The second leg of the Champions League semi-final between Manchester City and Real Madrid takes place on Wednesday 17 May at 10pm at the Etihad Stadium and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1, Orange. Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1.

Manchester City will be hoping to avenge last season’s exit from Real Madrid, also at the semi-final stage, after the first leg was held to a 1-1 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu (Vinicius 36, respectively, De Bruyne 67). .

Manchester City lead the Premier League with two stages to go in the domestic season, four points clear of second-placed Arsenal and having played a game less.

The “townsmen” won the last stage of the championship at the ground of “Everton” with a score of 3-0 and are preparing for the ninth title in the history of the club (it would become the fifth after the arrival of Pep Guardiola, the third in a row).

Pep Guardiola’s side reached this phase of the competition after winning a group that also included Dortmund, Sevilla and Copenhagen (four wins and two draws), in the round of 16 they saw off RB Leipzig, 1-1 (d) and 7-0 (a), and in the quarter-finals he eliminated Bayern Munich 3-0 (a) and 1-1 (d).

Manchester City’s best game in the Champions League is the 2020-2021 season finale in Porto, which they lost 0-1 to Chelsea.

Real Madrid are 2nd in La Liga (Barcelona are the de facto champions with four legs to play) and have already won this season’s trophy, the Copa del Rey, after 2-1 in the final against Osasuna.

In the last game of the championship, the Whites won 1-0 at home against Getafe in the end of the match, in which several players in the starting line-up did well.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side reached the quarter-finals after topping a group with Leipzig, Shakhtar Donetsk and Celtic (four wins, a draw and a loss) before beating Liverpool 5-2 in the round of 16 (d) and 1-0 ( a), and in the quarter-finals – Chelsea, 2-0 (d) and 2-0 (a).

Real Madrid have won the Champions League trophy 14 times, most recently in the preliminary draw in Paris after beating Liverpool 1-0 in the final (losing three more in the final act of the competition).

The two teams revisit the semi-finals of the last tournament, when Real Madrid qualified in dramatic fashion against Manchester City after 3-4 away and 3-1 at home (after extra time), in a final that would have brought them their 14th trophy in their history.

Probable teams

Manchester City: Ederson – Walker, Ruben Diaz, Akanji – Stones, Rodri – Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Grealish – Haaland.

Real Madrid: Courtois – Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Camavinga – Valverde, Kroos, Modric – Rodrigo, Benzema, Vinicius.

Superbet offers odds of 1.40 on the PsF1 prediction: the hosts lead at half-time or prevail at the end of the match Manchester City – Real Madrid.

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