Sevilla vs Manchester City prediction, odds and preview

Sevilla had never failed to advance from their Champions League group before to the 2021–22 season, despite having only moderate success in the knockout stages, but Julen Lopetegui’s team could only finish third behind Lille and Red Bull Salzburg last season.

A fourth-place finish in La Liga gave Los Palanganas another chance to prove their mettle in Europe’s top division, but previous victories in the Europa League didn’t matter either as Sevilla succumbed to West Ham United in the round of 16.

But Lopetegui has led Sevilla to just one point from their first four La Liga games as a result of the dissolution of the Jules Kounde-Diego Carlos defensive partnership.

Erling Haaland was unable to complete his third consecutive hat-trick last Saturday, and despite the towering Norwegian’s 10 Premier League goals this season at Villa Park, Man City surrendered another two points early on.

In the second half, Kevin De Bruyne delivered a precise cross, and Haaland was there to meet it at the back stick and score the first goal. However, Leon Bailey’s thunderbolt equalized the score for Villa, who were wrongfully denied a second goal when Philippe Coutinho rifled home due to offside.

The Manchester club has never been eliminated from the group stage under Guardiola, despite the fact that Real Madrid stunned City 6-5 on aggregate in last year’s semi-finals thanks to the brilliance of Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior, and Rodrygo.

In the group stage of the 2015–16 season, Man City defeated Sevilla 5-2 over the course of two games. If an in-form Haaland wasn’t enough to make the home team nervous, the 22-year-old scored four goals in two games for Borussia Dortmund against Los Palanganas in 2020–21.