Manchester City vs Club Brugge

Key Details:

Date: Wednesday, Jan 27 at 8 p.m. UK GMT [3 p.m. ET]

Venue: Etihad stadium, Manchester

Referee: Jose Maria Sanchez

VAR: Alejandro Hernandez

Standings:

Manchester City: 25th (two points outside qualifying zone)

Club Brugge: 20th (three points ahead of City, with a worse goal difference)

Team News:

Manchester City

Jérémy Doku, M, discomfort, DOUBT, estimated return early Feb

Nathan Aké, D, muscle, DOUBT

Oscar Bobb, M/F, broken leg, DOUBT, estimated return early Feb

Rodri, M, knee, OUT, estimated return Jul 1

Rúben Dias, D, groin, OUT, estimated return mid-Feb

Club Brugge have no injuries/suspensions

Expected Lineup:

Manchester City

GK: Éderson

LB: Josko Gvardiol | CB: Manuel Akanji | CB: John Stones | RB: Matheus Nunes

CM: Bernardo Silva | CM: Mateo Kovacic | CM: Kevin De Bruyne

LW: Omar Marmoush | CF: Erling Haaland | RW: Phil Foden

Club Brugge

GK: Simon Mignolet

LB: Maxim De Cuyper | CB: Brandon Mechele | CB: Joel Ordenez | RB: Kyriani Sabbe

CM: Raphael Onyedika | CM: Ardon Jashari

LW: Christos Tzolis | CAM: Hans Vanaken | RW: Chemsidine Talbi

CF: Ferran Jutglà

Stats:

2 - Man City have faced Club Brugge only twice in their history. City won both, 4-1 at the Etihad in the 2021/22 UCL group stage, and 5-1 away in Belgium.

0/4 - City are without a win in four UCL matches (D1 L3)

47 - Erling Haaland has scored 47 goals in 46 UCL games, just two goals outside the top 10 goalscorers in the history of the competition proper (Alfredo Di Stefano is at #10, with 49). Haaland is also three goals behind Robert Lewandowski in the race for this season's UCL golden boot.

1 - Unsurprisingly, Manchester City are top of the charts in possession % this UCL season (63.7%, along with Bayern Munich) and atop the passing accuracy % charts (92%)

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