Villarreal CF
Football UEFA Champions League Estadio de la Ceramica Tue 21 Oct 15:00
Manchester City FC
  1. Prediction
  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Injuries
  7. Squads
  8. Table

Champions League Betting Preview: Villarreal vs Manchester City

Spanish La Liga team Villarreal host Premier League side Manchester City in this Champions League match at Estadio de la Ceramica, with kick-off set for 15:00 on Tuesday 21 October. Our betting preview features expert predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, team news and both predicted and confirmed lineups.

Back Villarreal to Make Life Difficult for Citizens

Villarreal should prove to be competitive against Man City. With this in mind, we’ll back the home team on the Asian Handicap +0.75 at odds of -105, meaning a split stake between 0.5 and +1.0.

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City Landed Victory in Last Game

Villarreal drew their last game 2-2 at home, with the action taking place at Estadio de la Ceramica against Real Betis in La Liga. Marcelino Garcia's men recorded 40% possession and had three shots on target, while Tajon Buchanan and Alberto Moleiro each scored one goal.

Manchester City won their previous game, beating Everton at home. It was a 2-0 Premier League victory at Etihad Stadium. The North-West club had seven shots on goal and boasted 71% possession, with Erling Haaland scoring twice.

In their previous Champions League matches, Villarreal played out a 2-2 draw at home to Juventus, while there was a 2-2 City draw away to Monaco.

Champions League G W D L GF GA GD GD P
8 Man City logo Man City 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 4:2 4
26 Villarreal logo Villarreal 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 2:3 1
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Villarreal – Last 10 League & Champions League Games

Villarreal have 6 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws, averaging 2.0 goals from 5.2 shots on goal and 13.9 attempts. El Submarino Amarillo have averaged 46.0% possession, 435.3 passes and 5.0 corners per match, with the opposition scoring 1.2 goals from 3.7 shots on goal, 11.8 attempts and 3.4 corners.

Tajon Buchanan and Pape Gueye are the leading goalscorers with 4, while Alberto Moleiro has 2. Sergi Cardona and Etta Eyong have racked up the most assists with 2, while goalkeeper Luiz Junior has 3 clean sheets.

Manchester City – Last 10 League & Champions League Games

City have won 7, lost 2 and drawn 1, with an average of 2.2 goals from 4.8 shots on goal and 13.7 attempts. There’s been an average of 58.3% possession, 552.4 passes, 4.9 corners awarded and 3.4 corners against, while they’ve conceded 0.7 goals from 2.9 shots on goal and 9.8 attempts.

Erling Haaland has scored 12 goals, followed by Matheus Nunes, Phil Foden, Tijjani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki on 1. Jeremy Doku has clocked up 3 assists, with Gianluigi Donnarumma, James Trafford and Ederson keeping 5 clean sheets between them in the previous 10 games.

Predicted & Confirmed Lineups

Villarreal predicted lineup (4-4-2): Arnau Tenas (GK), Santiago Mouriño, Rafa Marín, Renato Veiga, Sergi Cardona, Tajon Buchanan, Pape Gueye, Thomas Partey, Manor Solomon, Nicolas Pepe, Georges Mikautadze.

Manchester City predicted lineup (4-1-4-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK), Matheus Nunes, Josko Gvardiol, Ruben Dias, Nico O'Reilly, Nico González, Oscar Bobb, Phil Foden, Tijjani Reijnders, Savinho, Erling Haaland.

Villarreal vs Manchester City Prediction & Betting Tips

Get the full betting picture for Villarreal vs Manchester City, including our expert match prediction, likely scoreline, key corners pick, must-watch player props and a tailored bet builder ready to use.

Match Prediction

Villarreal can perform well in this Champions League game and we’re backing the home team at -105 on the Asian Handicap. We think that they will prove competitive and +0.75 is a value bet.

Injuries and suspensions are studied by the team at Sportsgambler.com. Our football predictions also come from studying the latest Champions League form, with the numbers playing a huge part before the tips are decided.

Key Villarreal vs Manchester City Champions League & league stats:

  • The +0.75 line has been covered by Villarreal in 12 consecutive games at home.
  • The +0.75 line has been covered by Villarreal in 18 of their last 20 games at home.
  • The -0.75 line hasn’t been covered by City in 13 of their last 20 games on the road.
  • The -0.75 line hasn’t been covered by City in 6 of their last 10 games on the road.

Villarreal +0.75 Probability

The top bookmakers are estimating that there is a 51.3% likelihood of this pick landing a return. However, our experts think that the probability sits between 55-60% taking all factors into consideration. This wager can therefore be backed with confidence.

