Manchester City vs Al Ain: prediction, preview, line-ups and odds for match on June 23, 2025
FIFA Club World Cup
Game Prediction
A match between Manchester City and Al Ain will be held in the 2nd round of the Club World Cup on June 23, 2025. The only question is how big the grandee’s win will be.
Preview: Manchester City vs Al Ain
The English grandee was losing ground after the 2023 “treble”. The following season, the club at least retained the championship in the Premier League, albeit having secured an advantage over Arsenal only in the last round. Then, even having paid more than 200 million in January, it quickly flew out of the Champions League and limited itself to 3rd place in the Premier League, simultaneously losing the cup final to modest Crystal Palace.
The team from the UAE won the last, fourteenth, championship title in 2022, and also won the last cup trophy. Still, it managed to add only the second victory in the Asian Champions League in history in 2024. This time, the club, even after Vladimir Ivić took over as coach at the end of winter, finished the UAE championship only in 5th position, having previously completely failed in the Champions League (there were 2 draws and 6 defeats).
The English club said goodbye to De Bruyne, but bought Ait-Nouri, Cherki and Reijnders before the start of the tournament. The last two footballers played against Wydad, but Foden, who was involved in both goals, became the hero. The opponent from the Middle East failed in the struggle with Juventus, conceding 5 unanswered goals.
Manchester City vs Al Ain: key statistics and trends
- Manchester City has won 3 times in a row.
- On average, Manchester City scores 1.89 goals and concedes 1.16 goals per match.
- 55% of Manchester City’s games have ended with “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per confrontation is 3.05.
- Al Ain had not lost in 7 meetings in a row before the match with the Italians.
- Al Ain scores 2.15 goals per game, conceding 1.23 goals in return.
Manchester City vs Al Ain: possible starting line-ups
Manchester City (possible line-up): Ederson – O'Reilly, Ake, Reis, Ait-Nouri – Doku, Reijnders, Cherki, Foden, Savio – Marmoush.
Al Ain (possible line-up): Autonne, Fabio Cardoso, Park Yong-woo – Salomoni, Rahimi, Romero, Al-Balushi, Nader, Traore – Laba.
Previous head-to-head matches: Manchester City vs Al Ain
They played a friendly match in 2014. And the British giants won that confrontation – 3-0.
Free prediction for the match Manchester City vs Al Ain
This opponent of Guardiola’s wards is even weaker. It makes sense to bet on the victory of the English club with “a -2.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.81).