Young Boys v Manchester City: Take Alvarez as the value scoring angle

• Young Boys yet to keep a UCL clean sheet

• Man City unbeaten in 15 UCL encounters

• In-form Julian Alvarez to play a leading role

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Young Boys v Manchester City
Wednesday October 25, 20:00
Live on TNT Sports

Since ending their 31-year wait to win Switzerland's top division, Young Boys 17.5033/2 have been the pick of the Swiss crop, dominating domestic football with five league titles across their past six seasons. Head coach Raphael Wicky attributes much of their success to the "hunger" of his squad and the Bern-based club are now eager to make a splash in Europe.

The Yellow & Blacks are competing in the Champions League group-stage for only the third time in their history and have only managed to claim a solitary point thus far. Losing 3-1 at home to RB Leipzig but Young Boys on the back foot before the Swiss champions picked up a creditable 2-2 draw away to Crvena Zvezda last time out.

Young Boys sit second in the Swiss Super League standings after being held at home to league leaders FC Zurich on Saturday. The hosts also head into this match with the unenviable record of playing the most UCL games without keeping a clean sheet in the competition - a 14-game streak that's seen YBB ship 29 goals at a rate of 2.10 per-game.

City set for a Swiss stroll

Man City 1.201/5 bounced back to winning ways at the weekend, overcoming Brighton 2-1 at The Etihad. Pep Guardiola's group have also made a perfect start to their Champions League defence, impressively dismissing RB Leipzig 3-1 in Germany on matchday two following a sketchy 3-1 triumph at home against Crvena Zvezda in their opener.

The Citizens have racked up 55 shots across their first two UCL fixtures this term, while only facing six opposition shots in return - the biggest differential for any side across the opening two matchdays.

Man City's Expected Goals (xG) supremacy from those two tussles also comes in at a monstrous +2.60 xG per-game, highlighting the Blue Moon's dominance.

The treble winners are now unbeaten in 15 Champions League outings (W10-D5-L0) and will expect to enhance that record in midweek. However, with the Manchester derby on the horizon this weekend, Guardiola may opt to make a few tweaks to his starting line-up.

One player expected to feature is World Cup winner Julian Alvarez. The eye-catching Argentine has already bagged seven goals across 11 league and Champions League outings in 2023/24 from just 4.10 xG.

The 23-year-old is averaging a shot every 24 minutes and looks a nice value option at [11/10] in the Player To Score market this midweek.

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