Manchester City vs Copenhagen: How to Watch, Betting Odds & Prediction

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Written by: Findlay Brown

Manchester City welcome Copenhagen for the second leg of the Champions league Round of 16 having won the reverse fixture 3-1 in Denmark.

The home side are fresh off a 3-1 victory in the Manchester Derby on Sunday while the match will only be Copenhagen's fifth competitive game since December.

How to Watch Manchester City vs Copenhagen in the UK:

UK viewers can watch the match live on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate. Kick-off is set for 8pm UK time.

Recent Form:

Manchester City are comfortable favourites, and for good reason. They are the current champions as part of their treble winning season last year. City have not lost a game since December (1-0 away to Aston Villa) and despite doubts about their performances against Bournemouth, Brentford (both 1-0 wins) and Chelsea (1-1), they responded in style with an emphatic 6-2 win over Luton courtesy of five goals from Erling Haaland. City showed more dominance in a 3-1 home win against Manchester United in their final game before the tie courtesy of a Phil Foden masterclass.

City also carry a 3-1 aggregate lead into this fixture following the result in the first leg on the 13th February.

Following a two month break in the Danish Superligaen, Copenhagen have resumed the campaign with wins against Silkeborg IF (0-3) and FC Nordsjaelland (2-0) but fell to title rivals Midtjylland (2-0) at the weekend. They find themselves locked in a three-way title fight with Brøndby and Midtjylland, currently sitting in third.

Their main threat comes from Mohamed Elyounoussi. The number ten impressed in the group stages and will hope to spur his team on to a comeback. Copenhagen will also be hoping Scott McKenna can continue build on his impressive defensive performance in the first-leg and keep a potent City attack out.

Team News:

City winger Jack Grealish could be out until the end of the month after injuring his groin during the win over Luton last week.

Both Lukas Lerager and Davit Khocholava will be missing for Copenhagen with an unknown return date at this time.

Betting Odds:

City predictably enter as heavy favourites with Betfair offering them at 1/6 with an implied probability of 85.7%. Coral give the underdogs a whopping 22/1 (4.3% probability) chance of coming away with a victory.

PaddyPower, bet365 and Skybet offer 15/2 (11.8%) for the sides to draw on the night.

Prediction:

OddsNow expect City to win comfortably again to proceed to the Champions League quarter-finals.