Manchester City and Juventus will face off in the final round of matches in Group G at the Club World Cup. This Thursday match is a repeat of their Champions League encounter in the just-ended season. Read in for our prediction.
The Premier League and Italian giants are battling for the top spot in the group. Their places in the knockouts are already confirmed, and Juventus enter this game leading the group.
The Italians claimed huge wins over Al Ain and Wydad, scoring a combined nine goals and conceding once. In their most recent meeting with City, Juventus registered a 2-0 win for their sixth unbeaten outing in this fixture.
Manchester City registered wins over Al Ain and Wydad, scoring eight times and not conceding a goal so far. They lost four times in the last six meetings with Juventus. Before the 2024 meeting, though, the two hadn’t faced off in about a decade.
Past results will not matter here, especially for a team like City, who have really invested in the playing unit. Both teams had desperate campaigns in their domestic leagues.
City will hope to win this, having finished trophyless for the first season since Pep Guardiola’s arrival at the club. They are the defending champions here too, though the changed structure means the winner this time has to sweat it through.
Manchester City and Juventus were never expected to struggle in this group, and the planning of their fixtures favored both teams. They have been among the best scoring in the Club World Cup group stage. While they’ve been superb in attack, defensively they’ve been among the meanest.
It just occurs that when such sides face off, it is never a goal fest. Their last meeting had only two goals scored, and here we could see the same. Our prediction for Juventus v Manchester City is for under 2.5 goals.