Manchester City and Sparta Prague have confirmed their starting lineups ahead of tonight’s Champions League clash at the Etihad Stadium. Both teams enter tonight’s game with 4 points from their opening two games. The game is both teams third of the league phase of the competition.
For Manchester City they enter tonight’s game with several players unavailable. Rodri, Oscar Bobb, Kevin De Bruyne and Kyle Walker are all out tonight’s match Pep Guardiola confirmed yesterday. Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku both failed to train yesterday ahead of tonight’s match. The pair are in doubt to feature against Sparta Prague.
Here are the starting lineups for tonight’s Champions League league phase clash.
Manchester City
Pep Guardiola has made five changes to the team that beat Wolves at Molineux. In comes Stefan Ortega, Nathan Ake, Manuel Akanji, Matheus Nunes and Phil Foden. Out goes Ederson, Josko Gvardiol, Ruben Dias, Mateo Kovacic and Jeremy Doku.
Jeremy Doku and Jack Grealish are both out of tonight’s game as City’s injury issues continue to grow. City’s bench for tonight’s game is thin which highlights the injury issues faced by Pep Guardiola’s squad for tonight’s match.
Starting lineup: Stefan Ortega, Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Ake, Gundogan, Matheus Nunes, Foden, Silva, Savinho, Haaland.
Substitutes: Ederson, Carson, Dias, Kovacic, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, McAtee.
Your City side to face Sparta Prague! 🩵
XI | Ortega Moreno, Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Ake, Gundogan, Bernardo (C), Nunes, Savinho, Foden, Haaland
SUBS | Ederson, Carson, Dias, Kovacic, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, McAtee#ManCity | #UCL pic.twitter.com/OfR4pH9aiC
— Manchester City (@ManCity) October 23, 2024
Sparta Prague
1️⃣1️⃣ SESTAVA | Na Etihad Stadium vyběhne od první minuty následující jedenáctka 👥
V kádru ze zdravotních důvodů chybí Indrit Tuci, Elias Cobbaut a Jaroslav Zelený 🤕 #acsparta pic.twitter.com/dbg6r6oXtW
— AC Sparta Praha (@ACSparta_CZ) October 23, 2024