Anticipation builds as Villarreal prepare to host Manchester City at Estadio de la Cerámica on 2025-10-21 (kick-off 20:00 GMT), in the UEFA Champions League of the 2025-2026 UEFA Champions League.
Looking back over 2 duels, Guardiola has 1 win versus Marcelino, who has no wins, with 1 draw.
With 1 point, Villarreal sit 26th, while Manchester City have 4 points to occupy 8th.
Villarreal misses 4 players: P. Cabanes (Knee Injury), L. Costa (Knee Injury), J. Foyth (Muscle Injury), W. Kambwala (Hamstring Injury) but Manchester City misses 3 players: A. Khusanov (Ankle Injury), Rodri (Hamstring Injury), R. Ait Nouri (Ankle Injury).
We're predicting Villarreal to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-4-2, and Manchester City are expected to line up in 4-1-4-1.
The previous match saw I. Akhomach lead Villarreal with a 6.9 TheyScored rating, and P. Foden top-rating for Manchester City at 8.3.
Villarreal could only draw 2-2 with Real Betis, but Manchester City bounced back with a 2-0 win over Everton.
Both teams have been in great form: Villarreal 2-2-1 and Manchester City 4-1-0 over their last 5 matches.
Manchester City hold the upper hand H2H: of 2 meetings, they've triumphed 2 times, conceded 0 times and shared 0 draws.
The two most popular scorelines among our users are 1-3 (picked by 17.5%) and 1-2 (picked by 13.8%).
Expect Manchester City to edge a 1-2 win: their 0-1-0 record on the road and 2.00 goals per away match tip the balance.
Villarreal is going head to head with Manchester City on 21/10/2025 19:00 GMT at Estadio de la Cerámica for the Eurocups UEFA Champions League. Our users most predicted score for this game is 1 - 2. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Villarreal v Manchester City H2H statistics!