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Our Match Prediction
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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Oscar Bobb Under 0.5 Shots On Target -132 BetMGM logo

Oscar Bobb (City) hasn’t registered a shot on goal in eight consecutive games. We think he might not cover the line, with odds of -132 being served up for this Shots on Target bet.

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Erling Haaland to Score -127 BetMGM logo

Erling Haaland (City) has scored at least one goal in eight straight games. We’ll use this stat and take odds of -127 that he is able to score at least one goal when it comes to wagering on Anytime Goalscorer.

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Corners Prediction

Man City Under 5.5 Corners -139 BetMGM logo

The 5.5 corners line has not been covered by City in five consecutive away matches. We’re expecting City to fall short of the line, with this Team Corners bet on offer at -139.

Champions League & League Games
League Games
Last 10 Total For Against
Last 10 at Home Total For Against
Last 10 Away Total For Against
Villarreal Logo Villarreal
Total
7.80 4.40 3.40
Home
9.70 5.60 4.10
Away
7.80 2.90 4.90
Man City Logo Man City
Total
9.30 5.20 4.10
Home
8.70 6.20 2.50
Away
8.40 4.40 4.00
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Bet Builder Tips

Asian Handicap Villarreal +0.75 -105
Both Team To Score Yes -149
Shots On Target Oscar Bobb Under 0.5 -132

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Villarreal vs Manchester City Odds

The odds are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

City Match Odds Suggest Victory

Manchester City are available at -147 to come away with a triumph in this Champions League clash, meaning a 60% likelihood of winning according to the published betting odds. Villarreal are trading at a bigger price than their opponents and the outsiders can be backed at +370.

There’s a Half-Time Result market should you wish to predict the outcome at the break. Villarreal are +360 here and the draw is +150, with City on offer at +117.

Over 2.5 Goals is the shortest odds and that means three goals or more are anticipated. Both Teams to Score is one of the top markets and the BTTS Yes option can be wagered at -149.

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Erling Haaland Favourite to Find the Net First

Erling Haaland is the First Goalscorer favourite at +230 and there’s an opportunity to back him to find the net anytime at -127.

Player Goals
Erling Haaland (City)
First
-127
Anytime
+230
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Divine Mukasa (City)
First
+220
Anytime
+480
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Sávio de Oliveira (City)
First
+225
Anytime
+500
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Phil Foden (City)
First
+260
Anytime
+600
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Player Shots On Target
Sávio de Oliveira (City)
Over 0.5
-227
Under 0.5
+140
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Divine Mukasa (City)
Over 0.5
-208
Under 0.5
+130
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Erling Haaland (City)
Over 1.5
-164
Under 1.5
+102
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Team Stats

Latest Champions League and domestic league stats. Full Time Result, Goals, Corners and Possession.

Villarreal logo Villarreal Stats
Manchester City logo Manchester City Stats
Full-Time Result
  • 6 wins, 2 defeats and 2 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 8 wins and 2 draws in the previous 10 home matches
Full-Time Result
  • 7 wins, 2 defeats and 1 draw in the previous 10 matches
  • 5 wins, 2 defeats and 3 draws in the previous 10 away matches
Goals
Goals
Corners
Corners
Possession
Possession

Villarreal vs Manchester City Lineups & Team News

Check the Villarreal vs City team news before you place your bets. We’ll share the predicted and confirmed lineups for the Champions League together with updated injury news.

Villarreal Predicted Lineup 4-4-2

Manchester City Predicted Lineup 4-1-4-1

Villarreal Predicted Lineup 4-4-2

25 Arnau Tenas
15 Santiago Mouriño 4 Rafa Marín 12 Renato Veiga 23 Sergi Cardona
17 Tajon Buchanan 18 Pape Gueye 16 Thomas Partey 6 Manor Solomon
19 Nicolas Pepe 9 Georges Mikautadze
25 Gianluigi Donnarumma
27 Matheus Nunes 24 Josko Gvardiol 3 Ruben Dias 33 Nico O'Reilly
14 Nico González
52 Oscar Bobb 47 Phil Foden 4 Tijjani Reijnders 26 Savinho
9 Erling Haaland

Manchester City Predicted Lineup 4-1-4-1

Previous Villarreal Lineups

18 Oct La Liga
Villarreal 2-2 Real Betis
04 Oct La Liga
Real Madrid 3-1 Villarreal
01 Oct Champions League
Villarreal 2-2 Juventus
27 Sep La Liga
Villarreal 1-0 Athletic Club
23 Sep La Liga
Sevilla 1-2 Villarreal
20 Sep La Liga
Villarreal 2-1 Osasuna

