Manchester City vs Real Madrid: Match preview, predicted line-ups, team news and prediction | OneFootball

Manchester City welcome Real Madrid to the Etihad Stadium for the second leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie on Tuesday evening.

The Cityzens have an uphill battle ahead of this tie after losing 3-0 to Madrid at the Bernabeu in the first leg.

Match preview

City produced another lethargic performance in the Premier League on Saturday as they were held to a 1-1 draw at West Ham United.

City struggled at both ends at the Bernabeu. The Cityzens created just 0.59 expected goals (xG), while conceding 2.63 expected goals against (xGA).

Manager Pep Guardiola believes his side can overturn the three-goal deficit. They will need a faultless display to knockout a confident Madrid side.

The Los Blancos edged Elche 4-1 in La Liga on Saturday, increasing their momentum ahead of this meeting.

Vice captain Federico Valverde has been in superb form. He has scored five goals in the past three games, as many as he did in his previous 71 appearances.

With a three-goal lead and the Madrid derby to come on Sunday, Alvaro Arbeloa’s side are expected to adopt a defensive and counter-attacking approach here.

Team news

Josko Gvardiol and Rico Lewis are the only fitness concerns for Man City this season.

Madrid have received multiple injury boost with the return to training of Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham, David Alaba and Alvaro Carreras.

However, Dani Ceballos, Ferland Mendy, Eder Militao, and Raul Asencio are in the treatment room.

Predicted line-ups

Real Madrid (4-3-1-2): Thibaut Courtois, Alvaro Carreras, Dean Huijsen, Antonio Rudiger, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Eduardo Camavinga, Aurelien Tchouameni, Federico Valverde, Arder Guler, Vinicius Junior, Brahim Diaz.

Man City (4-2-3-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Marc Guehi, Ruben Dias, Matheus Nunes, Nico O’Reilly, Rodri, Antoine Semenyo, Bernardo Silva, Rayan Cherki, Erling Braut Haaland.

Prediction

We predict a 2-1 win for Man City.

Stats from whoscored.com & sofascore.com