Atalanta vs Manchester City Predictions

Manchester City continue to look impressive, with 10 victories in their last 11 matches. The Premier League champions are easing towards first place in this group, while they can secure a place in the next round with three points on Wednesday. Can they pile more misery onto a tough European campaign for Atalanta?

The Serie A side had looked like the story of the group stage campaign; until it kicked off. Atalanta have been thumped in each of their three games in this group, turning their dream first appearance into a nightmare. However, it’s now motivation. La Dea are desperate to return stronger next year, which has seen them switch focus to the league over Europe.

Man City are trying to chase both, and they have the squad to pull it off. The Citizens should be able to give their stars a break in Europe after this one, as they could have the group all but wrapped up with a win in the San Siro on Wednesday.

It’s hard to back against City here, who head into this clash in fine form as they chase down Liverpool. The Citizens are up and running after a shaky start, while their 5-1 thumping at home to Atalanta showed that they’re a cut above the sides in this group. With a 10-1 aggregate score across their first three games, we think City will fire a few more goals in another victory here.

However, Atalanta were the only side to score against City in the first three games. That’s no surprise, as the Italians are an incredibly forward-thinking side. In fact, their offensive approach from Serie A has failed to translate to Europe, which has seen them concede too many goals. They still have an impressive forward line who should cause City problems here.

Atalanta have seen both teams score in seven of their last eight games, while we see them testing this City side. The Italians have scored in back to back defeats in this competition, while they should be able to catch out a travelling City side in this one. We are backing City to take the points, but we still see the favourites conceding here. City to win and both teams to score is our pick for this one.

We are also backing a comfortable win for City, with Atalanta shipping 11 goals in their first three. However, the hosts conceded nine of those on the road, so we like the look of a 3-1 victory for City in Wednesday’s clash.