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PRESENTATION OF SCHALKE 04 - MANCHESTER CITY

Probably the least exciting match of the round of 16, unless you're a supporter of one of the two clubs. Manchester City is obviously a big favorite in this double-confrontation. The Citizens return strongly to Liverpool in the Premier League and have dominated their first phase of the Champions League (ahead of Lyon, Shakhtar and Hoffenheim) while Schalke came out 2nd in a rather low group (behind Porto but ahead of Galatasaray and Lokomotiv Moscow). Schalke, currently 14th in the Bundesliga, is having a difficult season, even at home.

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SIDES FOR SCHALKE 04 - MANCHESTER CITY

For this match, it is very clearly the Citizens who are considered favorites: 1.30 for Manchester against 9.50 for Schalke! The draw is listed at 5.80. These are the odds of Winamax.fr, the best odds observed among sports betting sites.

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COMPOSITION FOR SCHALKE 04 - MANCHESTER CITY

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PRONOSTIC SCHALKE 04 - MANCHESTER CITY

At first, there is a big gap between the two teams and City should win. Citizens' missteps are very rare this season. They come back strong since January, have a fire attack and an iron defense. I want to try the victory of City by more than a goal of difference (odds of 1.68). Among the scorers, there is the choice but Agüero remains the danger # 1. After, I would also try Bernardo Silva, who is sparkling now, it lacks more than a small goal

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Hervé Mathoux

Logically, Manchester

Schalke is the lightest team in the round of 16. I see a Manchester City victory, technically superior. But the odds of the draw (5.25) tempt me a lot ...

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Pierre Menes

Victory of City

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It's the most unbalanced round of 16. We will see if City will have the memory and will remember its lack against Lyon. I think City, this time, will win.

 

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On Wednesday evening at 21:00 the next Champions League round of 16 at the home of the Veltins Arena will be played with the match Schalke 04 against Manchester City. The conditions of both clubs could not be otherwise. While Schalke 04 is not in the Bundesliga in the run and is stuck on the relegation near 14th place in the table, Manchester City is after last intoxicating victories in the prime of his form and could increase the pressure on Liverpool in the Premier League last significantly.

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Schalke 04 and coach Domenico Tedesco are facing a mammoth task that needs to be tackled with new approaches. But the Schalke do not want to give up in advance, but seek much more happiness in the impossible. Defender Matija Nastasic emphasized the difference between the Bundesliga and the Champions League: "The Champions League is different. We have to enjoy that and show our character.

 

Do the Gelsenkirchen make it in their own right for a big surprise or are they running the risk of getting under the wheels?

 

Facts, Forecast, Direct Comparison & Lineup: Schalke 04 - Manchester City

The mood at the Schalke is after the Bundesliga weekend, to put it mildly, relatively modest - the disappointing 0: 0 against SC Freiburg was anything other than Champions League worthy. Against the Breisgauer Schalke fell back into his old pattern and revealed what is lacking throughout the season. The Royal Blue Game was saturated with a huge amount of lethargy and revealed a lack of creativity and playful solutions. Although played Freiburg Suat Serdar early dismissal in the 42nd minute in the cards, but lacked Schalke even before the penetration. Therefore, the counted coach Tedesco will have to make some personnel changes to give the Schalke game wings again.

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Compared to the Bundesliga match on Saturday, performer Caligiuri will be able to regain his place as right-back and move the talented McKennie into the defensive midfield. Bentaleb and Mascarell compete for the second 6th position. For a use of the latter would speak his physical robustness and presence, which could cause some problems for the small ManCity midfielder. On the wing, the 18-year-old Matondo gets the chance to prove his former club that it was a mistake to give him a small share. Hope is also the return of the injured Guido Burgstallers, who is expected to come against the Citizens from the bank. That's why sporting director Christian Heidel summed up the chances realistically, but not without a spark of confidence. "The European football world will not bet on Schalke, we are blatant outsiders in both games, which may result in forces. Manchester City also lost to Newcastle and Crystal Palace. "

