Manchester City vs Wydad: prediction, preview, line-ups and odds for match on June 18, 2025
FIFA Club World Cup
Game Prediction
Manchester City and Wydad will play against each other in the 1st round of the Club World Cup on June 17, 2025. The English giants are set to start the fight for the trophy with a victory over their opponents from North Africa.
Preview: Manchester City vs Wydad
The English club, completing the so-called “treble”, finally won the Champions League in 2023. Still, then the results declined. At least the following season, it, having again overtaken Arsenal, retained the lead in the Premier League. Speaking about the new cycle, little worked out. The team, having barely reached the play-offs, they immediately lost to Real Madrid in the Champions League and hopelessly fell behind Liverpool at the inner arena. The Premier League brought only 3rd place, which was taken in the last round. At the same time, the club said goodbye to De Bruyne. Still, the management has already managed to sign a number of new players.
The nominal guests from Casablanca were last at their peak in 2022. Then they not only became the best in Morocco (for the 22nd time), but won the African Champions League. The team also played in the final of the next cycle, but overall experienced a decline. A year ago in Botola, the team was only in 6th place, left without a ticket to international tournaments, and this spring gave an opportunity to rose only to 3rd place (16 points behind the leader, Berkane).
Guardiola’s footballers are not as good as usual. They have got less than 1.9 goals scored and 1.16 goals conceded in the Premier League – the fans have long been accustomed to other indicators. The Moroccans have demonstrated a more pragmatic football: scoring one and a half goals, they concede 0.9 goals in return.
Manchester City vs Wydad: key statistics and trends
- Manchester City has won twice in a row.
- 55% of Manchester City’s matches have ended with “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per struggle is 3.05.
- Wydad finished the season with an unbeaten streak of 14 games, but then lost in friendly meetings.
- 53% of Wydad’s confrontations have brought “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per match is 2.4.
Manchester City vs Wydad: possible starting line-ups
Manchester City (possible line-up): Ederson – Ait-Nouri, Gvardiol, Ruben Dias, Matheus Nunes – Gundogan, Kovačić, Marmoush, Cherki, Bernardo Silva – Haaland.
Wydad (possible line-up): Benabid – Boutouil, Dairani, Moufi, Boucheta – Zemraoui, Lorch, Moubarik – Obeng, Rayhi, Mailula.
Previous head-to-head matches: Manchester City vs Wydad
The club from North Africa has a chance to show itself in the battle against the giants from the Foggy Albion for the first time.
Free prediction for the match Manchester City vs Wydad
Now, the English club is clearly “hungry” for titles, especially since it managed to miss out on the FA Cup. Thus, it is reasonable to wait for their revenge – the team will win with “a -2.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.93).