Man City vs Real Madrid Predicted line-ups and latest news

Today, April 17th, Manchester City will play at home against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg of the 2023/24 season. The first leg between these teams in Madrid ended in a 3-3 draw. Dailysports has prepared the latest news on the match as well as the tentative lineups for both teams.

Every head coach dreams of approaching important playoff matches in the same situation as Pep Guardiola. Manchester City has 0 injured players and 0 suspended players, with all the players from the English champions present at yesterday's training session ahead of the match against Real Madrid.

In the first leg, Manchester City sorely missed their leading right-back Kyle Walker and Nathan Ake, but both are ready to play now.

Real Madrid's head coach Carlo Ancelotti made minor rotations in the last match against Mallorca (1-0), and fortunately for the team, they managed to avoid new injuries.

The only new absence for Real Madrid is Aurelien Tchouameni. The French midfielder played in central defense in the first leg and did an excellent job of containing Erling Haaland. However, he will miss today's match due to accumulated yellow cards.

Thibaut Courtois and David Alaba are still absent, and their return is expected only at the beginning of next season.

The main question regarding Real Madrid's starting lineup is who will replace Tchouameni in central defense? There are two options: Eder Militao and Nacho. Militao has only played a few minutes in La Liga after recovering from a cruciate ligament injury, and starting Nacho against the physically stronger Haaland would be risky. However, most experts lean towards Nacho.

What the coaches said before the match

Pep Guardiola

"This is a special match for me... But it doesn't matter. What matters is what we have to do tomorrow. We need to correct what didn't work for us at the Bernabeu... We need to perform a little better, we'll talk about it and act on it...".

Carlo Ancelotti

"The statistics say that Real Madrid has never won at the Etihad Stadium? Statistics are made to be broken".

Predicted Manchester City line-up

• Ederson; Walker, Stones, Rúben Dias, Gvardiol; Rodri; Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne, Foden, Grealish; Haaland

Predicted Real Madrid line-up

• Lunin; Carvajal, Nacho, Rüdiger, Mendy; Valverde, Kroos, Camavinga, Bellingham; Vinícius Júnior, Rodrygo

The match kicks off at 21:00 Central European Time.