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Manchester City had two penalties against middle-class opponents, but the two games and the unvoiced Leicester match (1-2) remained an absolute exception. After the Leicester defeat in mid-December City played twelve matches and was able to win eleven victories with an incredible goal difference of 49: 6. This allowed the Citizens, in one game more, to catch up with Jürgen Klopps Liverpool and build up a lot of pressure. At the weekend City did in the FA Cup knockout round fourth against Newport County, however, harder than expected. Only in the second half, the team from Manchester won the match 4: 1 for themselves. Leroy Sane, who scored the opening goal from an acute angle, also played a big part in the victory. In the game against his former club, he will be particularly motivated to show his talent in front of his friends and relatives as well as football Germany.

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It will also be a very special match for Ilkay Gündogan, who is expected to be in the starting lineup - he was not only born in Gelsenkirchen but also played for the Schalke youth. He is looking forward to the game, but also urged to concentrate. "Everyone thinks that Schalke has no chance. Although the duel on Wednesday is an away game for us, everyone expects us to dominate it. We must not take the Schalke on the light side, they will be well prepared for us. "

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The direct comparison is brief and close: Schalke and Manchester City met so far only once in their history. At the end of 2008, City won the UEFA Cup group match 2-0 at Schalke.

 

Analysis of composition and tactics forecast

Schalke 04 4-2-4 | Manchester City 4-3-3

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The tactics of this pair of new products is unlikely. Schalke has been stable in 4-2-4 games recently (4-2-3-1), and Tedeco will probably not change anything. Extremely attacking style. The interesting thing is that the team played a more defensive football at the beginning of the season, but was reorganized at the moment. City 4-3-3 plays constantly. There are losses to Stones, Mendi and Jesus. They are easy to replace. Aguero is still the number 1 in attack, instead of Stones there is Kompani or Otamendi. And instead of Mendy, Zinchenko or Danilo can come out. Tactics do not change. The owners also have no new losses, so that hardly any changes are to be expected.

 

Prediction for the match Schalke 04 - Manchester City

The shape of Schalke is of course not right. You have problems in the domestic championship. It is unlikely that they will fly 8 points out of the relegation zone, but the team is still playing in the Champions League and somehow in the 14th line of the Bundesliga ... that's all weird. Although more than once we have been honored that the teams fail the domestic championship, but in the Champions League this is steady. Schalke had something like that 7-8 years ago. After they passed Inter, they conceded to M. Yu.

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The group phase was not bad in principle. At home there was a draw against Porto and two wins. Although I will not say that the miners had a tough group.

 

In the last round they played 0-0 against Freiburg, they played in the minority more than half time, which should also affect before the upcoming game. In general, Schalke plays the second home game in a row in the minority. Previously, they lost to BM 0-2.

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The city is good now. You have won the last 4 games, 12 of the last 13 games. All of these victories brought City closer to Liverpool, and the seemingly lost championship regained momentum, and the "citizens" still have a chance at success in the Premier League. The team will participate in all 4 tournaments and in a few days the final with Chelsea in the League Cup. Of course, the season is still good for Pep and the team. The reserve is excellent so they can afford to play on all fronts.

 

In the Champions League, there were no problems except the games with Lyon, which found an antidote against the "citizens". Nevertheless, City left the first place.

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In general, a difficult match in terms of prediction, very much. On the one hand there is a powerful city, on the other an incomprehensible Schalke, which does not impress in its form, and it is not clear in which physical form the players will approach the play. Nevertheless, we will be objective. Even if the mood of the Pitmen is high, it is impossible to pull the match out of the mood. Physically, guests will be stronger. Pep is not familiar with Schalke hearsay. He played against the Pitmen more than once. City against "German" teams in the Champions League has 6 wins in 7 games. Schalke lost at home against strong opponents. Bayern BM scored 2 goals. DB with Bayer 2-1. And the team is not that hard for them to score. City will try to solve everything in the first game, as it was the case last season in Basel, when 4 guests were taken away from home. For Schalke this is a familiar situation, and more than once when they lost a lot at home in the playoffs, I remember playing with Real. Nevertheless, I will build here on the guests, I expect goals. Yes and tactically for the "citizens" it should be easier here.

