Champions League Group D: Man City to make Monchengladbach pay

There are still plenty of injury woes for the hosts, however, as Pellegrini confirmed top trio Sergio Aguero, Yaya Toure and Vincent Kompany will all miss this crucial match, with the Chilean coach pointing the finger at fitness for their problems.

“There’s no other reason why we played so bad,” said Pellegrini. “We are playing in all the competitions with the same 13 or 14 players and for me seeing the game, without doubt, they didn’t recover from the last two games.

“It is a measure of the squad to be in position we are”.

Borussians bouncing

Though Monchengladbach may be out of the Champions League, the Germans still have much to play for, as they must match or surpass Sevilla’s result to qualify for the Europa League.

Giants Bayern Munich were recently made to rue underestimating the Foals, after slumping to a 3-1 Bundesliga loss last time out. So, motivated Monchengladbach are admittedly intriguing at 16/5 to draw. Though, as they are yet to win away in Europe this season, victory on the road looks long at 4/1.

With that in mind, considering City’s sidelined stars and the Borussians being regularly road weary, Man City look tastiest at 15/8 to triumph and both teams to score.

USA international and utility man Fabian Johnson has been flying of late, with four goals in his last three outings, so customers can back the Germany-born midfielder at a fantastic 5/1 in the anytime market, while forward Lars Stindl (10/3) has also been on the scoresheet recently.

As for City scorers, playmakers Raheem Sterling (6/4 in the anytime market) and Kevin De Bruyne (9/1 to notch a brace or better) will need to perform in front of net with Aguero absent, while Wilfried Bony (7/2 to grab the opener) also has another chance to step up.

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Coral’s top tip: Man City are fantastic at 15/8 to beat Monchengladbach and both teams to score.