Man Metropolis host Bayer Leverkusen tonight. Get the workforce information right here…
Manchester Metropolis will look to increase their unbeaten run within the Champions League when Bayer Leverkusen go to the Etihad this night.
Metropolis have taken 10 factors from their first 4 video games within the league section and one other win in opposition to Kasper Hjulmand’s males will put them in a commanding place to assert a top-eight end.
Boss Pep Guardiola reduce a visibly indignant determine following the weekend defeat at Newcastle after a variety of key choices went in opposition to his facet.
However he may even hope for a extra medical show from his workforce after Erling Haaland suffered a uncommon off-night on Tyneside. A aim for the Norwegian in opposition to Leverkusen would see him rating for the sixth successive look within the Champions League correct for the second time in his profession.
Guardiola is aware of it gained’t straightforward, nonetheless, in opposition to a Leverkusen workforce which have improved markedly following Hjulmand’s arrival to switch Erik ten Hag.
“They’re third within the Bundesliga and it’s a massively necessary sport by way of ending within the first eight,” he mentioned.
Leverkusen adopted up a 1-0 win at Benfica and 6-0 dwelling league thrashing of Heidenheim with a 3-1 victory at Wolfsburg on Saturday, leaving them two factors behind second-placed Leipzig in Germany and eight shy of leaders Bayern Munich.
MAN CITY TEAM NEWS
Metropolis will “wait slightly longer” on Rodri’s return to full health, whereas fellow midfielder Mateo Kovacic can be out.
Midfielder Bernardo Silva and winger Savinho should keep away from bookings or incur suspensions for the journey to Actual Madrid on December 10.
Unsurprisingly, Pep Guardiola has as soon as once more combined his pack, handing begins to the likes of James Trafford, Oscar Bobb and Omar Marmoush, permitting different key gamers a relaxation.
Man Metropolis: Trafford, Khusanov, Stones, Ake, Ait-Nouri, Lewis, Gonzalez, Reijnders, Bobb, Savinho, Marmoush
BAYER LEVERKUSEN TEAM NEWS
Defensive midfielders Ezequiel Fernandez (knee ligament) and Exequiel Palacios (thigh and tendon surgical procedure) and proper wing-back Lucas Vazquez (again) are long-term absentees for Leverkusen.
Forwards Martin Terrier and Jonas Hofmann will not be registered for the Champions League and centre-back Edmond Tapsoba and midfielder Robert Andrich are banned.
Defender Axel Tape (thigh and tendon), proper wing-back Arthur (again) and reserve goalkeeper Janis Blaswich (muscular) are additionally out.
Bayer Leverkusen: Flekken, Quansah, Bade, Tillman, Schick, Poku, Grimaldo, Garcia, Maza, Kofane, Belocian
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Manchester Metropolis v Bayer Leverkusen stats
- These groups have by no means met earlier than, though Metropolis have gained 19 and misplaced one in every of their final 24 conferences with German groups, whereas Leverkusen misplaced eight and gained one in every of their earlier 12 away in opposition to English golf equipment
- The English facet are unbeaten of their final 23 group stage and league section dwelling matches, profitable 20 of these
- Metropolis want three targets to succeed in 300 within the Champions League correct
- Haaland has 10 targets in his final 9 encounters with German sides and beforehand scored in six straight video games within the competitors correct for Borussia Dortmund between October 10 2020 and March 9 2021
- Guardiola will take cost of his a centesimal sport within the competitors as Metropolis supervisor
- Leverkusen have misplaced three of their final 20 European group stage and league section matches, profitable 12 of these
- They’re in search of their fiftieth win within the competitors
- Midfielder Claudio Echeverri has performed in all of Leverkusen’s Champions League video games since becoming a member of on a season-long mortgage from Metropolis in August and is focusing on his first aim for them within the competitors
- 4 of Leverkusen’s 5 factors on this season’s league section have come away from dwelling, together with equalisers within the 82nd and 91st minutes to attract 2-2 at Copenhagen on Matchday 1
- None of Leverkusen’s final 27 European matches have completed 0-0