The motivation is always sky high in all teams. For Man City, it is a little extra, as they want to win so badly and have been so close so many times. But this season they have Erling Haaland, a player they really needed all these seasons because it seemed that Pep Guardiola's team always lacked a classic "nine". In the premiere, it was a walk in the park against Sevilla away. In addition to Haaland netting twice, Phil Foden and Ruben Dias also scored a goal each. Man City have been rested this weekend, following the death of Queen. So we can count on the players to be rested and sharp. Dortmund also impressed in their debut with goals from team captain Marco Reus, Jude Bellingham and Raphael Guerreiro at Signal Iduna Park against Jess Thorup and his Copenhagen. They have also performed well in the Bundesliga. However, there was a big loss last time against Emil Forsberg and his RB Leipzig, who had hired the former Dortmund manager Marco Rose. A reaction is to be expected. Although it probably won't be enough to travel home with intact points. Dortmund played very badly against Leipzig, they almost didn't threaten the whole 90 minutes and it's hard that they will succeed now against Man City who is playing very well and will surely press Dortmund even harder than Leipzig. The Germans have been struggling with their defence for several seasons, Manuel Akanji signed for today's rival, and it is unbelievable that the Dortmund board cannot deal with that problem. An easy win for the home side is expected so therefore bet falls on Man City to win with 2 or more goals difference.

My prediction;

Outcome: Man City to win -1.5