundesliga. That said, save for a calamitous performance by City on Wednesday, that will be the case.

Speaking of which, that title race got a whole lot more interesting over the weekend With Borussia Dortmund on their heels, the Bavarians hosted TSG Hoffenheim with a chance to preserve a four-point lead at the top of the table. It ended up being one of those afternoons for Munich, who squandered chance after chance despite largely controlling the spell of play. Serge Gnabry (who lost his balance on what could have been a partial breakaway in added time), Joao Cancelo, and Benjamin Pavard, all had glorious chances to score more than the lone goal they were able to net in the 17th. They paid the price in the end, as TSG equalized off a brilliant free kick from Andrej Kramaric in the 71^st. Make the final 1-1 and Bayern’s lead in the table sliced to two points.

Manchester City

City know all about sweating it out in domestic competition in the springtime. Last year their considerable lead over Liverpool shrunk before a final matchday victory sealed the title. This season they are the ones putting pressure on the leaders Arsenal.

One supposes there is a bit less pressure when playing catch up. All one needs to be is just take care of business. What the leaders do in the meantime is out of one’s control. As such, Manchester are playing scintillating football these days. They hosted relegation-threatened Leicester City at the Etihad and made very quick work of them. In a pleasant surprise John Stones scored in the fifth minute before Haaland behaved like the bad man that he is with a confident penalty in the 13^th minute and a beautiful first touch and flick over the Leicester keeper in the 25^th. Fans might have expected the onslaught to continue but proceedings cooled off. The visitors netted off a corner in the 76^th, but City were never truly threatened, winning 3-1.

Champions League Prediction : Who Will Win Bayern Munich vs Manchester City?

Bayern Munich 2-1 Manchester City (City win the tie 4-2)