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On June 10th, the 2023 UEFA Champions League season comes to a close. You would be hard-pressed to find anyone willing to put their house at risk on a Manchester City defeat this weekend. Inter Milan is currently 7,03 for the win. Manchester City (1.46) has been the dominant favourite on the betting market ever since Cloudbet was launched in 2013. In the last decade, the only time there was a Champions League Final with odds this high was in 2015 when Barcelona was 1.66 to win against Juventus at 5.50 and their dominant performance led to a 3-1 victory.
City is the clear favourite this year. City won the Premier League in consecutive years for the third time. They also just won the FA Cup against bitter rivals Man United. And in the Champions League, they dominated their opponents. In the semi-finals, The Citizens defeated European giants and reigning Champions Real Madrid 5-1.
Recent statistics indicate that it may be a more conservative and cautious game than many expect.
Since 2013, the crypto betting experts Clo Dbet take European soccer bets. For this UCL Final, they have been poring through the statistics and crunching numbers to predict the outcome.
The pre-match favorite has won the trophy eight times out of the past 10 years. However, there were exceptions in both the last two seasons, with both EPL teams and in 2021 Man City.
These ties are closer than they appear, with Chelsea at 3.75 odds and Real Madrid at 3.00, but it’s important to remember that Inter, this season’s opponents, is a cup specialist, having recently won the Coppa Italy against a Fiorentina team whose style of playing is similar to Man City.
Inter Milan’s goal on Saturday is to stop City from playing their expansive style of football. Inter Milan has committed 150 fouls as a team in this competition, so breaking up play with some tactical fouls could be a way to stop City’s fast-paced attack. City have not scored in the opening half of any of their Champions League games in six of the 12 matches they’ve played this season. Even though they’re playing off of last weekend’s FA Cup final, in which they set a tournament-record opening goal within 14 seconds.
Four of the five Champions League Finals in the past have ended with less than 2,75 goals, and these goals were scored by only one team. Only twice in the last decade was extra time needed, with one game (Bayern Munich against Chelsea) ending in a penalty shootout.
Of course, only what happens on Saturday counts, but the statistics point towards a Manchester City victory in 90 minutes, by one or even two goals.
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