As we enter the second half of arguably the best season I, myself, have ever seen, I have decided to give a go at looking at the chances of Man City winning the 4 competitions they are involved in, from a City fan’s point of view of course!

I guess I’ll start off with the big one.

The Premier League

So far this season, City have been nigh on unstoppable. 22 games played, 20 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats leaving them a massive 15 points ahead of the ‘other’ team from Manchester, with a massive goal difference of +51.

Of the current teams placed 2nd to 6th (United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs and Arsenal) we have beaten all five. It also leaves us with home games against United and Chelsea, the teams currently closest to ourselves.

The 15 point gap means City have the potential to lose five games out of the remaining 16 and still be top of the table IF United were to win the same amount to close the gap. I’d say that most, if not all, fans believe this scenario wont happen.

The only things that I think could cause some bumps in the road would be several long-term injuries to key players. Obviously, City would suffer to be without Silva, De Bruyne and Sterling, or even lose a couple of defenders, especially with Kompany’s fitness record over the last few years. Hopefully, with Gabriel Jesus being out for a few months, City will look to finally bring in Sanchez to bolster the team for the final stretch.

Verdict – CHAMPIONS. Barring a colossal collapse, City will win their 3rd Premier League title at a canter. Most likely by a 10 or more points and go down as one of the great Premier League teams.

Champions League

Cue the boos.

What a brilliant Group Stage for City. Two convincing defeats of Napoli, the team a lot of people tipped to push City close for the top spot in the group, a thumping win away at Feyenoord. City’s first defeat of the season came against Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk in a dead rubber match with a very youthful squad.

Following the securing of a group winners spot for the next draw, we actually managed to get the best possible opponents for the Round of 16 in the form of FC Basel from Switzerland.

I honestly can’t see City slipping up here. Yes, they have managed to get some good results over the years against other English clubs, but they weren’t playing like this City side is. I don’t expect the tie to be over after the first leg, but City will be in a good position going into the home leg.

You then have to look at the other games for our possible opponents in the quarter-final. A quick prediction leaves us with the following teams:

Spurs

Liverpool

Bayern Munich

Barcelona

Roma

Man United

PSG

Quite of few of those games could really go either way, but you would certainly think Munich and Roma are shoe-ins for the next round.

As everyone knows, the rules for the draw of the quarter-final means that basically, you can get anyone. No separation for teams from the same group or county this time. Now, if the results go the way of my basic prediction, you have to say the best opponent would be Roma. After them you’d probably take either United or Spurs and steer clear of the likes of PSG and Bayern Munich.

If you win that matchup you get to the real test. Avoiding any major upsets or unlucky draws, you are looking at facing one of Barcelona, PSG, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich. That’s where can really prove themselves as a great team and topple one of the giants of Europe. An even bigger if is beating one of those sides over two legs, AND THEN facing another in the final will be a herculean effort.

Verdict – SEMI-FINAL. Hopefully (obviously having beaten Basel) the luck of the draw will be with City this year. If it isn’t then it may prove too much for us. This is the competition where upsets can happen though, so don’t write them off if we get off the big boys.

FA Cup

Right now this seems to be the hardest to predict with City having survived a scare in the 3rd Round against Burnley, who took the lead in the first half. This didn’t last long into the 2nd half as City turned on the style and managed to put 4 past an overwhelmed Burnley defence and progress to the next round on a day where a few Premier League sides were forced into replays or knocked out altogether.

Liverpool and Man United still remain, most likely to be joined by Arsenal and Chelsea when you consider their opponents.

Verdict – SEMI-FINAL AND BEYOND. With the number of big clubs still left in the competition it’s too difficult to guess a winner, especially with the amount of fixtures still to play. It’s also tough to predict what kind of team Guardiola will put out, so keep an eye on this competition to create some surprises.

League Cup

I refuse to use its ridiculous name.

So far so good. A couple of nervy games going to penalty shootouts, no thanks to Mr Madley against Leicester. Guardiola has shown that the younger players at the club can put in good performances in his system and, thanks to some penalty heroics from Bravo, we are in a semi-final.

Also, thanks to Leicester, West Ham and Bristol City for knocking out Liverpool, Spurs and United respectively. We have somehow managed to call on the luck of the gods again in a draw and now faceoff against Bristol City over two legs for the chance to win the first trophy of the season, the other finalist being either Chelsea or Arsenal.

Verdict – WINNERS. Despite their fantastic result over United, I don’t see Bristol City being able to beat City, especially over two legs and I can see City having the tie wrapped up after the 1st leg.

In the final, Arsenal or Chelsea may be preoccupied with other competitions. Arsenal with the Europa League (which may be their way into the Champions League next year) and Chelsea playing against Barcelona five days before the final.

Final Thoughts

Obviously, it would be brilliant if City won all 4 trophies on offer, but to me, that’s a bit out of reach. The odds are good for City to win at least 2 trophies this season, which would have to go down as a success for the club. If they were able to add the FA Cup, and make it a clean sweep of the domestic trophies, they would be the first team ever to do so in England and would go down in history as one of the great teams in the country.

The Blue Moon certainly is rising.

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