Well, what about Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City? They desperately need to stop the rot when they face Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday night.
Pep Guardiola he is in the middle of the worst stage of his managerial career. City entered the November international break having lost four on the bounce in all competitions, and their woes were compounded by a rampant Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday as the Cityzens succumbed to a impressive 4-0 home defeat.
There are a myriad of factors behind City’s current demise; issues that reared their ugly head during a Defeat by 4-1 against Sporting CP on the 4th day of the league phase. As a result, they sit 10th in the table, but the relegated champions have a great chance to put some things on their feet ahead of a monster Premier League clash with Liverpool on Sunday.
Feyenoord have been up and down this term, especially in Europe. They have won two of their four matches but have been unable to capitalize on an impressive away win against Benfica as they were beaten 3-1 at home to previously pointless RB Salzburg last time out.
The Dutch side have lost just once in the Eredivisie, but four draws mean they are fourth in the table and have only an outside chance of competing with the likes of PSV Eindhoven and Ajax for the title.
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Man City vs Feyenoord H2H Record (all games)
Current form (all competitions)
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Man City 0-4 Tottenham – 23/11/24 |
Feyenoord 3-0 Heerenveen – 23/11/24 |
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Brighton – Man City 2-1 – 24/11/09 |
Almere 1-4 Feyenoord – 11/10/24 |
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Sporting 4-1 Man City – 24/11/05 |
Feyenoord 1-3 RB Salzburg – 06/11/24 |
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Bournemouth 2-1 Man City – 02/11/24 |
Feyenoord 3-2 AZ Alkmaar – 03/11/24 |
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Tottenham 2-1 Man City – 30/10/24 |
Feyenoord 0-2 Ajax – 30/10/24 |
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country |
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united kingdom |
Amazon Prime Video |
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united states |
Paramount+, fuboTV, TUDN.com, Univision NOW, TUDN App, ViX, TUDN USA, UniMas |
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canada |
DAZN Canada |
Rodri’s absence has been sorely felt amid City’s recent run of form, and although the Ballon d’Or winner keep hoping to come back before the season ends, he remains sidelined for the foreseeable future. Oscar Bobb and Mateo Kovacic are also absent, while Ruben Dias is unlikely to play on Tuesday with a calf injury.
Jeremy Doku could return to the matchday squad after a break, while Kevin De Bruyne and Jack Grealish, substitutes used on Saturday, should enter Guardiola’s eleven.
Nathan Ake could offer Josko Guardiol a breather in City’s defence.
Man City’s predicted line-up against Feyenoord (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Walker, Akanji, Stones, Ake; Nunes, Lewis; Savinho, De Bruyne, Grealish; Holland
The visiting team also has its fair share of injury complaints. Eight players missed Saturday’s 3-0 win against Heerenveen, and there are doubts over the status of three key players – Santiago Giménez, Justin Bijlow and Quinten Timber – for Tuesday’s game.
Feyenoord will certainly be without Chris-Kevin Nadje after he was sent off in the league defeat to Salzburg last time out.
Hugo Bueno, Jordan Lotomba, Ayase Ueda, Ibrahim Osman and Quilindschy Hartman are other candidates to miss out.
Predicted line-up of Feyenoord against Man City (4-3-3): Wellenreuther; Nieuwkoop, Trauner, Hancko, Smal; Hwang, Zerrouki, Milambo; Moussa, Carranza, Paixao.
You wouldn’t want to support City in any match right now. They look old, unathletic and lack synergy out of possession. Guardiola has a mountain of problems.
However, they will not lose forever. While many suspected Saturday would be a ‘correct’ game for the Cityzens, their various problems allowed Tottenham to move and one has to suspect that even an injury-riddled Feyenoord will have their moments in Manchester.
It looks like a relatively friendly game for the CItyzens given the possible absences of the visitors, and we have to back them to win at home ahead of their trip to Anfield next Sunday.
