{"id":150515,"date":"2025-12-10T13:05:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=150515"},"modified":"2025-12-10T13:05:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:05:32","slug":"real-madrid-vs-manchester-city-preview-who-has-the-edge-in-champions-league-numbers-dont-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=150515","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid vs. Manchester City PREVIEW | Who has the EDGE in Champions League? | Numbers Don&#8217;t Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xLiFMYujHVI?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Join Chris Wittyngham &#038; Nico Cantor for a brand new way of consuming the beautiful game with Numbers Don\u2019t Lie from Sofascore. On this episode, the crew are taking a look at the upcoming UEFA Champions League matchup between Xabi Alonso &#038; struggling La Liga giants Real Madrid vs. the legendary manager Pep Guardiola&#8217;s Manchester City squad. Join Chris &#038; Nico as they break down the match, giving their predictions on who they think will walk away victorious.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Real Madrid vs. Manchester City PREVIEW<br \/>\n0:49 Madrid vs. City Projected Starting XI<br \/>\n2:00 Who has the EDGE: ATTACK<br \/>\n4:01 Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 vs. Erling Haaland<br \/>\n4:39 Mbapp\u00e9&#8217;s CRAZY stats for Madrid<br \/>\n5:45 Erling Haaland IN FORM for City<br \/>\n7:22 Who has the EDGE: POSESSION<br \/>\n8:13 Who has the EDGE: DEFENSE<br \/>\n9:54 Who has the EDGE: INTENSITY<br \/>\n11:17 Overall UCL Z-scores<br \/>\n12:15 MATCH PREDICTIONS<br \/>\n12:56 Watch More!<\/p>\n<p>#realmadrid #manchestercity #sofascore #preview #matchpreview #ucl #championsleague #uefachampionsleague #uefa #cbssportsgolazo #cbssports #cbs #soccer #football<br \/>\nStream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xLiFMYujHVI\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Chris Wittyngham &#038; Nico Cantor for a brand new way of consuming the beautiful game with Numbers Don\u2019t Lie from Sofascore. On this episode, the crew are taking a&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":150516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/150516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}