Manchester City v FC Copenhagen Betting Tips [6 March 2024]

Manchester City will continue with their Champions League title defence when they host Copenhagen in their last 16 return leg. Ahead of this encounter, City lead 3-1 from the first leg, and have one foot in the quarters. They are coming into the game on a high, having beaten Manchester United 3-1 in the Manchester derby. That was the 17th win of a 19-game unbeaten run across all competitions but it was borne of a great effort. They had to come from behind after a thunderous effort from Marcus Rashford had them trailing at half time. However, Phil Foden’s brace and Erling Haaland’s goal sealed the deal for City. Pep Guardiola’s side will not put aside their domestic title ambitions to focus on Europe. Foden, who is enjoying a good run of form also scored in the first leg of this tie. He will be a favorite to start here as City seek to reap from his good run of form.

Copenhagen are competing in the Champions League knockouts for just the second time in their history. Eight points from their group stages matches had Copenhagen confident going into their first leg game. They even pulled a goal back after City had taken the lead, but things would change for the worse. The confidence they had when starting their home game is for sure dented as they head to one of the toughest venues. Copenhagen would post back-to-back wins in their domestic league after losing to City. However, they suffered another loss right ahead of this game, losing 2-0 away to Midtjylland. Coming from that, and without an away win in the last three Champions League matches means this will be a tall order. This will be Copenhagen’s second visit to Manchester City in the first, in 2022, they lost 5-0. They have now faced City five times and failed to win any, losing three.

Manchester City aren’t expected to falter here, coming into this game leading the tie 3-1. The Cityzens are also well motivated after their derby win over Manchester United. With a 10 game undefeated run, City are expected to have an easy outing. Their matches in this competition have largely had over 2.5 goals. Copenhagen’s recent Champions League matches have also been high-scoring. In the Manchester City v Copenhagen game, we expect over 2.5 goals to be scored, with Manchester City winning.