Slovan Bratislava Vs. Manchester City: Gold Opportunities For British Giants?

Manchester City enter this match after winning just one win in their last four games in all competitions. (photo: x @ManCity)

JAKARTA - Manchester City will travel to Slovakia to face Slovan Bratislava, at Teeln\'e pole Stadium, Bratislava, Slovakia, who will appear in the Champions League for the first time, on Tuesday 1 September or Wednesday morning WIB. This match is an important step for Pep Guardiola's team to return to winning ways after undergoing a series of unsatisfactory results.

Manchester City entered this game after winning just one win in their last four games in all competitions. In the last match in the Premier League, they were held to a 1-1 draw by Newcastle United, where Josko Gvardiol opened the scoring, before Anthony Gordon equalized with a penalty. Rodri's absence from serious knee injuries is a big loss for City, who now also has to fight without Kevin De Bruyne.

On the other hand, Slovan Bratislava faced this match after suffering a crushing 5-1 defeat to Celtic in their Champions League opener. However, the home team showed good performance in the domestic league with three wins in a row and is now at the top of the Slovak League standings.

Manchester City will lose Rodri for the rest of the season after ACL's injury. Rico Lewis is expected to fill the position, while Matheus Nunes could also be an option to fill the midfield. Kevin De Bruyne may not be fielded, and Phil Foden could get the chance to start as a starter after previously only being a reserve.

Meanwhile, Slovan Bratislava has minor injury problems, but is expected to field their best squad to face this British giant. Kenan Bajric may be absent, which opens up opportunities for Kevin Wimmer to return to filling the back lines.

Manchester City are expected to dominate this match, given the squad's much better experience and quality. With a much different team value "City is worth around 1.04 billion pounds (Rp 21.1 trillion), while Slovan Bratislava is only 24 million pounds (Rp 487.2 billion) This match is predicted to be a big challenge for the hosts. However, Slovan has the advantage of playing at home and could take advantage of the positive momentum of the domestic league to give a surprise.

This match is very important for Manchester City to get full points and return to winning ways, as well as their first step to winning the Champions League trophy this season after winning the competition in 2023. For Slovan Bratislava, this is a rare opportunity to prove himself on the European stage and possibly create history as the first Slovak club to advance to the knockout round of the Champions League.

With all these factors, the match at the Tehelné pole Stadium is expected to be exciting and interesting.

Player Composition Forecast

Slovan Bratislava: Takac; Blackman, Kashia, Wimmer, Medvedev; Kucka, Ignatenko, Tolic; Barseghyan, Strelec, Weiss Jr.

Manchester City: Ortega; Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Gvardiol; Matheus Nunes, Kovacic; Savinho, Foden, Doku; Haaland.