Manchester City will travel away to Monaco to play their second group stage UEFA Champions League match on Wednesday.
Pep Guardiola's side started their Champions League campaign with a 2-0 victory over Napoli which saw City legend Kevin De Bruyne returning to the Etihad Stadium for the first time since he left the club at the end of the last season. City come into the game in form, having beaten Burnley 5-1 in the Premier League last Saturday with Erling Haaland scoring twice. Haaland, especially, has been in terrific form having scored eight league goals already in six matches.
Guardiola, meanwhile, has also welcomed two key players in Rodri and Rayan Cherki back to training. Meanwhile, Monaco will hope to get back to their winning ways in the Champions League after opening their campaign with a 4-1 loss to Club Brugge.
Here's everything you need to know:
How to watch:
The match will be available on TNT Sports in the U.K., Paramount+ in the United States, Stan Sport in Australia, and SonyLIV in India. You can also follow ESPN's live updates.
Key Details:
Date: Wednesday, October 1 at 8.00 p.m. BST (3:00 a.m. ET; 12:30 p.m. IST and 5:00 a.m. AEST, Thursday).
Venue: Stade Louis II, Monaco
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
VAR: Cesar Soto Grado (Spain)
Team News:
Manchester City
Omar Marmoush, F: knee, OUT
Rayan Ait-Nouri, D: ankle, OUT
Abdukodir Khusanov, D: foot, OUT
Monaco
Aleksandr Golovin, M: thigh, OUT
Paul Pogba, M: fitness, OUT
Denis Zakaria, M: muscle, OUT
Lamine Camara, M: ankle, OUT
Expected Lineups:
Manchester City (4-3-3)
GK: Gianluigi Donnarumma
RB: Rico Lewis | CB: Joško Gvardiol | CB: Ruben Dias | LB: Nathan Ake
CM: Tijjani Reijnders | CDM: Rodri CM: Bernardo Silva
RW: Phil Foden | CF: Erling Haaland | LW: Jeremy Doku
Monaco (4-4-2)
GK: Philipp Köhn
RB: Vanderson | CB: Eric Dier | CB: Thilo Kehrer | LB: Caio Henrique
RCM: Takumi Minamino | CM: Mamadou Coulibaly | CM: Jordan Teze | LCM: Maghnes Akliouche
FW: Mika Biereth | FW: Ansu Fati
Stats:
Monaco have lost just one of their nine most recent European matches at home against English teams (W6. D2). They have won the last three.
But Monaco have won only one of their last seven Champions League games (D1, L5).
Manchester City have lost their last four Champions League matches away from home.
Man City's Erling Haaland is set to make his 50th appearance in the competition.
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