 

Shalke

The German club is in a very disadvantageous position in the play-offs of the Champions League, but for Schalke the entry into this phase of the tournament is a serious achievement. In the group stage, the German club Galatasaray and Lokomotiv surpassed and finished second in the standings. In the national championship, Domenico Tedesco's stations look terrible and the team takes a place in the second half of the general classification. In the last five official games, the team from Gelsenkirchen won only one victory, namely in the German Cup (4-1 against Fortuna).

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Domenico Tedesco prefers defensive football, but his players are not always able to perform coaching competently. Many players from Schalke show in the current season, no real commitment and disappoint the fans of the club with their game. Now it is difficult for us to name the main team, since Tedesco can not determine the base by mixing the players all the time. Nevertheless, the Schalke leaders are easy to determine - Fermann, Nastasich, Sana, Kalijuri and Bentaleb.

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MANCHESTER CITY

The big English football dreams of winning the Champions League and has everything to achieve such a goal - a victorious head coach, a brilliant line-up, a staged game. Manchester is running quite smoothly in the current season. In the group stage of the Champions League, the "citizens" have reached the first place in their group. In the national championship the players of Guardiola show the highest football level. Liverpool fought for the championship title. In addition, the city is also successful in the national cup, where the team recently played the round of 16 and beat Newport (4-1).

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The composition of the city looks brilliant, in which there are many real football stars and promising football players. The experienced Silva, De Bruyne, Aguero and Fernardinho bring stability to the city dwellers and Sana'a, Sterling, Bernardo and Jesus - speed and unpredictability.

 

COFFICIENTS OF BOOKMAK OFFICES AT SHALK GAME - MANCHESTER CITY

In this confrontation, the bookmakers emphasize the English club as a clear favorite and estimated the victory of the Guardiola stations by a factor of 1.30. The winning score for the German team is quoted at 10.50 and a draw at 6.50. The total wagers for a game are estimated by bookmakers based on such coefficients: "total is more than 2.5" for 1.55 and "total is less than 2.5" for 2.65.

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PRICES AND RATES FOR MATCH SHALK - MANCHESTER CITY FROM WEBSITE ANALYSTS

The level of these teams does not really differ in favor of the Domenico Tedesco stations. The English club is the clear favorite of the game and has a total advantage on the football field. Schalke tries to catch but the team is too weak. Therefore, our forecast is the victory of the guest team with a small minus rate.

 

Bet: Manchester win with handicap (-1.5) – 1.80.

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We need to get into the fresh analysis of the Champions League. At the upcoming meeting, two more fights will take place in the round of 16 of this "eary" tournament. You have already guessed that it is now about Scharkes sparring against Manchester City. It is necessary to point out that this action begins at 23:00 Moscow time in the stadium of the Veltins Arena. So dry is it to start analysis for such battles.

 

There is such a rumor among the people that the English Grandee was lucky. They say that Atletico could come to Madrid, so they have to fight against the strongest representative of the Aryan region. To be honest, we can agree. It makes no sense to lie, your humble servant does not see the scenario that the owners have a chance of succeeding. Nevertheless, you must search for a safe coefficient.

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Schalke

"Cobalt" is in an incomprehensible form - in the last five games there were two world matches with two defeats and one victory. Honestly, not the best statistics before such a responsible duel. On the sixteenth, our today's heroes showed that they can stick to the world record. The only problem is that this happened in the battle with Freiburg.

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Remember the tournament path of the team. German boys participated in the fun of group D. Without exaggeration, this basket can be described as the strongest. There have cooked Russian locomotive, Turkish Galatasaray and Porto. Portuguese "dragons" were too strong - scoring 16 out of 18 possible points. Of course, Schalke comes second in such a situation.

