Manchester City are aiming to seal their place in the Champions League quarter-finals when they take on FC Copenhagen on Wednesday night.
The Danish side gave the holders a brief scare in the first leg, drawing level in the first half after Kevin De Bruyne had given City an early lead. However, Pep Guardiola’s imperious oufit scored twice in the second half to take a commanding 3-1 lead to the Etihad.
The Cityzens haven’t lost a Champions League fixture on home soil in almost six years.
The hosts head into Wednesday’s bout off the back of an impressive Manchester derby win during which their distinct superiority over United was once again asserted. Local boy Phil Foden was the hero as City overturned an early deficit.
Guardiola’s side typically find their imperious groove at this point in the season and they’ll be looking to bypass Copenhagen with little hassle in midweek. The Danes were beaten by Midtjylland on Friday night in a potentially decisive top-of-the-table Superliga clash.
Here’s 90min’s preview of Wednesday’s Champions League round of 16 second leg.
Man City vs Copenhagen H2H Record (Last Five Games)
Current Form (all competitions)
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Man City |
Copenhagen |
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Man City 3-1 Man Utd – 03/03/24 |
Midtjylland 2-0 Copenhagen – 01/03/24 |
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Luton Town 2-6 Man City – 27/02/24 |
Copenhagen 2-0 Nordsjaelland – 26/02/24 |
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Bournemouth 0-1 Man City – 24/02/24 |
Silkeborg 0-3 Copenhagen – 18/02/24 |
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Man City 1-0 Brentford – 20/02/24 |
Copenhagen 1-3 Man City – 13/02/24 |
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Man City 1-1 Chelsea – 17/02/24 |
Copenhagen 3-1 Molde – 08/02/24 |
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Country |
TV channel/live stream |
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United Kingdom |
TNT Sports 1, discovery+, discovery+ App, TNT Sports Ultimate |
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United States |
Paramount+, ViX, CBS |
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Canada |
DAZN |
Guardiola has just one injury concern heading into Wednesday’s game. Jack Grealish, who’s nursing a muscle injury, will miss out.
The Spaniard is set to make several changes from the starting XI that downed Man Utd on Sunday. Julian Alvarez, Mateo Kovacic, Manuel Akanji and Josko Gvardiol could all come into the team.
John Stones, Nathan Ake and Kevin De Bruyne are candidates for midweek rests.
Man City predicted lineup vs Copenhagen (3-4-2-1): Ederson; Walker, Dias, Gvardiol; Rodri, Akanji; Bobb, Alvarez, Kovacic, Doku; Haaland.
The visitors are set to be without injured captain Viktor Claesson on Wednesday night as well as midfielder Lukas Lerager, who was suspended for the first leg in Copenhagen.
The visitors could…
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