City and Erling Haaland look unstoppable and a relentless offensive force, the only thing wrong with that statement is the fact that Newcastle and Aston Villa have already stopped them in 3-3 and 1-1 draws. Having said that, they have scored 20 goals in six EPL starts and we all know that the Holy Grail for this club is the Champions League and they will be looking for a 6th straight quarter final appearance and to better a run to the final in 20/21 and final four last season, when they were two goals up on aggregate as the second leg entered added time, which even now seems crazy to type. They had dominated Real Madrid up to that point and those final five minutes or so must have haunted Pep and his team ever since. Now they face a tough game in Seville against a home side also hugely experienced in Europe and very difficult to beat, but this is not that Sevilla, just a pale imitation!

 

The home side finished 4th in 21/22 and for a while looked set to put in a title push, but they only won 5 of their final 18 starts , averaging 1.22 goals scored per game, with the other top 4 sides averaging between 1.87 and 2.17 through the same period. They were eliminated from the Europa League by West Ham and came into this campaign with pre season losses to both Arsenal and Leicester by a combined 7-0 and they have "built on that" taking just a single point from four league starts. The first three were against weak opposition, they hosted Barcelona at the weekend and lost 3-0, it was not just the score, but performance, the Catalan side simply carved Sevilla open at will , xG says it was 0.9-4.8 but it felt FAR more emphatic. BC's were 1-9 and that is a far better indicator of how the game played out. You do wonder how ugly this could get, if the hosts play similarly and City close to their best and get an early(ish) lead. 

 

It looks like a bad transfer window for Sevilla who lost both starting central defenders in Diego Carlos and Jules Kounde, the two were pretty much first names on the team sheet last season and their absence has left the hosts in a bit of a mess.

 

2.25 units Manchester City -2 goals 2.69 asian line.

 

 

Good luck!