Pep Guardiola's refreshed Manchester City side hit top form at the end of 2025 with eight straight wins in all competitions, but 2026 has started in a far more troubling fashion, softfootball reported.
The Citizens have won just two of their first seven games of the new year and come into this clash on the back of two painful defeats that have dented confidence.
The most damaging of those was the 3-1 Champions League loss away to Bodo/Glimt , a shock result that has left City with work to do in Europe.