 

Manchester City

Much has been said about this English team this season. The guys are really in top shape - in the five extreme fights there are four wins at a loss. On the 16th, the team won the knockout round of Newfoundland. The poor opponent lost 1-1. This is not the first time that rivals simply fly away. All you have to do is remember the fight with Chelsea.

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The English team played in Group F. This letter could be applied to rivals. Let us remember that Donetsk Shakhtar, Lyon and Hoffenheim were in the same team with the "citizens". Between these three teams, all remaining cards were played. Our today's heroes have lost only once. It happened in the fight with Lyon in their own arena.

 

Prediction for this game

"Eagles" look good on the road. What is there to say that the British were even able to win in Ukraine and that is not enough for everyone. In this situation, it really makes sense to create a favorite.

 

Bet - Manchester City wins with a handicap of -1.

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In the "Veltins Arena" on Wednesday, "Schalke" will take home the "Manchester City" as part of the Champions League. We offer our forecast for this game.

Schalke

"Schalke" comes to a game with the English champions and one of the strongest Champions League teams in the 14th line of the Bundesliga. The Pitmen are closer to the relegation zone than clubs struggling to get into the Europa League.

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His performance "Schalke" has not improved significantly even after the winter break. Gelsenkirhentsy only won two of the six official matches of the year and lost to Bayern (1: 3) and Menhengladbach Borussia (0: 2). Schalke also drew with Herta (2-2) and Freiburg (0-0), while Wolfsburg (2-1) and Fortuna (4-1) beat Domenico Tedesco.

 

Despite unsuccessful results in the Bundesliga, the management of the Tedesco club has not yet dismissed. The main reason for this is probably the success of Schalke in the Champions League, in which the Germans were lucky with the group. In the quartet with Lokomotiv, Galatasaray and Porto Schalke was the second and lost only in the away game against the Portuguese (1: 3).

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At home, the Pitmen played Porto (1-1) and lost in the away game against Galatasaray (0-0) points. The Germans defeated Lokomotiv twice, 1-0, while the Turks won 2-0 at home.

 

At Schalke there were three defeats before this meeting. The injured Benjamin of Istanbul, Alessandro Shepf and the disqualified Omar Mascarell will definitely not help the team. Also, the issue of involvement of the attackers Brill Embolo and Stephen Skrizybski. But Guido Bugstaller recovered.

 

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Manchester City

On the contrary: "Manchester City" is in a good mood with "Schalke" in a duel. Josep Guardiola's team defended the Premier League lead a week ago, defeating Chelsea at home (6-0). And although the rivals of the "citizens" still have a game in reserve, the bookmakers started to consider the Manchester Club as favorites of the competition.

 

Sir Alex is still playing in all sorts of tournaments and on Sunday Manchester City can win the first of them. Guardiola's team will meet in the final of the League Cup with Chelsea.

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Manchester City is waiting for the upcoming fight with 12 wins in the last 13 games. In the last four meetings, the citizens defeated Arsenal (3-1), Everton (2-0), defeated Newport (4-1) and Chelsea (6-0). The only defeat at this time Sir Alex unexpectedly suffered a duel with Newcastle (1: 2).

 

In the Champions League "Manchester City" won the first place of the group, after he had difficulties only in games against Lion. The French defeated the "citizens" in Etihad (2: 1) and drew with the English at home (2: 2) a draw. However, Shakhtar Guardiola defeated 3-0 and 6-0 and Hoffenheim beat 2-1 twice.

 

Manchester City have no injuries, but Vincent Kompany and Benjamin Mendi remain questionable for the game.

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Statistics and personal meetings

Schalke won only one of the last five official games.

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In all four home games Schalke played in the Champions League with a total bet of less than 2.5.

Manchester City won 12 of the last 13 official meetings.

All four previous official "citizens" have won with a difference of more than one goal.

Out in the Champions League, "Manchester City" won only 4 of the last 12 fights.

"Manchester City" and "Schalke" met only once. In the UEFA Cup 2008 in Gelsenkirchen, the British won (2: 0).

