Manchester City must beat the Club Brugge on Wednesday night to avoid a devastating Champions League outlet.
Three defeats and two draw from their seven races have left Cityzens in an embarrassing position heading to the final phase of the league, with a victory over their Belgian opponents at Etihad Stadium The only route to the play-offs for their dominance Premier League Champions.
A draw or defeat would see them eliminated, failing to make the knockout rounds of Europe’s primary competition for the first time since 2012/13.
The Brugge Club is currently in three places in front of Man City and knows that a tie will secure their position in the play-offs, even to even be defeated to see them go ahead with the results elsewhere. Nicky Hayen’s side is aware of the challenge of visiting Etihad, but they will be sure they will head to Manchester after an undefeated 20 games.
See 90 minutes Guide for a race to win for resurgent Male town.
Man City VS Club Bruges H2H Record (all the time)
Current form (all contests)
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Male town |
Brugge Club |
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Man City 3-1 Chelsea – 25/01/25 |
Club Brugge 1-1 Kortrijk – 25/01/25 |
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PSG 4-2 Man City – 22/01/25 |
Club Brugge 0-0 Juventus – 21/01/25 |
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Ipswich 0-6 Man City – 19/01/25 |
Club Brugge 4-2 Beerschot – 18/01/25 |
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Brentford 2-2 Man City – 14/01/25 |
Club Brugge 2-1 Genk – 15/01/25 |
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Man City 8-0 Salford – 11/01/25 |
Anderlecht 0-3 Club Brugge – 12/01/25 |
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United Kingdom |
Tnt Sports 2, Discovery+, Discovery+ App |
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United States |
Paramount+, Vix |
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Canada |
Dazn Canada |
Rodri and Oscar Bobb are long -term absences for Man City, but their injury list does not end there. The Talismanic Center-Back Ruben Dias has suffered another setback and will be missing for the foreseen future due to a groin problem.
Center-Half Nathan Ake colleague is unlikely to present the middle of the week absent from the collapse against Brdford, while Speedy Winger Jeremy Doku is out for “a little” And he will lose the conflict with the Brugge Club – and probably the Premier League patron with Arsenal on Sunday.
John Stones will return to the original XI after Abdukodir Khusanov’s difficult debut against Chelsea last weekend, with Uzbek’s defender not presenting alongside the new signatures of Omar Marmoush and Vitor Reis.
Man City predicted the composition against Club Brugge (4-3-3): Ederson; Nunes, Stones, Akanji, Gvardiol. De Bruyne, Kovacic, Silva. Foden, Haaland, Savinho.
Club Brugge’s only concern on Wednesday night is Governor Hans Vanaken, who lost a 1-1 draw with Kortrijk over the weekend with illness. The important midfielder scored eight goals and gave ten assists to all matches this season.
Former Liverpool Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet will be a person known to Man City supporters and the stopper will be busy in Etihad. At the other end, Sweden Gustaf Nilsson will be based on goals that have noted this term.
Club Brugge predicted the series against Man City (4-1-4-1): Friends? Sabbe, ordinary, mecele, cuyper; Jachari? Scores, Vetlesen, snails, tzolis. Nilsson.
There will be many nerves inside Etihad on Wednesday given the inconsistencies of Man City this season, but the Cityzens are starting to find some form. Have won five of the last seven, including recent 3-1 victory over Chelsea.
Man City is still miserable in defense and Club Brugge would imagine their chances of violating Ederson, but Erling Haaland, Phil Foden and Kevin de Bruyne will have to condemn the Belgians to their first defeat by the end of October.
Forecast: Man City 3-1 Bruge Club
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2025-01-29 04:30:00
