Manchester City vs PSV Eindhoven Prediction & Betting Tips - FIFA QuaranTeam Tournament

Prediction published on 26/03/2020, 19:00  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 27/03/2020 at 13:18 in Football Predictions

The biggest teams in football can still be found in esports action thanks to the FIFA QuaranTeam Tournament. Set up by Leyton Orient to raise money for worthy causes during this troubling time, the tournament started with 128 teams and now we're down to the last 32. Manchester City and PSV Eindhoven clash in one of the ties of the round. The tournament had a mixture of professional and amateur esport players and this game will see two pros going head to head. In the blue corner, Shellzz represents Man City after making it through the last round with a 3-2 win over fellow pro JambooHD, who was flying the West Ham flag. Their initial tie ended without any goals. When that happens the game needs to be replayed. Shellzz relied on the goalkeeping of Ederson to get him out of tricky situations and he will need to work on breaking up opposition play against PSV. A bystander for far too much of the previous round, a tactical switch to 4-4-2 showed that Shellzz makes strategic changes when things aren't working.

In the red (and white stripey) corner, Aaygun96 continues his QuaranTeam journey after requiring a second game to beat Ross County in the last round. To be fair, every tournament game will be played at '85 mode' so that all teams are rated equal. So the issue isn't the disparity in quality between PSV and Ross County. Rather, it is the way that Aaygun96 crumbled in the last ten minutes of that initial game, surrendering a three-goal lead to draw 3-3. Although his play with the ball is impressive - luring out his opponent at a walking pace - he defended dangerously and was punished for it. Learning from his mistake, he won the rematch by three goals to nil with English teenager Noni Makueke scoring. Although Aaygun96 is a lethal finisher, his dodgy defending leads us to believe that Shellzz will get the win here and advance to the next round.