Man City vs Real Madrid prediction, odds, lineups and betting offer

Manchester City will be looking for another strong performance when they welcome Real Madrid to the Etihad Stadium for the third time in as many season on the Champions League stage. A thrilling 3-3 draw left many wanting more of the same but it will take another special performance to re-enact last season's 4-0 win the last time Carlo Ancelotti's side were in Manchester.

After an incredible match in the Spanish capital, the bookies have City as the favourites at 8/13 with CopyBet while Madrid are 4/1 to book themselves a ticket in the next round and a draw is 16/5.

Both sides are the favourites to secure their respective domestic leagues although City still have pressure from Arsenal and Liverpool despite last weekend's results working in their favour. For Madrid, there is almost a sense of expecting to perform at these matches, no doubt something Ancelotti will be reiterating his side.

Neither side are blanking in this match are they? Real Madrid have not failed to score since start of November last year - that is 29 matches in all competitions - while City have failed to hit the target twice in the same timeframe. As well as this, the fixture has finished with both sides scoring in four of the last meetings five meetings (8/13) and finished over 2.5 goals (4/7).

To add to this, City have failed to achieve three or more goals in this fixture just twice since April 2022 but have only blanked in this fixture once so backing them to maintain their impressive goalscoring form at over 2.5 goals for Guardiola's side is 7/4.

Big games like this require big players producing big performances and this is the perfect situation for Jude Bellingham to continue his incredible trajectory in his debut season at the Santiago Bernabeu. At