FC Barcelona vs Manchester City Predicted lineup, betting tips, odds, injury news, H2H, telecast | Pre-season friendlies 2024

The Catalans will commence their pre-season against the reigning Premier League side.

FC Barcelona will look to start their pre-season tour in the US by facing the Premier League champions Manchester City. Barcelona have been improving itself under the new head coach Hansi Flick who took over after former manager Xavi Hernandez, who was sacked by the Catalan club. Flick’s side is to face City, Real Madrid and AC Milan as a part of the pre-season campaign.

Not only would it be a difficult job to face these clubs, but emerging as the winner against them will be a very tough task. The Catalan club will not have some players for this tour as some are injured and some are enjoying their vacations. Barcelona have brought a very young squad for the pre-season tour.

On the other hand, City faced back-to-back defeats against Celtic and AC Milan as they lost their first match by 3-4 and their second match by 2-3. Pep Guardiola will look to give game time to as many players as possible for this upcoming fixture. Last season’s pre-season match between both of these teams ended in a draw but this time around City will look to break their losing streak of two matches by beating the Catalan team. Even though this will be a friendly match fans will expect a top-quality match for sure.

Kick-Off:

Wednesday, 31 July 2024 at 00:00 AM UK

Wednesday, 31 July 2024 at 04:30 AM IST

Stadium: Camping World Stadium

Form

Barcelona (in all competitions): W-W-W-W-W

Manchester City (in all competitions): L-L-L-W-W

Players to Watch

Noah Darvich (FC Barcelona)

He is a player who is really good at creating attacking chances for the teams and he is a versatile player who can play at various attacking positions. He is an extremely skilful and intelligent player, who likes to have the ball on his feet. he is a great dribbler who is capable of going past defenders very easily. His first touch always is inch-perfect and he always looks to attack the spaces. His finishing inside the box is also very good and it is difficult for opponents to dispossess him off the ball.

Erling Haaland (Manchester City)

Haaland is a big, strong, physically imposing centre-forward, he has everything that an ideal centre-forward needs to have. Overall he is a lethal goal scorer as he very rarely misses any chances of scoring a goal. In every season he performs very well, he is also known for his consistency which he shows quite often. He is a poacher inside the box who will score goals very easily and the opponents will have no chance of stopping him.

Match Facts

• Manchester City lost their last two Pre-season friendly matches.
• This will be FC Barcelona’s first Pre-season friendly match.
• In their last meeting match ended in a 3-3 draw.

Barcelona vs Manchester City: Betting Tips & Odds

• Tip 1 – Goals over 2.5
• Tip 2 – Both teams to score
• Tip 3 – Erling Haaland to score any time

Injury and Team News

Players who played in the Euros most probably will not take any part in this upcoming fixture, other than that there are no injury concerns for the team.

Ansu Fati and De Jong are out due to injury and Gavi is still unfit to play any match, The rest of the players are fit and will be available for this upcoming friendly match.

Head-to-Head

Total Matches: 7

FC Barcelona: 5

Manchester City: 1

Draw: 1

Predicted Lineup

FC Barcelona Predicted Lineup (4-3-3):

Ter Stegen(GK); Balde, Martinez, Kounde, Fort; Casado, Gundogan, Chistensen; Noah Darvich, Raphinha, Roque

Manchester City Predicted Lineup (4-2-3-1):

Ederson(GK); Lewis, Doyle, Pusey, Susoho; Perrone, O’Reilly; Grealish, McAtee, Bobb; Haaland

Match Prediction for Barcelona vs Manchester City

Both head coaches will look to test their players in this fixture and we can expect a lot of players getting a decent amount of game time. Barcelona will play its first pre-season match where whereas City will play their third match, both teams have quality players on their side and we can expect a quality match, this fixture will end in a stalemate.

Prediction: Barcelona 2-2 Man City

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