Previous Manchester City Lineups

18 Oct Premier League
Man City 2-0 Everton
05 Oct Premier League
Brentford 0-1 Man City
01 Oct Champions League
Monaco 2-2 Man City
27 Sep Premier League
Man City 5-1 Burnley
24 Sep EFL Cup
Huddersfield 0-2 Man City
21 Sep Premier League
Arsenal 1-1 Man City

Injuries & Suspensions

Villarreal Injury Table
Type Name Info
No players are currently reported injured or suspended.
Manchester City Injury Table
Type Name Info
Abdukodir Khusanov Knock
Rodri Muscle
UEFA FlagChampions League Table
Champions League Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Bayern Munich 2 2 0 0 8:2 6
2 Real Madrid 2 2 0 0 7:1 6
3 PSG 2 2 0 0 6:1 6
4 Inter Milan 2 2 0 0 5:0 6
5 Arsenal 2 2 0 0 4:0 6
6 Qarabag FK 2 2 0 0 5:2 6
7 Dortmund 2 1 1 0 8:5 4
8 Man City 2 1 1 0 4:2 4
9 Tottenham 2 1 1 0 3:2 4
10 Atlético Madrid 2 1 0 1 7:4 3
11 Newcastle 2 1 0 1 5:2 3
12 Marseille 2 1 0 1 5:2 3
13 Club Brugge 2 1 0 1 5:3 3
13 Sporting 2 1 0 1 5:3 3
15 Frankfurt 2 1 0 1 6:6 3
16 Barcelona 2 1 0 1 3:3 3
17 Liverpool 2 1 0 1 3:3 3
18 Chelsea 2 1 0 1 2:3 3
19 Napoli 2 1 0 1 2:3 3
20 Union S-G 2 1 0 1 3:5 3
21 Galatasaray 2 1 0 1 2:5 3
22 Atalanta 2 1 0 1 2:5 3
23 Juventus 2 0 2 0 6:6 2
24 Bodo/Glimt 2 0 2 0 4:4 2
25 Leverkusen 2 0 2 0 3:3 2
26 Villarreal 2 0 1 1 2:3 1
27 PSV 2 0 1 1 2:4 1
28 FC Copenhagen 2 0 1 1 2:4 1
29 Olympiacos 2 0 1 1 0:2 1
30 Monaco 2 0 1 1 3:6 1
31 Slavia Prague 2 0 1 1 2:5 1
32 Pafos 2 0 1 1 1:5 1
33 Benfica 2 0 0 2 2:4 0
34 Athletic Club 2 0 0 2 1:6 0
35 Ajax 2 0 0 2 0:6 0
36 Kairat Almaty 2 0 0 2 1:9 0
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Atlético Madrid 1 1 0 0 5:1 3
2 Frankfurt 1 1 0 0 5:1 3
3 PSG 1 1 0 0 4:0 3
4 Marseille 1 1 0 0 4:0 3
5 Dortmund 1 1 0 0 4:1 3
6 Club Brugge 1 1 0 0 4:1 3
7 Sporting 1 1 0 0 4:1 3
8 Inter Milan 1 1 0 0 3:0 3
9 Bayern Munich 1 1 0 0 3:1 3
10 Arsenal 1 1 0 0 2:0 3
11 Qarabag FK 1 1 0 0 2:0 3
12 Man City 1 1 0 0 2:0 3
13 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 3:2 3
14 Real Madrid 1 1 0 0 2:1 3
15 Napoli 1 1 0 0 2:1 3
16 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 2:1 3
17 Tottenham 1 1 0 0 1:0 3
18 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 1:0 3
19 Galatasaray 1 1 0 0 1:0 3
20 Juventus 1 0 1 0 4:4 1
21 Bodo/Glimt 1 0 1 0 2:2 1
22 Villarreal 1 0 1 0 2:2 1
23 FC Copenhagen 1 0 1 0 2:2 1
24 Monaco 1 0 1 0 2:2 1
25 Slavia Prague 1 0 1 0 2:2 1
26 Leverkusen 1 0 1 0 1:1 1
27 Olympiacos 1 0 1 0 0:0 1
28 Benfica 1 0 0 1 2:3 0
29 Newcastle 1 0 0 1 1:2 0
30 Barcelona 1 0 0 1 1:2 0
31 PSV 1 0 0 1 1:3 0
32 Athletic Club 1 0 0 1 0:2 0
33 Ajax 1 0 0 1 0:2 0
