Betting tips for Man City Women vs Barcelona Women
Preview of the Man City Women’s vs. Barcelona Women’s match
Manchester City return to the group stages of the Women’s Champions League on Wednesday when they host current champions Barcelona at the Joy Stadium (8pm, watch on TNT Sports 1, DAZN and YouTube).
This is their first time in the group stage since 2020/21 after failing to qualify in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons.
This time they secured their place in the main draw with an 8–0 aggregate win over Paris FC in the second round of qualifying.
A 5-0 win in Paris was followed by a 3-0 win at home, with Jess Park, Chloe Kelly and Khadija (Bunny) Shaw scoring twice.
This will be City’s first match in the main draw since losing 4-2 on aggregate to Barcelona in the 2020-21 quarter-finals when the competition was a straight knockout format.
The Spanish team dominated that encounter at home when goals from Asisat Oshoala, Mariona Caldente and Jennifer Hermoso made it 3-0 and Chloe Kelly missed a penalty kick in the second half for the visitors.
Janine Becky and Samantha Moyes scored two more goals for Ochola to secure City’s victory in the second leg, but it was not enough and Barcelona went on to win the cup for the first time.
City are unbeaten so far this season, starting with a 2-2 draw against Arsenal, before securing home wins over Brighton & Hove Albion and West Ham United to take them to the top of the Women’s Super League.
It is no surprise that Barcelona is off to a great start with their season with a team-record five straight wins in La Liga, including two dominant wins in their last two games.
They thrashed Granada 10-1 before coming from behind to score eight second-half goals in an 8-1 win away to Madrid on Saturday.
Per Romeu’s side have conceded just four goals so far this season and scored 25, so City will have to be at their best if they are to prevent them from making it six wins in a row.
In this competition, the Blaugrana reached the final in five of the past six seasons, losing to Lyon in 2019 and 2022 and winning it on the other occasions.
They have also won 16 of their 18 group stage matches, with their only defeat being a 3-1 loss to Bayern Munich in the fourth round of the 2022/23 season. It is no surprise that football betting sites have pinned Barcelona as favorites to win the competition for the third season in a row.
But City have lost only two of their last 12 home matches in the Women’s Champions League (W8 D2) and have kept 10 clean sheets in their last 16 European home matches and we expect this to be a close result.
Betting sites have Barcelona as 3/5 favorites but you can get 15/4 on a City win.
However, we are confident that City have enough to claim a share of the spoils of the competition thanks to their firepower in the final third led by Shaw.
Given Barcelona’s form in front of goal, we can’t overlook their goal-scoring prowess, but there is enough to believe that these two teams will cancel each other out with 5/1 odds available for both teams to score and draw. Betting applications.
Manchester City Women vs Barcelona Women Prediction: BTTS and Draw – 5/1 Bet365
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