Manchester City vs Bayer Leverkusen: Predictions, Lineups & Betting Tips

Manchester City vs Bayer Leverkusen: Predictions, Lineups & Betting Tips

Match Details: November 25 2025, | Etihad Stadium, | Champions League - Round 5, | 20:00 GMT

On Tuesday we see 2 heavy weights from Germany and England face each other. Manchester City will be looking to carry on their run staying unbeaten in the UCL and will be hoping they can see off another German team. Leverkusen will be looking to add a larger gap between them and the bottom of the table with this game as they currently sit 2 points safe. Our advanced algorithm has predicted that Manchester City will win this game 3-1.

Key Betting Tip: There to be over 3.5 goals in this game at 1.91 – this represents excellent value based on tips provided by our team of in-house tipsters.

Manchester City vs Bayer Leverkusen Predicted Lineups

Manchester City predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Donnarumma, O’Reilly, Gvardiol, Dias, Nunes, Gonzalez, Silva, Doku, Foden, Cherki, Haaland

Bayer Leverkusen predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Flekken, Tapsoba, Andrich, Bade, Grimaldo, Garcia, Maza, Arthur, Poku, Hofmann, Schick

Previous 5 Manchester City and Bayer Leverkusen Match Analysis

Manchester City’s last 5 matches: Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City (A) Premier League Swansea 1-3 Manchester City (A) EFL Cup Manchester City 3-1 Bournemouth (H) Premier League Manchester City 4-1 Dortmund (H) UEFA Champions League Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool (H) Premier League

City has been dominant in their last 4 games having scored 3 in every game. They will be looking to add another win and another game where they score 3 goals. They will be going into this game very confident especially after scoring 4 past fellow German side Dortmund in their last UCL match. Defensively they have also been very strong having only conceded 3 goals in the last 5 matches and these goals didn’t matter because of their scoring. They will be going into this very confident especially after easily defeating reigning champions of England Liverpool.

Bayer Leverkusen’s last 5 Matches: Leverkusen 2-0 Freiburg (H) Bundesliga Paderborn 2-4 Leverkusen (A) DFB Pokal Bayern Munchen 3-0 Leverkusen (A) Bundesliga Benfica 0-1 Leverkusen (A) UEFA Champions League Leverkusen 6-0 FC Heidenheim (H) Bundesliga

Some very strong results for Leverkusen with a win in the last UCL game that they played. They have been very strong going forward in the last 5 matches having scored 13 goals in the last 5 games and only have 1 game that they failed to score a goal in. However, the only game that they lost was against a team that is comparable to Manchester City in Bayern Munchen. This could damage their confidence when going into this game as while they have been good, when playing against one of the elite teams in Europe they found out they weren’t a match. However, having won the last game in the UCL they will be hopeful that they can get another result.

Manchester City vs Bayer Leverkusen Predictions

Our advanced algorithm has analysed over 200 pieces of data and predicted with a 53.30% confidence that there will be over 3.5 goals in this game. The key factors that help this are players available, recent form, and tactical matchups.

Best Manchester City vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Tips

Football Park’s Best Bet: There to be over 3.5 goals in this match @ 1.91. Our team of in-house tipsters have predicted this based on these 2 team’s recent games where 5 out of the last 10 games have seen over 3.5 goals scored.

Key Players to Watch: Manchester City vs Bayer Leverkusen

Erling Haaland (Manchester City): The striker has been arguably the best striker in the world this season having scored 22 goals in 19 games. He will be looking to add more to this record after this match. Having already scored 5 UCL goals, he is likely to add at least another goal to that record. If Manchester City add another win with 3 goals being scored expect this man to have at least added one goal to that, if not more. He is back in the form of his life.

Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen): The 30-year-old has been vital to a lot of the success that Leverkusen has seen so far this season having contributed to 7 goal contributions in 7 league games and 11 in 15 in all competitions. If Leverkusen get a result from this game the fullback will most likely be one of the reasons behind the goals and result. His aggressive attacking play could cause issues for the City defence, and he will most likely have more than one chance to create some magic for the German side in this match.

Manchester City vs Bayer Leverkusen Match Facts

Broadcast Details: TNT Sports 1, Discovery+ UK Stadium: Etihad Stadium capacity 55,097, surface grass