A very interesting duel will be played at the Etihad Stadium between Manchester City and Atletico Madrid. This will be a clash of two different philosophies of football, the tic-tac-toe of Guardiola and the ultra-defensive style forced by Cholo Simeone. Not so long ago I remember how Simeone knocked Liverpool out of the Champions League by being incredibly lucky that Liverpool did not score 5 goals then. I expect a similar game tonight, Atletico is coming to try to play a draw, while the host will surely want to solve the game already in Manchester. City are having a great season for now, fighting for the Premier League title while the Champions League is certainly a priority as it is the only competition Guardiola has not won on the "Citizens" bench. They managed to beat Burnley 2-0 in the last game, they scored two early goals and it can be said that after the second goal, they saved a little for this important duel. As for the injured players, Dias has missed the last 5 City games, but they have conceded only 2 goals in those games so his absence is not overly visible. Walker will also not play, which means that Cancelo will play right back. Atletico has tied a couple of victories in the League and is now in the place that leads to the Champions League, although they are not playing as well as last season. Atletico have knocked out City's city rival Man Utd and I think they will have a hard time knocking out Man City, which is certainly a class above Man Utd this season. Simeone will certainly be defensive, but the defense of Atletico Madrid is not playing as hard as in previous seasons, and that may be due to the constant change of formations in which they play. Simeone played against Alaves in 3-5-2, so it is possible that he will come out in a similar formation tonight.Atletico is coming without defender Gimenez and Carrasco, two very important players. I think that at the moment Manchester City is too strong for the guests from Madrid, their midfield is incomparably stronger than Atletico's and I think that City will take a victory that will allow them to control the whole game.

My prediction;

Outcome: Man City to win -1.5

Goals: over 2.5

一场非常有趣的对决将在曼城和马德里竞技之间的阿提哈德球场上演。这将是两种不同足球哲学的碰撞，瓜迪奥拉的井字游戏和乔洛·西蒙尼强加的超防守风格。不久前，我记得西蒙尼是如何将利物浦淘汰出欧洲冠军联赛的，他非常幸运当时利物浦没有进 5 个球。我预计今晚会有一场类似的比赛，马竞将试图打平，而东道主肯定想在曼彻斯特解决这场比赛。曼城目前有一个伟大的赛季，为英超冠军而战，而欧冠无疑是当务之急，因为这是瓜迪奥拉在“公民”替补席上唯一没有赢过的比赛。他们在上一场比赛中2-0击败伯恩利，早早打进两球，可以说在第二个进球之后，为这场重要的对决节省了一点。至于受伤的球员，迪亚斯已经缺席了曼城最近5场比赛，但是他们在那些比赛中只丢了2个球，所以他的缺席并不太明显。沃克也不会上场，这意味着坎塞洛将踢右后卫。马竞在联赛中取得了几场胜利，现在正处于通往冠军联赛的位置，尽管他们的表现不如上赛季。马竞已经淘汰了曼城的同城对手曼联，我认为他们将很难淘汰曼城，曼城本赛季肯定比曼联高出一个档次。西蒙尼肯定会防守，但马德里竞技队的防守并不像前几个赛季那样努力，这可能是由于他们的阵型不断变化。西蒙尼以 3-5-2 对阵阿拉维斯，因此今晚他可能会以类似的阵型出场。马竞没有后卫吉梅内斯和卡拉斯科这两位非常重要的球员。我认为目前曼城对马德里的客人来说太强大了，他们的中场是比马竞更强大，我认为曼城将取得一场胜利，他们将会控制整场比赛。

预测：曼城让球胜平