UEFA Champions League 2021-22: Manchester City vs Athletico Madrid Preview, Team News, Possible Line-Ups, and Predictions

Pep’s Manchester City will go on to face a resilient Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Champions League Quarter-final fixture for the First Leg at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester. Here is a look at what we know and what we can expect from this exciting tie

Manchester City vs Atletico Madrid: Preview

Manchester City will be entering the Quater-finals with the best record for any team in terms of non-group stage matches with 64% wins and also are displaying satisfactory performance in the domestic league beating Burnley 2-0 in the previous Matchday.

The Citizens have won three of their last five matches drawing the other two and are currently at the top of the Premier League table with a narrow one-point lead.

Atletico on the other hand has shown great form and consistency in the recent matches winning all of their last 5 matches latest being the 4-1 against Deportivo Alaves and currently positioned third in La Liga and tied on points with FC Barcelona.

The Los Rojiblancos have shown impressive form against English opponents in the past most recently against Manchester United and Liverpool

Neither of the sides has won the Champions League but has reached the finals, therefore, would equally like to progress through to the semis.

Manchester City: Possible Line-Up

Predicted formation: 4-3-3

GK: Ederson

Defence:Joao Cancelo, Nathan Ake, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Aymeric Laporte, John Stones

Midfield: Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish, Rodri, Ilkay Gundogan, fernandinho

Forwards: Raheem Sterling, Phil Foden, Gabriel Jesus, Riyadh Mahrez

Injuries/Suspensions: Kyle Walker, Cole Palmer, Ruben Dias

Atletico Madrid: Possible Line-Up

Predicted formation: 3-5-2

GK: Jan Oblak

Defence: Jose Jiminez, R. Mandava, S.Savic, Daniel Wass

Midfield: Koke, Renan Lodi, Rodrigo De Paul, M. Llorente, T. Lemar

Attack: A. Griezmann, Joao Felix,

Injuries/Suspensions: Yannick Carrasco, Hector Herrera

Players to watch out for

Joao Felix: the Portuguese international has been in strong form recently scoring 7 goals and assisting 2 in the last of 8 matches

Phil Foden: He has lived up to the hype and has put on an exceptional performance for the Citizens time and time again

Jan Oblak: The Slovenian wall is one of the main reasons for the current form of Los Rojiblancos and has one of the highest save percentages in Europe’s top 5 leagues

Manchester City v Atletico Madrid: Prediction

Manchester City sure has the stronger hand but Atletico never fails to surprise us enough at the biggest stage of them all therefore, it won’t be shocking to see a 3-1 win for Manchester City for the upcoming leg, taking in consideration the previous performances and the fact that this would be a home game for Manchester City.

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