Manchester City travel to the Spanish capital to face Real Madrid in the Champions League tonight, with Pep Guardiola’s side looking to put one foot in the next round with a win over their European rivals.
This match marks the fifth fixture between these two sides in four years, with Madrid having knocked City out of the competition in the knockout round play-offs last term.
Both sides will be aiming to avoid that extra round of fixtures by finishing in the top eight this time round, and they are well-placed to do so with Madrid in fifth with 12 points and City in ninth with 10.
While the Cityzens have found form of late to rise to second in the Premier League, Madrid have fallen four points behind Barcelona after a damaging 2-0 loss to Celta Vigo last time out, with pressure potentially building on Xabi Alonso if he were to lose tonight.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the game.
When is Real Madrid vs Man City?
The match is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 10 December at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid. Kick-off is set for 8pm GMT.
How can I watch it?
Viewers in the UK can watch the game on TNT Sports 1, with coverage starting at 7.30pm. Subscribers can also stream the action online via discovery+. If you’re not a subscriber, you can purchase a TNT Sports subscription via discovery+ here, for only £30.99 per month.
Confirmed line-ups
Real Madrid XI: Courtois; Valverde, Asensio, Rudiger, Carreras; Ceballos, Tchouameni, Bellingham; Vini Jr, Gonzalo, Rodrygo.
Man City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Nico, Bernardo, Foden, Cherki, Doku, Haaland.
Team news
The big news is that Kylian Mbappe is only fit enough for the bench this evening, so Madrid start with a front three of Vini Jr., Rodrygo and Gonzalo García.
That is one of four changes made by Madrid boss Xabi Alonso, with two in defence as Eder Militao and Fran Garcia are replaced by Antonio Rudiger and Dani Ceballos, with the latter moving into midfield and Fede Valverde coming in at right-back. The final change sees Arda Guler make way for Rodrygo in the attacking positions.
Pep Guardiola has not made any changes to the side that beat Sunderland 3-0 at the weekend, with the settled back four of Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol and O’Reilly continuing in defence.
Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva will support Nico Gonzalez in midfield, with Rayan Cherki keeping his place on the wing alongside Jeremy Doku.
