Champions
League match preview Manchester City vs Barcelona, Group C. Important things to know;
Kick-off: 19:45 BST, Date: Tuesday 1 November, 2016, Venue:
Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Possible Lineups:
Team News:
Sergio
Aguero will be back to the starting eleven after missing out the last game at
Camp Nou.
Willy
Caballero will take Claudio Bravo’s place due to his suspension.
Duo
defenders Pablo Zabaleta and Bacary Sagna remain doubtful for this game.
Yaya
Touré is ineligible to take part in this competition.
Fabian
Delph has returned but is not ready for first
team action.
Vincent
Kompany is expected to be start from the bench.
Jeremy
Mathieu who picked up the red card in the last game is out.
Barca
will also be playing without two more defenders Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba,
both out through injury. However, the latter might make a surprise return.
Andre
Gomes, Denis Suarez, Arda Turan and Rafinha all are set to fight to replace Andrés
Iniesta who is out through injury.
Stats:
Barcelona
have won their last three Champions League games.
Manchester
City have won only one of their last six games against Barcelona in Champions
League.
Barca
have scored 13 goals in their last three wins in the Champions League.
Prediction:
Manchester City 2 – 2
Barcelona, Luis Suarez on the score sheet for the visitors.
Columinst: Junaid Effendi, is the Chief Editor of Football News Guru. He writes Transfer News and all the match related articles. See all his articles.
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