At 03:00 a.m. Beijing time on September 19, the first round of the Champions League stage will stage an interesting strong dialogue, and the Premier League Blue Moon Army Manchester City will host the Serie A champion team Inter Milan.
In terms of overall strength, Manchester City naturally has a clear advantage. Judging from the past head-to-head records of the two teams, Manchester City has only achieved a record of 2 wins and 2 losses in the last 4 meetings with Inter Milan, and the two teams can be a draw. However, 3 of these 4 matches are friendly matches, which is not much of a reference nature. It is worth mentioning that in last year's Champions League final, the two teams met in a narrow way, and Manchester City won 1:0. It can be seen that Manchester City still has a slight advantage.
Judging from the past games, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola attaches great importance to the Champions League, not to mention, this is the first game of the Champions League in the new season, so in order to get a good start to the new season of the Champions League, this game against Inter Milan, Guardiola will definitely go all out and try his best to play the strongest starting lineup in his mind. Here's a quick prediction of the starting lineup that Guardiola is likely to send in this game.
In the goalkeeper position, it is natural that the main goalkeeper Ederson continues to guard the Manchester City goal; At the back, it is no surprise that Guardiola will continue with his usual back four, with Gvardiol, John Stones, Ruben Dias and talented youngster Rico Lewis expected to start. John Stones and Ruben Diaz were the two centre-backs; Gvardiol and Rico Lewis will play at wing-back, one on the left and one on the right.
In terms of midfield, there is no doubt that the main defender who is responsible for intercepting and tackling in Manchester City's midfield will still be Kovacic; Mateo Kovacic will be paired in a back pair with frustrated midfielder Mateus Nunez. In front of the two midfielders, midfield commander Kevin De Bruyne is expected to continue to dominate the front line, passing the ball and feeding the cake. Gundogan was on the bench.
On the forward line, it is not surprising that it is natural to charge for the team in the front court or the leading striker Haaland; Partnering Haaland in the front trident should be Manchester City's newly returned Prince Foden and his international team-mate Jack Grealish. To sum up the above analysis, the final expected starting lineup for Manchester City against Inter Milan is: Ederson; Gvardiol, Stones, Ruben Dias, Rico Lewis; Kovacic, Mateus-Nunez, De Bruyne; Foden, Haaland, Grealish