Slovan Bratislava vs Manchester City Prediction & Betting Tips (1 October)

Having passed the challenge of the four preliminary rounds of the Champions League, Slovan Bratislava very clearly deserves its place in the most prestigious of European competitions but it is clear that the level is going up a notch and its heavy defeat on the pitch of Celtic Glasgow during J1 could ultimately only be a warning for the matches to come. Already this evening, the level is going up another notch or even two notches with City. If we exclude the Champions League, the Slovaks are showing their advantage at the national level by being leaders of the championship and also qualified for the 1/16 finals of the Slovak Cup following their recent success against Belusa 1-6. last weekend, Slovan battled on the pitch at Michalovce as part of the 9th day of the championship to follow. It is obvious that we take the time to properly present Manchester City's opponent, on the other hand, for Cityzens, no need to spend hours there. References for several seasons in Europe and above all winners of their first Champions two years ago, the SkyBlues are in a spirit of revenge following their elimination in the quarter-finals of the LDC against the future winner, Real Madrid.

As part of the 1st day, Pep Guardiola's men received Inter Milan in a sort of "remake" of the 2023 final won by City, but they came up against a locked defense which was only looking for the score of parity 0-0. In the league, the four-time successive winner of the best league in the world will try to achieve the quintuple and is at the top of the table neck and neck with Liverpool, Aston Villa and Arsenal, the top 4 of the previous season. Three days ago, as part of J6, Haaland and his partners took to the pitch at St. James Park to challenge Newcastle to follow. 

Absent from the trip to Celtic Park on the first day, Adler (absent from the field since April) and starting defender Pauschek (injury contracted in summer preparation) will be OUT for the reception of the Mancunian ogre. Author of 6 goals and co-top scorer in the Slovak elite, Barseghyan will be there just like Mak and Strelec (both with two goals in the league) without forgetting to mention the altruistic Gajdos (1 pawn, 3 assists in the elite).Following De Bruyne's uncertainty against Arsenal, the Belgian genius was finally forced to withdraw but was expected to play in the league last weekend (uncertain). On the other hand, it is the end of the season for one of the main contenders for the Ballon d'Or, Rodri who suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament against the Gunners, replaced by Kovacic.

Note the injuries to Dutch international Aké and Bobb (OUT this evening). Erling Haaland does not get injured and continues to panic the scorers by becoming the 2nd player in history to reach 100 goals the fastest with a club (105 matches) tied with a certain Cristiano Ronaldo (100 goals in 105 matches with Real Madrid). Bernardo Silva, Foden, Doku, Grealish will also be traveling like rookie Savinho, which allows Guardiola to have reliable options even off the bench to make a difference.