The pre season rolls on! The third and final pre season match is here for Manchester City ahead of the opening of the season in the Community Shield next month.
It should be a nice preview in to the season of the team as this squad will be first team heavy.
Venue: Academy Stadium, North Gate, Etihad Campus, Manchester, England
Time and Date: Tuesday, 03 August, 2021, with kick-off at 18.00 BST (UK)
TV Info: LiveStream Only ***Exclusively on CITY+
Team News
City’s situation is solid even as some players will not be available, this will be a great chance for some youth to show Pep Guardiola their mettle. Many first teamers are also back.
Expect a fun team with many first teamers in.
City’s Traveling Squad: Steffen, Carson, Slicker; Sandler, Charles, Ake, Dias, Cancelo, Burns, Couto, Mendy; Fernandinho, Smith, Roberts, Pozo, Hamilton, Knight; Palmer, Mahrez, Rogers, Moreno.
For Blackpool, they will have their entire first team ready to go.
Prediction
Manchester City 2-0 Blackpool
Follow game Manchester City vs Blackpool live coverage, stream information, score online, prediction, TV channel, lineups preview, start date and result updates of the Preseason Match on August 3rd 2021. Kick-off start time: 1pm ET.
In League One, the famous English third division, Blackpool finished the competition in third place with 80 points, seven behind second-placed Peterborough and nine behind Hull City. But in the semifinals, Blackpool won 3-0 and drew 3-3 with Oxford United, going to the final, where they faced Lincoln City, winning 1-0 and being League One champions, qualifying for the Championship, England’s second division!
In the Champions League, City also had a good campaign, going to the first final in its history in the competition. But there it was defeated by its rival Chelsea, 1-0, with a goal by Havertz.
Against Squires Gate, in the first friendly match there on the ninth of July, Blackpool won 7-0. The day before, against Southport, Blackpool won 2-0. On the 17th came the first defeat, 3-1 to Newport County. Shortly after, another defeat, by 3-1 to Accrington Stanley. On the 24th Blackpool won again, beating Caelisle United 1-0. After that came a 1-0 loss to Burnley and a 1-1 draw with Morecambe.