Champions League Final Tips – Saturday 10th June
Well, we had no luck in our Europa League Final tips, despite predicting how the game would go pretty accurately and then I did likewise for the FA Cup Final, but on both occasions, just one goal scuppered what would have been good returns in both games.
I did land the Man City win, but for a paltry £15 total return, so I definitely want to right those wrongs with my last tips article of the season.
All of which brings me onto Saturday night’s season finale at the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul as Inter Milan try to stop Manchester City completing the treble of Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League trophies in a single season.
Only Manchester United have completed just such a feat before, in 1999, and the Red Devils will now be hoping that Inter can do them a favour as they keep to retain that success at the turn of the century as a unique reward for their dominance that season.
But the Italian team will go into this game as the big underdogs in this game. City have been sweeping teams aside all season long in Europe and they remain unbeaten in this competition and have scored more goals and conceded fewer than their Italian rivals.
However, this is the first meeting between the two teams and Inter’s strong defence and ability to hit City on the counter could give the English double winners plenty of problems.
It’ll be a very interesting game but for now, I want to thank you for following my tips this season and I hope you will join me again next season when things kick off once again in August.
For now though, let’s take a closer look at how this Champions League final is shaping up.
Champions League Final Tips
Key Stats
Analysis
Can Inter’s defence stifle this Manchester City attack? Can their five-man midfield win the battle against City’s trio of central midfielders and wide-men tucking back? Can Inter’s attack get at City on the counter and score a goal or two?
Yes, they can, but are they likely to? I don’t think so.
City didn’t really play brilliantly against Manchester United at the weekend, but they still beat their old rivals 2-1 and perhaps should have scored more given some of the chances they had.
But as much as that FA Cup Final victory was celebrated, this is the trophy that everyone involved at Manchester City wants to win and I think a number of players may have had this game on their mind at the weekend.
Inter’s great form of late and solid defence and midfield is solid enough against decent opposition, but City are so much better than any other top side in Europe at the moment and if they can dominate possession, as I think they will, then there will be just one outcome in my view.
Prediction
Inter Milan v Manchester City: Extra Tips
Correct Score – Manchester City 3-1 Inter Milan – £10 returns £120.00 at Bet365
Anytime Goalscorer – Ilkay Gundogan (Man City) – £10 returns £50.00 at Bet365
*Tips are exactly that tips (predictions) and do not guarantee success.
Team Performance Comparison – UEFA Champions League:
Inter Milan
- Played – 12
- Won – 7
- Drew – 3
- Lost – 2
- Goals Scored – 19
- Goals Against – 10
- Leading Goalscorer – Dzeko, Lukaku, Martinez, Barella – all 3 goals each
Manchester City
- Played – 12
- Won – 7
- Drew – 5
- Lost – 0
- Goals Scored – 31
- Goals Against – 5
- Leading Goalscorer – Erling Haaland – 12 goals
The Road To Istanbul
Group Stage
Inter Milan
Inter began their Champions League campaign in Group C.
- Group Stage Match 1 – v Bayern Munich (H) – L 0-2
- Group Stage Match 2 – v Viktoria Plzen (A) – W 2-0 (Dzeko 20, Dumfries 70)
- Group Stage Match 3 – v Barcelona (H) – W 1-0 (Calhanoglu 45+2)
- Group Stage Match 4 – v Barcelona (A) – D 3-3 (Barella 50, Martinez 63, Gosens 89)
- Group Stage Match 5 – v Viktoria Plzen (H) – W 4-0 (Mkhitaryan 35, Dzeko 42,66, Lukaku 87)
- Group Stage Match 6 – v Bayern Munich (A) – L 0-2
Group C Table
- Bayern Munich – 18pts (+16)
- Inter Milan – 10pts (+3)
- Barcelona – 7 pts (0)
- Viktoria Plzen – -0pts (-19)
Manchester City
Manchester City were one of the top seeds in Group G of the Champions League.
- Group Stage Match 1 – v Sevilla (A) – W 4-0 (Haaland 20,67, Foden 58, Dias 90+2)
- Group Stage Match 2 – v B.Dortmund (H) – W 2-1 (Stones 80, Haaland 84)
- Group Stage Match 3 – v Copenhagen (H) – W 5-0 (Haaland 7,32, Khocholava 39og, Mahrez 55 pen, Alvarez 76)
- Group Stage Match 4 – v Copenhagen (A) – D 0-0
- Group Stage Match 5 – v B.Dortmund (A) – D 0-0
- Group Stage Match 6 – v Sevilla (H) – W 3-1 (Lewis 52, Alvarez 73, Mahrez 83)
Group G Table
- Manchester City – 14pts (+12)
- Borussia Dortmund – 9pts (+5)
- Sevilla – 5 pts (-6)
- FC Copenhagen – 3pts (-11)
Knockout Phase
Inter Milan
- Round of 16 1st Leg – v FC Porto (H) – W 1-0 (Lukaku 86)
- Round of 16 2nd Leg – v FC Porto (A) – D 0-0
- Quarter Finals 1st Leg – v Benfica (A) – W 2-0 (Barella 57, Lukaku 82p)
- Quarter Finals 2nd Leg – v Benfica (H) – D 3-3 (Barella 14, Martinez 65, Correa 78)
- Semi Finals 1st Leg – v AC Milan (A) – W 2-0 (Dzeko 8, Mkhitaryan 11)
- Semi Finals 2nd Leg – v AC Milan (H) – W 1-0 (Martinez 74)
Manchester City
- Round of 16 1st Leg – v RB Leipzig (A) – D 1-1 (Mahrez 27)
- Round of 16 2nd Leg – v RB Leipzig (H) – W 7-0 (Haaland 22p,24,45+2,53,57, Gundogan 49, De Bruyne 90+2)
- Quarter Finals 1st Leg – v Bayern Munich(H) – W 3-0 (Rodri 27, Silva 70, Haaland 76)
- Quarter Finals 2nd Leg – v Bayern Munich (A) – D 1-1 (Haaland 57)
- Semi Finals 1st Leg – v Real Madrid (A) – D 1-1 (De Bruyne 67)
- Semi Finals 2nd Leg – v Real Madrid (H) – W 4-0 (Silva 23,37, Akanji 76, Alvarez 90+1)
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Author: David Lenton
