Pep looked even more angry and yes, baffled, when his side blew a 2-0 lead and had to settle for a share of the spoils in a 2-2 draw. They were in Belgrade late on Wednesday/early Thursday, Manchester on Saturday and now in Jeddah for an early evening kick off on Tuesday, making this their 8th start inside 24 days! City and Pep are treating this seriously, but are without several star names and just need the win and will not overly care how it comes about. Jeddah is also a 7 hour flight across three time zones and this will kick off at 21:00 local time which is late in the day for EPL footballers.

 

We know Urawa well and they were better than 4th place in J-League suggests and are very much a cup team, I appreciate that there is a big/huge gulf in class, but this is a massive day for Reds, a goal will be greeted like a win and they have been in Jeddah for the best part of a week and have already beaten what we know was a decent enough Liga MX side in Leon, whom we "liked" in the summer Leagues Cup. Leon were very offensive minded so the fact that Urawa kept them scoreless was noteworthy and at least proves they are in good shape. J-League teams are dominating asian football currently and a good showing today will further "spread the word" in the region.

 

2.25 units both teams to score 2.39 asian line.

 

Good luck!