Real Madrid and Manchester City were the favorites for this year's Champions League title. And we thought these two would meet in the final. But Madrid and Manchester City are going to meet in the quarter finals.
It is impossible to predict which team will win. Every one of the Madrid vs City matches we've seen over the last few seasons has been competitive. And the scenario this season is similar.
Manchester City's performance has been somewhat erratic. On the other hand, Madrid's main striker Benzema is missing this season. Madrid mainly rely on their midfielder Bellingham to score goals. On the other hand, City are strong enough with Haaland and De Bruyne. Betting on this match is very risky. So I will refrain myself from betting on this match.
It's easy to predict, the winner is Manchester City.
Real Madrid was struggle to beat Leipzig, Leipzig isn't really a strong team. But Real Madrid beat them with small margin, unlike Manchester City which destroy Copenhagen in both match.
First leg, Manchester City will win, so it's good to make a bet.
But for the second leg, Manchester City might not use all of their strength because they want to secure the points.
I wouldn't say it is that clear, there are different levels to this and could be considered risky. I do understand that many people think of the situation a bit differently because they look at it like you, but bigger clubs do tend to play worse against weaker teams since they underestimate their opponent as well. So, it's clear that Real will play differently towards Manchester City compared to how they played against Leipzig.
You can put some second division team against them and find out how bad they could even get, it is very obvious. This is why the best game Real Madrid will play all season long could probably be against Manchester City, not saying it will be, just that there is a possibility of something like that being true.