Juventus 2-5 Manchester City: Rodri makes first start, Haaland leads second-half rout

Manchester City wrapped up their domination of Group G at the 2025 Club World Cup on Thursday, as they beat Juventus 5-2 in Orlando, Florida, and finished with a perfect nine points and a +11 goal difference.

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Pep Guardiola's side scored 13 goals and conceded just the two in wins over Juve, Al Ain (United Arab Emirates) and Wydad AC (Morocco), and they look raring to enter a new era with a much more youthful squad rebuilt around Rodri, who returned to the starting XI for the first time since tearing his ACL on Sept. 22.

Jeremy Doku and an own goal from Pierre Kalulu, either side of Teun Koopmeiners' equalizer, had Man City 2-1 up at halftime, at which point Erling Haaland was subbed on. Haaland scored to make it 3-1 just seven minutes later, Phil Foden made it 4-1 in the 69th and Savinho added no. 5 in the 75th, capping a scintillating half-hour of football from a side that desperately hopes to recapture the Premier League crown beginning in August.

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Up next in the round of 16, Manchester City will face the runner-up from Group H, which is set to be settled later on Thursday (9 pm ET). Real Madrid and Red Bull Salzburg (4 points each) playing head-to-head for the top spot in the group finale.

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How to watch Juventus vs Manchester City live, stream link and start time

Kick off time: 3pm ET Thursday (June 26)
Venue: Camping World Stadium — Orlando, Florida
TV Channel/Streaming:Watch live on DAZN, for free

Juventus team news, focus

There have been plenty of changes at Juventus over the last 12 months and since Igor Tudor took charge in March he is making his mark with a 3-4-2-1 formation. Fabio Conceicao and Yildiz have dazzled in the playmaking roles, while Kolo Muani is perfect to link everything up in attack. When you look at Juve's bench they now have a much deeper squad and they are more than capable of digging in for the draw they need to win the group.

Manchester City team news, focus

City have so many options and Pep Guardiola has already made the point that they need to reduce their massive squad before the 2025-26 season kicks off. New signings Cherki and Ait Nouri impressed in the win against Al Ain and City will be hoping Phil Foden continues to get back to his best and Rodri's recovery from a long-term injury can be cranked up a few notches. So far City have looked very solid defensively but they are about to be tested massively against Juve's talented, and rapid, attackers.

Juventus vs Manchester City prediction

This is going to be really tight considering what is on the line. Expect City to get the job done as Erling Haaland looks hungry and won't miss the chances he did in the last game. Juventus 1-2 Manchester City.