Comments, predictions Man City vs Al Ain: Broken match before the green storm

Latest Man City vs Al Ain squad information

Ahead of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup semi-final, Man City will be without young defender Rico Lewis due to suspension. However, the English team still has a very strong squad with all the other pillars such as Haaland, Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Gundogan. Some new players such as Reijnders and Cherki are also likely to be given the opportunity to play. Meanwhile, Al Ain brings the strongest squad, with a notable attacking trio of Palacios - Laba - Rahimi and veteran goalkeeper Rui Patricio.

Latest expected lineup Man City vs Al Ain

• Man City (4-3-3):Ortega; Nunes, Reis, Ake, Ait-Nouri; Rodri, Savinho, Gundogan; Silva, Haaland, Doku.
• Al Ain (4-3-3):Patricio; Traore, Ratnik, Rabia, Autonne; Zabala, Romero, Park; Palacios, Laba, Rahimi.

Latest Man City vs Al Ain football review

Man City entered this match after a 2-0 win over Wydad Casablanca. However, the performance of coach Pep Guardiola's team was not very convincing. They controlled the game but lacked sharpness and did not create many clear-cut chances. The fact that key players like Rodri and Haaland were playing below their best form made fans even more worried. However, when the opponent was Al Ain - the team that just lost 0-5 to Juventus - Man City was still considered completely superior.

Al Ain are not only far behind in terms of squad quality but also weak in defensive organization. They have conceded 10 goals in their last 5 matches and have almost no way to fight back against high-level opponents. Meanwhile, although not at their best, Man City are still showing superior control of the game, and this is an opportunity for them to regain their inspiration to play football, especially in attack.

With such a huge difference in skill and class, it is difficult for Al Ain to cause any surprises. Man City is expected to win by a large margin, but will still play a tight game, so there will not be many goals in the match. Bongdaplus believes that this match is likely to have only one team scoring and the total number of goals will be an odd number.

Latest Man City vs Al Ain score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Man City vs Al Ainas follows:

• Sportsmole:Man City 3-1 Al Ain

• WhoScore:Man City 4-0 Al Ain
• Our newspaper predicts:Man City 3-0 Al Ain

When and where to watch Man City vs Al Ain live?

To watch live the match Man City vs Al Ain in the FIFA Club World Cup taking place at 8:00 a.m. on June 23, viewers can watch onK+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. Wish you have fun watching football.