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Manchester City hosts Borussia Dortmund in this second Champions League group game of the season with both clubs hoping to make an impression in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BVB and City won their opening group matches and they now look to be the pacesetters in the group ahead of Sevilla and FC Copenhagen.
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It promises to be an interesting night as the City goal machine, Erling Haaland, faces his former team, months after leaving them for the Premier League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pep Guardiola is still searching for his first Champions League win since he won the competition back to back as the manager of Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

City has reached the final and the semi-final in the last two seasons and they will want to go one further and win it this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Haaland on their side, that can be achieved, but Dortmund will not make life easy for them in this game.
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Jude Bellingham’s side will want to prove why they are the second favourites to qualify from this group and that should make them deliver a top performance in this fixture.
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City won both legs of the last time both clubs met in this competition, but Dortmund had won two of the previous three h2h.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best soccer prediction for this game is over 2.
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5 goals. For similar predictions, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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City won both legs of the last time both clubs met in this competition, but Dortmund had won two of the previous three h2h. The best soccer prediction for this game is over 2. 5 goals. 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