34 Pafos 1 0 0 1 1:5 0
35 Union S-G 1 0 0 1 0:4 0
36 Kairat Almaty 1 0 0 1 0:5 0
Spain FlagLa Liga Table
La Liga 2025/2026
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Real Madrid 9 8 0 1 20:9 24
2 Barcelona 9 7 1 1 24:10 22
3 Villarreal 9 5 2 2 16:10 17
4 Atlético Madrid 9 4 4 1 16:10 16
5 Real Betis 9 4 4 1 15:10 16
6 Espanyol 9 4 3 2 13:11 15
7 Elche 9 3 5 1 11:9 14
8 Athletic Club 9 4 2 3 9:9 14
9 Sevilla 9 4 1 4 16:14 13
10 Rayo Vallecano 9 3 2 4 11:10 11
11 Alavés 8 3 2 3 9:8 11
12 Getafe 9 3 2 4 9:12 11
13 Osasuna 9 3 1 5 7:9 10
14 Levante 9 2 2 5 13:17 8
15 Mallorca 9 2 2 5 10:14 8
16 Valencia 8 2 2 4 10:14 8
17 Celta Vigo 9 0 7 2 8:11 7
18 Real Sociedad 9 1 3 5 8:13 6
19 Real Oviedo 9 2 0 7 4:16 6
20 Girona 9 1 3 5 6:19 6
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Villarreal 5 4 1 0 12:3 13
2 Atlético Madrid 5 4 1 0 12:5 13
3 Barcelona 4 4 0 0 13:2 12
4 Real Madrid 4 4 0 0 8:2 12
5 Elche 5 3 2 0 6:2 11
6 Osasuna 4 3 1 0 6:2 10
7 Espanyol 5 3 1 1 9:7 10
8 Athletic Club 5 3 1 1 7:5 10
9 Real Betis 4 3 0 1 7:3 9
10 Valencia 4 2 1 1 7:3 7
11 Alavés 4 2 1 1 7:5 7
12 Getafe 4 1 2 1 4:3 5
13 Celta Vigo 6 0 5 1 5:7 5
14 Mallorca 4 1 2 1 3:5 5
15 Sevilla 5 1 1 3 9:10 4
16 Real Sociedad 4 1 1 2 4:5 4
17 Girona 5 1 1 3 3:10 4
18 Real Oviedo 5 1 0 4 2:10 3
19 Rayo Vallecano 3 0 2 1 2:3 2
20 Levante 4 0 1 3 5:12 1
England FlagPremier League Table
Premier League 2025/2026
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Arsenal 8 6 1 1 15:3 19
2 Man City 8 5 1 2 17:6 16
3 Bournemouth 8 4 3 1 14:11 15
4 Liverpool 8 5 0 3 14:11 15
5 Chelsea 8 4 2 2 16:9 14
6 Tottenham 8 4 2 2 14:7 14
7 Sunderland 8 4 2 2 9:6 14
8 Crystal Palace 8 3 4 1 12:8 13
9 Man United 8 4 1 3 11:12 13
10 Brighton 8 3 3 2 12:11 12
11 Aston Villa 8 3 3 2 8:8 12
12 Everton 8 3 2 3 9:9 11
13 Newcastle 8 2 3 3 7:7 9
14 Fulham 8 2 2 4 8:12 8
15 Leeds 8 2 2 4 7:13 8
16 Brentford 7 2 1 4 9:12 7
17 Burnley 8 2 1 5 9:15 7
18 Nott’m Forest 8 1 2 5 5:15 5
19 West Ham 7 1 1 5 6:16 4
20 Wolverhampton 8 0 2 6 5:16 2
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Arsenal 4 3 1 0 11:1 10
2 Sunderland 4 3 1 0 8:2 10
3 Bournemouth 4 3 1 0 6:2 10
4 Man City 4 3 0 1 10:3 9
5 Liverpool 4 3 0 1 8:5 9
6 Man United 4 3 0 1 7:4 9
7 Everton 4 2 2 0 5:2 8
8 Brighton 4 2 2 0 7:5 8
9 Burnley 4 2 1 1 5:2 7
10 Brentford 4 2 1 1 6:4 7
11 Fulham 4 2 1 1 5:3 7
12 Chelsea 4 2 1 1 5:4 7
13 Aston Villa 4 2 1 1 5:5 7
14 Crystal Palace 4 1 3 0 6:5 6
15 Newcastle 4 2 0 2 6:5 6
16 Leeds 4 1 2 1 4:4 5
17 Tottenham 4 1 1 2 5:4 4
18 Nott’m Forest 4 1 0 3 3:8 3
19 Wolverhampton 4 0 1 3 4:11 1
20 West Ham 3 0 0 3 2:10 0