The second leg of the 2023 24 Champions League 1 8 finals has been fully launched, and only two teams in the Premier League are left to compete in the round of 16, the worst in the past five seasons. At 4 o'clock in the morning on March 7, Beijing time, the second leg of the Champions League round of 16, the defending champion Manchester City will sit at home to face the Danish team Copenhagen. Pep Guardiola's side are currently in contention for the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup, and have a chance to become the first team to defend the treble.
Manchester City vs. Copenhagen, from the analysis of the value and lineup of the two teams, Manchester City has an overwhelming advantage, and Guardiola sits on 12The super luxury squad of 600 million euros has stars such as Haaland, Foden, De Bruyne, Alvarez, Rodri, Akanji, Dias, and B seats. As for Copenhagen, the team is worth only 84.6 million euros, which is a huge gap with Manchester City, and most of the players in the team are from Denmark.
Judging from the recent form of the two teams, Manchester City started the second half of the game to grab points, unbeaten in 19 consecutive games in all competitions, ranked 2nd in the Premier League, reached the top 8 of the FA Cup, won the Club World Cup, and won the Champions League for 7 consecutive wins. On the other hand, Copenhagen's state is average, with only 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses in the last 10 games, ranking only 3rd in the Danish Super League, and the Champions League group stage is only able to beat Manchester United to advance with the last three rounds of points.
Judging from the rankings and offensive data of the two teams in their respective leagues, Manchester City's record in the Premier League after 27 rounds is 19 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, and it ranks second in the standings with 62 points, 1 point behind Liverpool and 1 point ahead of Arsenal, and the next round of the Premier League will be away against Liverpool. In the first 27 rounds, Manchester City scored 62 goals, 21 goals in the Champions League, and the team blossomed in attack, with a total of 13 players on the scoresheet, Haaland, Foden and Alvarez all scored in double figures, with Haaland scoring 28 goals in all competitions and being the team's top scorer.
On the other hand, Copenhagen only achieved 12 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in the Danish Super League, ranking 3rd in the standings with 39 points, in the Danish Super League, Copenhagen scored 39 goals, 9 goals in the Champions League, and a total of 13 players in the team scored, including Rooney Badgui scored 10 goals in all competitions and was the team's top scorer.
Looking at the injury situation of both teams, for Manchester City, Grealish and Gvardiol are injured and unable to play, and the rest of the players are available. For FC Copenhagen, Lerag and Hochlava will be sidelined. Looking at the head-to-head record between the two teams, Manchester City beat FC Copenhagen 3-1 away in the first leg of this season, with Kevin De Bruyne, Foden and Bench B scoring goals each. In last season's Champions League group stage, Manchester City won 5-0 at home.
Judging from Manchester City's schedule, March can be called the devil's schedule, in the Premier League with Manchester United, Liverpool, Brighton and Arsenal, is a critical period for the championship, the Champions League facing Copenhagen is the weakest of all opponents in March, the Premier League at the weekend, Manchester City will play away with Liverpool for the title of the king of the mountain, Guardiola will rotate the starting lineup to a certain extent, in preparation for the Premier League peak showdown.
There are many offensive points in the Manchester City team, De Bruyne, Haaland, Foden's state is at its best, in the last round of the Manchester derby, Foden played well, scored 2 goals, dominated the reversal, Haaland also scored goals, in recent rounds Alvarez and B seat state has fallen, just take advantage of the Champions League to adjust the state, prepare for the Premier League sprint, optimistic about Manchester City double kill Copenhagen, impact eight consecutive wins, the sword to the treble.