Sevilla vs Man City prediction and odds: Back City to fly out of the blocks in the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium

Champions League favourites Manchester City kick off their Group G campaign with a trip to struggling Sevilla and it will be something of a surprise if Pep Guardiola's side don't come away from the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium with maximum points.

City are red-hot 3/8 favourites with Betway to see off a Sevilla side still winless in La Liga this term, while the hosts are 13/2 to cause an upset. The Citizens are 5/2 favourites to lift the trophy for the first time in the history and an extremely prohibitive 1/5 to top Group G, which also features Borussia Dortmund and FC Copenhagen.

That 1/5 price to top Group G is likely to be even shorter by 10pm on Tuesday evening because City take on a Sevilla side that are in a bad way under Julen Lopetegui. A home draw against Valladolid is their only point from four La Liga games and they head into this fixture on the back of a 3-0 thumping against Barcelona on Saturday.

Sevilla haven't kept a single clean sheet so far and they sitting ducks for a City side that are creating chances for fun right now. The result at Villa Park wasn't what Pep Guardiola would have hoped for but City still dominated the game and should have been out of sight by the time Leon Bailey equalised in the 74th minute.

City's search for a first Champions League title has so far been fruitless but the arrival of Erling Haaland might just prove a game changer on that front and the Norwegian superstar should have little difficulty taking his stunning domestic form into Europe. Haaland is a ridiculously short 8/15 to strike any time against Sevilla but it would clearly be no surprise if he fired City to a comfortable three points.

City bulldozed their way through the group stage of this competition last term,