Friendlies

Dec 17, 2022 at 1pm UK

Etihad Stadium

Man City
2 - 0
Girona

De Bruyne (5'), Braut Haaland (18')

FT(HT: 2-0)

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Manchester City's Erling Braut Haaland celebrates scoring their second goal with Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez on December 17, 2022

Erling Braut Haaland, Kevin De Bruyne on target as Manchester City beat Girona

Erling Braut Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne are both on target as Manchester City secure a 2-0 friendly victory over Girona at the Academy Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Dec 17, 14:58

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's friendly clash between Manchester City and Girona, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Predicted Lineups

Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how Manchester City could line up for Saturday's friendly with Girona.

Form, Standings, Stats

Manchester City

All competitions

Club Friendlies 1

Last Game: Man City 1-2 Brentford
Saturday, November 12 at 12.30pm in Premier League

Goals
for

Top scorers

Girona

All competitions

Last Game: Elche 1-2 Girona
Tuesday, November 8 at 6pm in La Liga

Goals
for

Top scorers

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Manchester City win with a probability of 73.92%. A draw had a probability of 15.2% and a win for Girona had a probability of 10.89%.

The most likely scoreline for a Manchester City win was 2-0 with a probability of 9.59%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.07%) and 3-0 (8.53%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.79%), while for a Girona win it was 1-2 (3.21%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 9.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Manchester City in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Manchester City.

Result
Manchester City	Draw	Girona
73.92% ( -0.27)	15.19% ( 0.2)	10.89% ( 0.07)

Both teams to score 56.92% (

-0.63)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

69.99% (

-0.85)

30.01% (

0.85)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

48.8% (

-1.03)

51.2% (

1.03)

Manchester City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

93.07% (

-0.25)

6.93% (

0.24)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

74.57% (

-0.66)

25.42% (

0.66)

Girona Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

61.16% (

-0.51)

38.84% (

0.51)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

24.43% (

-0.49)

75.57% (

0.48)

Score Analysis

Manchester City 73.92%

Girona 10.89%

Draw 15.19%

Manchester City	Draw	Girona
2-0 @ 9.59% ( 0.21) 2-1 @ 9.07% ( 0.08) 3-0 @ 8.53% ( 0.08) 3-1 @ 8.07% ( -0.04) 1-0 @ 7.18% ( 0.25) 4-0 @ 5.69% ( -0.02) 4-1 @ 5.39% ( -0.1) 3-2 @ 3.82% ( -0.07) 5-0 @ 3.04% ( -0.05) 5-1 @ 2.88% ( -0.09) 4-2 @ 2.55% ( -0.08) 5-2 @ 1.36% ( -0.06) 6-0 @ 1.35% ( -0.04) 6-1 @ 1.28% ( -0.06) Other @ 4.13% Total : 73.92%	1-1 @ 6.79% ( 0.15) 2-2 @ 4.29% ( -0.02) 0-0 @ 2.69% ( 0.13) 3-3 @ 1.2% ( -0.04) Other @ 0.21% Total : 15.19%	1-2 @ 3.21% ( 0.02) 0-1 @ 2.55% ( 0.09) 2-3 @ 1.35% ( -0.03) 0-2 @ 1.2% ( 0.03) 1-3 @ 1.01% ( -0.01) Other @ 1.57% Total : 10.89%