Comments and predictions for Man City vs Borussia Dortmund: Haaland punishes his old team
The match between Man City vs Borussia Dortmund in the Champion League takes place at 3:00 a.m. on November 6. Nghe An Newspaper, Radio and Television analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Man City vs Borussia Dortmund squad information
ChiefErling HaalandandRodri– the 2024 Ballon d'Or winner – both recovered in time to participate in the victory over Bournemouth. However,Mateo Kovacicstilllong-term leave due to ankle injuryand is expected to return in several months.
Besides,Bernardo Silvawill be suspended for the next Champions League match if he receives another yellow card.
Haaland – the one who scored86 goals in 89 games for Dortmundwill have a chancereunite with the old team, where he made Etihad explode with the decisive goal to help Man City win2-1before Dortmund in 2022.
On the away team side, Dortmund welcomeddouble good news for the defenseWhenNico Schlotterbeck (ill)andNiklas Süle (toe injury)All have recovered and are ready to compete.
So, Dortmund is only missingJulien Duranville– the young player is recovering from a shoulder injury – but he was not originally planned to start.
The Return ofSchlotterbeckwill likely pushAaron Anselmino(center-back on loan from Chelsea) returned to the bench, whileJobe Bellingham, with two assists in the match against Copenhagen, couldtake the starting positionof the veteranPascal Grossin midfield
Latest expected lineup for Man City vs Borussia Dortmund
Manchester City:
Donnarumma; Nunes, Stones, Dias, Ait-Nouri; Gonzalez; Savinho, Reijnders, Foden, Doku; Haaland
Borussia Dortmund:
Kobel; Schlotterbeck, Anton, Bensebaini; Couto, Nmecha, Bellingham, Svensson; Beier, Brandt; Guirassy
Latest football commentary on Man City vs Borussia Dortmund
Calmly advance in European competition in the early stages of the 2025–26 season,Pep Guardiola's Manchester Cityhas faced three famous opponents in turn.Napoli, MonacoandVillarreal, won7 points– a start not to be underestimated.
The blue team of Manchester defeatedNapoliandVillarrealalong with the ratio2-0, interspersed with dramatic draws2-2 with MonacoAlthough he scored in all three matches, the total was only6 goalsmake them becomethe team that scores the fewest goals in the top 12rankings.
However, the locationcurrent Saturdaystill enough for Citydirectly into the round of 16, and Guardiola and his team have just regained their form in the Premier League withtwo consecutive 3-1 winsbeforeSwansea CityandBournemouth, after a painful defeat on the fieldAston Villa.
StarErling Haalandcontinued to explode with a double against Bournemouth, helping him join the "special goals club" with two Liverpool legends, and at the same time bring Man City backtop 2 of the Premier League, although still poorArsenal6 points.
Back to the European playground,Man City are on a run of 11 consecutive home wins against German teams, and theynever lost to Dortmundat the Etihad – a statistic Guardiola will surely want to extend on Wednesday night.
However, thatnot easywhen looking at the impressive form ofBorussia Dortmundin the Champions League this season. The team ofNiko Kovacis showing terrible attacking power, whenscore at least 4 goals in each matchfrom the beginning of the tournament.
After the draw4-4 against Juventusand victory4-1 against Athletic Bilbao, Dortmund continued to pour4 goals against Copenhagenright on Danish soil, withFelix Nmecha's doubletogetherTwo assists from Jobe Bellingham.
This isfor the first time in history, Dortmund scored 4 goals inthree consecutive matches in the Champions LeagueTotal12 goalstheirs issecond most in the league, just lessPSG (13)and equalBayern Munich.
However, in the Bundesliga, Dortmund is quite "economical" about scoring goals: they only scored1 goal in three consecutive matchesmeetCologne, FrankfurtandAugsburg– but that was enough to win all three (they won on penalties in the German Cup against Frankfurt after a 1-1 draw).
The 2023–24 Champions League runners-up are also in good away form,scored in all three away trips this season, include3 times to Etihad, although the last two times (2021 and 2022) they bothlost 1-2.
Latest Man City vs Borussia Dortmund 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 Borussia Dortmundas follows:
- Sportsmole:Man City 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
- WhoScore:Man City 2-1 Borussia Dortmund
- We predict:Man City 2-1 Borussia Dortmund
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