Bookmakers clearly favor City, artificial intelligence advises to bet on Haaland

The entire football world is focused on Saturday’s Champions League final between Manchester City and Inter Milan. Italian football reached all three European Cup finals this year. Clubs from the Apennine Peninsula have so far failed twice in the finals of smaller cups, and the bookmakers’ odds clearly indicate that they will not succeed even on the third attempt.

“While the previous cup finals were balanced both in odds and in their course, the Champions League has a clear favorite. Under the leadership of the Spaniard Guardiola, the Citizens are a phenomenon in contemporary football. They won the English title and now they are going for the Champions League cup,” says Petr Urbanec, Tipsport bookmaker.

“Nothing against Inter, but we don’t give them too many chances. Actually none. Punters see it similarly, with almost all (92%) betting City to win after 90 minutes at 1.46:1 or the winner to decide at 1.23:1. There are only a few percent of bettors left on the Italians, who, as rock fans, do not accept anything other than a win,” adds Urbanec.

Sports expert Roman Kovařík predicts a win by two or more goals. Fortuna is now giving space in the prediction of sports results to artificial intelligence, which in this case recommends betting odds of 1.65:1 on the fact that the gunner Haaland will prevail.

“The final has a clear favorite and that is the English big club. Manchester has already won two trophies this year, and they also have the best coach in the world. City’s sophisticated style of not lending the ball to the opponent will celebrate success this time as well. Inter will mainly defend, and that is not enough in the Champions League final. For me, the English club will win by at least two goals, i.e. with a handicap of 2.23:1,” predicts Kovařík.

The artificial intelligence doesn’t do somersaults either. “The young Norwegian is unstoppable in the Champions League, he managed to score 35 times in 29 matches. In addition to 12 goals in this year’s European competition, he also added 36 in the Premier League. That’s why I believe that Haaland will be able to assert himself against Inter Milan at odds of 1.65:1,” reads the prediction.

Manchester made it to the final through Leipzig, Bayern and Real Madrid, especially the last two named fights were early finals. Even bettors don’t think too much about who should raise the “eared cup” above their head.

According to experts, Manchester will dominate and go for the victory in regular time. A scenario similar to the match against Real or Bayern wouldn’t be a surprise either. The next most bet tip is a Citizens win with at least a two-goal margin at Chance with odds of 2.38:1.