Sunday’s final Club World Cup match sees Man City playing Abu Dhabi’s Al Ain SCC at 9:00pm EST at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Read on for our top Man City vs Al Ain SCC picks.
Man City vs Al Ain SCC Odds
| BET | ODDS |
| Man City | -900 |
| Draw | +1000 |
| Al Ain SCC | +1600 |
| Over 2.5 | -250 |
| Under 2.5 | +187 |
Club World Cup odds at Bet365.
Man City vs Al Ain SCC Head-to-Head
The teams have met once before over a decade ago in 2014 with Man City winning 3-0.
Man City Preview
Man City scored early with Foden striking in the 2′ minute and Doku adding another before the half but that was all they could muster against Morocco’s Wydad AC in a 2-0 win. Rico Lewis also saw red in the 88′ so will miss out. City had 68% possession, and led in shots 15-12 and shots on target 6-2.
The depth of Man City meant the likes of Haaland, Rodri, Gundogan, Nunes and Bobb all started on the bench, and newcomers like Reijnders and Cherki got the start. Marmoush started up top.
It was a hugely disappointing season for Pep Guardiola and Man City who fell behind in the title race and never got back in. They finished 3rd at 21-8-9, scoring 72 and allowing 44 to have 71 points. That was 3 back of 2nd Arsenal and 13 back of 1st Liverpool.
Defense was an issue all season as they conceded in many games and they just weren’t as dominant as years past.
City was knocked out of the 4th round of the EFL Cup, the knockout round of the Champions League and then lost in the FA Cup Final 1-0 to Crystal Palace.
Despite a down season for Man City, they’ve lost only 1/14 coming into this match.
Al Ain SCC Preview
It was a not a great start to the CWC for Al Ain, but that could have been expected against a Serie A giant like Juventus. They were down 3-0 a half hour in, 4-0 at the half and lost 5-0 by the end. They at least had 5 five shots on target to go with 9 attempts.
The team from Abu Dhabi finished 5th n the UAE League at 12-8-6 scoring 56 goals and allowing 32. Their 44 points put them 4 back of 3rd which is the Champions League 2 spot, and they were well off of 1st place Al-Ahli Dubai who had 63 points. For a team with 14 league titles, it’s definitely a down year.
With 3.4 GPG in their matches they were much more of an Over betting team at 18-8 to Over 2.5 totals.
Much of their scoring came from Laba Kodjo who led the league with 20G/4A, but they also had Rahimi Soufiane with 11G/4A. Soufiane was MVP in the 2024 AFC Champions League and then won the Golden Boot at last year’s Paris Olympics
Al Ain ended the season undefeated in 7 games at 4-3-0 and kept 6 clean sheets in those 7 games.
Man City vs Al Ain SCC Prediction
Man City would’ve expected more than a 2-0 win over Wydad, meanwhile Al Ain were torn apart 5-0 to Juventus. Man City could rotate and bring Haaland back into the starting lineup and have more lethal attacking options than Juve. We’ll go down the middle of those two results and ask Man City to win by 3 or more. The other option is Man City to score 3+ and Haaland to score at -110.
- FIFA Club World Cup Picks: Man City -2.5 (+100) at Bet365
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