Manchester City vs Al Hilal prediction 01.07.2025 | FIFA Club World Cup

• Competition: FIFA Club World Cup
• Date: Tuesday, 1st July, 2025
• Kickoff: 02:00 UK / 03:00 CEST
• Venue: Camping World Stadium (Orlando, FL)

Manchester City had a rough year by their standards, finishing the year without a single trophy for the first time since 2016/2017. The first part of the season was particularly bad, where it looked like they could even fail to secure the Champions League appearance. Still, the second part was much better, and it continued in the FIFA Club World Cup, where they won all three games with a dominant 13:2 goal difference. Now, the bookies see them as the primary candidate for the FIFA Club World title, with the odds around 3.7. Behind them are teams like PSG (4.3 odds), Real Madrid (6.0), Bayern Munich (8.0), etc.

Last year, Al Hilal won the double, winning both the domestic cup and league titles. Unfortunately, this year, the team from Riyadh hasn't had a great season as they finished 2nd, eight points behind Al Ittihad, and were also eliminated pretty early from the AFC Champions League and King Cup. Meanwhile, they did surprisingly well in the FIFA Club World Cup, fairly easily securing the knockout phase by finishing second in the group with Real Madrid, Salzburg, and Pachuca.

Manchester City vs Al Hilal pick: Manchester City to win and cover the -1.5 AH spread

Thus far, Manchester City were fantastic, winning all three games against Wydad, Al Ain, and Juventus while covering the mentioned spread every time. Their last game vs Juventus was particularly great, where they demonstrated the force and had an incredible 76% ball possession and 19 more goal attempts! It seems that the Citizens are back on track, and the bookies rightfully consider them to be the primary candidates for the title.

On the other hand, Al Hilal were solid. Yes, they secured a draw against Real Madrid, where Los Blancos were a better team and even missed the penalty in the final moments of the game. Their performance was good in this competition under Simone Inzaghi, no doubt about that, but not even remotely as good as MC.

Considering all the above, we believe that Guardiola's squad will secure another comfortable win and ensure the next stage of the competition.