• It was 1-1 in Manchester, Sergio Agüero's penalty cancelling out Benzema's tenth-minute strike.

PREVIEW. Meanwhile, the experienced midfield trio of Casemiro, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric will start. • City's last trip to Spain brought a 4-0 loss at Barcelona in the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League group stage, their heaviest defeat in UEFA competition. © Agosto • Between 2008 and 2012, Guardiola amassed 14 trophies as Barcelona coach, including the UEFA Champions League in 2009 and 2011 – beating Madrid in the semi-finals in the latter campaign – and three successive Liga titles (2009–11). Real Madrid welcome Manchester City in their UEFA Champions League round of 16 opener – all you need to know. Real Madrid are without the suspended Sergio Ramos for this evening's Champions League last-16 second leg away to Manchester City. He joined the Manchester club in 2013 and also made three UEFA Champions League appearances in 2017/18 before signing for Madrid in January 2019. City led twice through Edin Džeko (68) and Aleksandar Kolarov (85) but Madrid responded through Marcelo (76) and Karim Benzema (87) before Cristiano Ronaldo snatched a 90th-minute victory.

Having also gone out to Liverpool in 2017/18 (0-3 a, 1-2 h), City have not lost a two-legged knockout tie to a non-English club since going out on away goals to Monaco in the 2016/17 round of 16 (5-3 h, 1-3 a). Away from home it is six wins in ten matches (D2 L2), both defeats coming in England; the last game they lost abroad was at Shakhtar (1-2) on Matchday 6 of the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League. Daniele Orsato (ITA) Assistant referees.

Karim Benzema’s flow of goals has been truncated in 2020 and Los Blancos need to score and win in order to take an advantage to Manchester. You need incredible concentration in our game and game plan, plus try to be a little lucky.”. Ramos was on target for the home side. • City's record against Spanish clubs in two-legged knockout ties is W1 L4, with defeats in each of the last four. That made City's last-16 aggregate record W3 L3, with wins in their last two ties. • Champions of England for the second season running and sixth overall – four of those titles having come in the last eight years – City also lifted the FA Cup and League Cup in 2018/19, becoming the first English club to win all three domestic trophies in one season. Simon Hart, Man. Coach Zinedine Zidane has Marcelo available again after an adductor injury, but sticks with the more defensive-minded Ferland Mendy at left-back. LINEUP. Todos los derechos reservados. You can find our Community Guidelines in full Zinédine Zidane, Real Madrid coach: "Just because we've had a couple of poor results, it doesn’t mean we’re doing that badly. Manchester City host Real Madrid in the Champions League on Friday aiming to book their place in the quarter-finals of the competition. ", Josep Guardiola, Man. Vinicius looking for his standout European night. 2020 • Josep Guardiola's side have won 12 of their last 21 European matches, home and away, losing six. Unidad Editorial Información Deportiva, S.L.U. There were two key pointers from the group stage: pick full-backs while centre-backs dominate in terms of ball recoveries. • City have scored 30 goals in their last ten UEFA Champions League matches; since losing at home to Lyon on Matchday 1 last season (1-2) their record is W11 D3 L1 with 45 goals scored and 14 conceded. Man City XI vs Real Madrid: Confirmed team news and predicted lineup Eden Hazard starts despite reports he is only 80% fit after his return to action in the latter stages of LaLiga.

On the right, Rodrygo takes the other spot alongside Karim Benzema. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?

City manager: "We have to be strong, have quality and need to have luck. Form, pedigree, UEFA rankings and seasons in ten words – meet the last 16. • The Merengues' last home game against an English club was a 1-1 draw with Tottenham in the 2017/18 group stage. In midfield, Toni Kroos starts after the German was surprisingly benched for the first leg along with Luka Modric and Casemiro. • Madrid's home record against English clubs is W8 D6 L2. Form: LDWLWWWWDWWDDDLatest: Levante 1-0 Real Madrid (a), 22/02Where they stand: 2nd in Liga, Manchester CityForm: WWLLWWDWWWWWLWWWLatest: Leicester City 0-1 Manchester City, 22/02Where they stand: 2nd in Premier League, FA Cup round of 16, League Cup final, Real Madrid: Courtois: Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Mendy; Modrić, Valverde, Casemiro, Kroos; Vinícius Júnior, BenzemaOut: Asensio (match fitness), Hazard (ankle), City: Ederson; Walker, Fernandinho, Laporte, Zinchenko; De Bruyne, Rodri, Silva; Bernardo, Agüero, SterlingOut: Sané (match fitness)Misses next game if booked: Mendy. They conceded two late goals to draw 2-2 against Paris in their penultimate match, but rounded off their campaign with a 3-1 win at Club Brugge, who finished third, eight points behind Madrid. • For the second year running City lost to English opposition in the quarter-finals in 2018/19, Tottenham eliminating them on away goals after a dramatic 4-4 aggregate draw (0-1 a, 4-3 h).

Are you sure you want to submit this vote? Zidane's dilemma? • Raheem Sterling scored twice as England won 3-2 against a Spain side containing Sergio Ramos, Nacho and Marco Asensio – with Rodri an unused substitute – in the UEFA Nations League in October 2018. Unidad Editorial Información Deportiva, S.L.U. • Rodrygo's hat-trick against Galatasaray on Matchday 4 was the 12th scored by a Real Madrid player in the competition, one fewer than record holders Barcelona. No use for commercial purposes may be made of such trademarks. • Madrid have now finished second in their group three times in four seasons.

They have twice lost to Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League round of 16, in both 2013/14 (1-4 aggregate) and 2014/15 (1-3). • Madrid's record in two-legged knockout ties against English clubs is W8 L4; they have won their last three such contests, most recently that 2016 success against City. Loads of teams like to have the ball [like City do]. Real Madrid• Zinédine Zidane's side picked up 11 points in this season's group stage, finishing second in Group B behind Paris Saint-Germain, who beat the Spanish side 3-0 in France on Matchday 1. City reporter: If City have fallen below their now sky-high standards at times this season, the brilliant form of the world-class Kevin De Bruyne and return from injury of Aymeric Laporte are two big reasons for optimism, with Guardiola’s side arriving in Madrid boosted by back-to-back clean sheets for only the second time since September – not unimportant for a team whose failure to keep goals out has cost them dear in the knockout stages before.

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