Champions League final betting tips: English rivals the final hurdle for City

Their defensive strength has been the biggest improvement during Tuchel’s time in charge and under 2.5 goals has paid out in all their matches in the knockout stage.

It is 3/5 for that run to continue in the final while a Chelsea win and under 2.5 goals is 13/2.

Champions League final head-to-head

This is the fourth meeting between these teams this year and Chelsea have had the upper hand so far, winning the two most recent.

Frank Lampard was still in charge of Chelsea when City won 3-1 at Stamford Bridge in January but City’s hopes of winning four trophies this season were ended when they lost 1-0 to Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final last month, with Hakim Ziyech scoring the second-half winner.

Guardiola left out several of his star players for the recent Premier League meeting which had been billed as a dress rehearsal for the Champions League final.

City went ahead through Raheem Sterling just before half-time but Chelsea came from behind for a 2-1 win thanks to goals from Ziyech and Marcos Alonso.

Chelsea are 25/1 to win from behind on Saturday while City are 12/1 in the same market.

Previous Champions League XI

Chelsea: Mendy, Rudiger, Christensen, Silva, Chilwell, Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Kante, Mount, Havertz, Werner.

Key battles

City showed against Neymar and PSG’s other renowned individual talents that the sum is greater than their parts in the semi-finals and this unity will be a decisive factor in the final.

Sergio Aguero’s fitness problems mean they have operated with a ‘false nine’ for much of the season and the goals have been shared around but Kevin De Bruyne remains their most influential player.

City struggled to create chances in the FA Cup semi-final, though, when they were stifled by N’Golo Kante and Jorginho, with the midfield battle likely to determine who comes out on top.

Chelsea will need to be clinical if they are to cause an upset and this would be the perfect time for Timo Werner to step up, with the German having struggled in his first season at the London club.

Werner is 17/2 to open the scoring while Aguero is 4/1 to score the last goal in his final match for City.

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All odds and markets correct as of date of publication