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forecast

Undoubtedly, Manchester City does not play as confident in the Champions League as the team wishes. When in England "citizens" smash everything and everyone, the results of the Guardiola station in the Champions League are given with great difficulty. In this case, however, the league leaders and champions of England will face the 14th Bundesliga team, who have won only one of the five previous games, and may take the win with them.

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Our prediction is Manchester City wins 1-2 goals over 2.00

 

Former Spartak midfielder and Ukrainian national team, as well as website expert Maxim Kalynychenko from VseProSport.ru share his assessment of the Schalke Champions League match - Manchester City.

"Manchester City" has made a very strong move in recent games, but can the "citizens" also beat Schalke?

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"Schalke" failed at the season opener - Domenico Tedesco's team lived a long time near the relegation zone, and the Pitmen's 14th place is hardly outstanding today. From the relegation zone "Schalke" separates eight points, so that the fight probably does not threaten him, although the game of the team is far from ideal. The Pitmen dropped out of their group from second place after failing to compete with Porto by five points.

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Manchester City is fighting for the championship in the Premier League. The team of Pep Guardiola could win a good handicap for Liverpool. Now the citizens each have 65 points with their main rivals, but the Reds have another game in the reserve. In the Champions League "Manchester City" looked very convincing - the club came with 13 points ahead of the finish, ahead of the nearest competitor "Lion" with five points. If you do not consider the failures in the confrontation with the "weavers", we can say that the Guardiola team has successfully completed the group stage.

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The favorite in this pair is obvious - this is Manchester City. Surely the "citizens" will not delay the decision to reach the quarter-finals for the return meeting and try to solve everything else in Gelsenkirchen. Starting the game "Citizen" is always very powerful, "Schalke" has to resist a serious onslaught.

 

I propose an option with a 2.91 goal in the first 15 minutes of the game

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"Schalke"

Schalke players reached the eighth final and finished second in Group D. After eleven points, the Pitmen fell behind Porto, but were ahead of Galatasaray and Lokomotiv Moscow.

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Note that the only defeat suffered by Domenico Tedesco in Portugal was a score of 1: 3.

 

In the current Bundesliga season Schalke is with 23 points on the 14th place.

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In the last four rounds, the Gelsenkirchen team fought with "Herta" (2: 2) and "Freiburg" (0: 0) and also lost to "Borussia" from Mönchengladbach (0: 2) and "Bayern" (1: 3) , ,

 

The injured Schalke include Benjamin Istanbul, Alessandro Schopf, Stephen Szhibeski and Brel Embolo.

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Manchester City

Manchester City became the winner of Group F, beating Lion, Shakhtar and Hoffenheim 13 points.

 

The "citizens" suffered only one defeat when they lost in the first round sensationally against Lyon (1: 2).

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The charge of Pep Guardiola is at the top of the English Premier League. You have the same number of points with Liverpool, but with a game in hand.

 

In the account of "Manchester City" a series of three wins in which he won against Arsenal (3: 1), Everton (2: 0) and Chelsea (6: 0).

 

"Man City" passed the old school test

"Manchester City" got a ticket to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup

After injuries, "citizens" Claudio Bravo, Benjamin Mendi and Vincent Kompany are restored.

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Forecast for Schalke - Manchester City

In the upcoming game bookmakers offer the guests the advantage: Manchester City - 1.29, Schalke - 11: 00, draw - 6.30.

 

To be honest, the "city dwellers" were lucky with the draw, because at that time they had one of the weakest opponents.

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The Pitmen are in the process of restructuring, and their bad form can at least be judged by the Bundesliga, where they play badly.

 

It seems to us that the British also have to win on the way, as well as with a sure result. The "Manchester City victory" with a handicap of -1.5 for 1.79 seems quite safe.

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You can also take the "individual sum" Manchester City "more than 2.5" for 2.03. The defense of "Schalke" will be very difficult to contain the attack power of the guests

 

On Wednesday evening in Germany, the first game of the knockout stages of the Champions League takes place, in which the Gelsenkirchener Schalke plays against Manchester City.

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