Villarreal vs Manchester City Predictions

These clubs are going to face each other after a long time and are likely to come up with an interesting contest. Manchester City are likely to come out on top to secure a win against Villarreal in their upcoming UEFA Champions League clash

Match info: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Estadio de la Ceramica, Villarreal

Date: Tuesday, 21^st October 2025

Time: 8 pm Nigerian time

Manchester City have an unsightly Champions League streak to end when they visit the Estadio de la Ceramica for Tuesday's Champions League league-phase clash with Villarreal.

Pep Guardiola's men have failed to win any of their last five away games in the competition, but their hosts are still waiting for their first victory of this season's tournament.

Head-to-head:

• Villarreal have never beaten Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League.
• Manchester City won their two ever matches.
• Villarreal scored just one goal in those games.
• Manchester City hit the back of the net on five occasions.
• Manchester City are on an eight-match unbeaten run.
• Man City have three clean sheets to their name in last five matches.

Form:

• Villarreal in the Champions League: L-D
• Villarreal in all competitions: W-W-D-L-D
• Manchester City in the Champions League: W-D
• Manchester City in all competitions: W-W-D-W-W

Team News:

• Villarreal will miss out on the services of Pau Cabanes, Willy Kambwala and Juan Foyth as they are injured.
• Rodri, Rayan Ait Nouri and Abdukodir Khusanov might not be in action for Man City due to their fitness issues.

Player(s) to watch:

• Tajon Buchanan will be one of the main men in the attacking front for the Yellow Submarines. He is going to lead the attack from the right and will be looking to step up his game so that he can help his side stand a chance against Man City. Buchanan must come up with a top performance here.
• Erling Haaland continues his goal-scoring form. The Norwegian striker is coming in after scoring a brace against Everton in the last Premier League contest. He is going to be a menace to the opponent’s defence. In two UEFA Champions League games of the ongoing campaign, he has scored three goals.