Champions
League match preview Monaco vs Manchester City, round of 16. Important
things to know; Kick-off: 19:45 BST, Date: Wednesday
15 March, 2017, Venue: Stade Louis II, Monaco, Referee: Gianluca
Rocchi (Italy), Stream Guide: Watch
Live
Possible Lineups:
Team News:
Monaco
Monaco
will be without Kamil Glik who is suspended for this game, Jemerson is likely
to take his place in the lineup.
Boschilia
and Guido Carrillo are both confirm to miss this game through injury.
Joao
Moutinho is eyeing for a start, he is likely to start from the bench. Tiemoue
Bakayoko and Fabinho are likely to keep their place in the starting eleven.
Pep
Guardiola remains without trio Gabriel Jesus, Ilkay Gundogan and Vincent
Kompany due to injury problems. The latter has returned but is not ready for
first team action while the other two remain long term absentees.
Kevin
De Bruyne is expected be dropped as the Spanish boss could be planning for a
defensive strategy. Yaya Toure and Fernandinho would start in the defensive
role if
Stats:
Monaco
have won four of their last five home Champions League games.
Manchester
City have not won any of their last three away UCL games.
First
leg result: Man City 5 – 3 Monaco.
Prediction:
Monaco
2 – 1 Manchester City
The
homes side are likely to win the game but unlikely to qualify for the quarter finals.
Radamel
Falcao is likely to be on the scoresheet for the home side.
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