Manchester City's home form gives them the edge against Real Madrid

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City play hosts to Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League semifinal. The tie is in balance after a 1-1 draw in the first leg. However City's form at the Ethiad might just  give them an advantage. They have won all 14 of their home games in 2023 and scored 49 goals across them.

Guardiola's side have lost just 1 game at home in all competitions, against Brentford back in November. Other than that, they have the most points and goals scored at home by any Premier League team.

Even in the UCL group stage, they won all 3 of their group games scoring 10 goals in process. In the Round of 16, RB Leipzig held them to a 1-1 draw at home before getting smashed 7-0 at the Ethiad with Erling Haaland scoring 5. It was a similar story in the quarters with City taking a 3-0 lead in the tie at home before going on to draw 1-1 in Germany. The first leg in Bernabeu ended in the same scoreline too. A lot of things would say that City will repeat the pattern tonight. But very little applies to Real Madrid in the Champions League.