Juventus vs Man City tips and predictions: The Italians to prevail in compelling Club World Cup clash

Juventus state of play

After a shaky domestic campaign in which they made hard work of qualifying for the Champions League, Juventus have enjoyed a perfect start to the Club World Cup. 

The Italian giants kicked things off with a 5-0 rout of Al Ain before beating Wydad AC 4-1 to punch their ticket to the knockout stage. 

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Kenan Yildiz has been the star of the show after netting three goals in the two games and boss Igor Tudor will be hoping the forward can continue his hot form. 

Manchester City state of play

Despite also breezing to victories in their two games, Manchester City need to beat Juve to progress to the last 16 as Group G winners. 

Phil Foden and Jeremy Doku netted in a 2-0 success against Wydad before five different players including new boy Rayan Cherki scored in a 6-0 demolition of Al Ain. 

Cherki is one of the new signings made by Pep Guardiola in this calendar year and the City boss will be eager to see how his refreshed squad performs in their stiffest test of the competition so far. 

Key talking point: A battle between two teams in transition

The tournament represents the start of new eras as both are coming off underwhelming domestic campaigns. 

An ultimately successful end to the Serie A season means Juve have upgraded Tudor from interim to permanent manager and he's tasked with taking the Old Lady back to the top of European football.

A tactical change from predecessor Thiago Motta, he has his players attacking games with an element of freedom and the shackles seem to be off. 

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City's response to a trophyless term has been to splash the cash on new signings and give Guardiola the chance to embed his new boys before 2025/26 gets underway. 

Cherki, Rayan Ait-Nouri and Tijjani Reijnders have the class to thrive, but a number of buys in recent years have needed time to get to grips with Guardiola's philosophy. 

You could, therefore, excuse City, who also made plenty of signings in January, if they are not quite at their brilliant best for 90 minutes. 

FIRST’s top tip for Juventus vs Manchester City

Juventus to win - 7/2 (Betway)

Juve have caught the eye and will fancy their chances against a City side in the rebuilding process. A repeat of last December's Champions League victory could be on the cards. 

Extra tips

Both teams to score - 8/11 (Betway)

There should be goals as Juve have blanked once in their last 10 and City have only failed to score twice in the same number of games. 

Kenan Yildiz to score or assist - 23/10 (Betway)

The selection, which you can make via your online betting slip, has landed in the 20-year-old's last four club appearances, providing four goals and three assists. 

Team news

Bremer, Juan Cabal, Arkadiusz Milik and Mattia Perin remain long-term absentees for Juve, who could name an unchanged XI for the third game in a row. 

Mateo Kovacic underwent surgery on an Achilles injury before the tournament and Rico Lewis is suspended after seeing red against Wydad. Guardiola could make wholesale changes to his starting XI again. 

Juventus vs Manchester City predicted line-ups 

Juventus: Di Gregorio; Kalulu, Savona, Kelly; Costa, McKennie, Thuram, Cambiaso; Conceicao, Yildiz; Kolo Muani (3-4-2-1)

Manchester City: Ederson; Nunes, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol; Gonzalez, Silva; Savio, Foden, Marmoush; Haaland (4-2-3-1)

Form guide (all competitions) 

Juventus: DWLWDDWWWW

Man City: WWWWDLWWWW

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