Manchester City vs Hoffenheim: Champions League match preview, team news, confirmed line-ups, plus more

Manchester City vs Hoffenheim: Champions League match preview, team news, confirmed line-ups, plus more
Manchester City welcome Hoffenheim to the Etihad on Wednesday night knowing a draw will be enough to guarantee top spot in their Champions League group.Pep Guardiola will be pleased his team have already secured a place in the last 16 of the competition, given that he only has 15 fit senior players available for the final group game.Guardiola has a very thin squad for Wednesday3
Guardiola has a very thin squad for Wednesday
City will be keen to bounce back after suffering their first Premier League defeat of the season at Chelsea on Saturday.Meanwhile, Hoffenheim can still sneak into the Europa League if they win and Shakhtar Donetsk lose at home to Lyon.The visitors made City work hard for victory during the previous meeting in Germany, with David Silva scoring an 87th-minute winner after Ishak Belfodil had put Hoffenheim in front.

What the managers are saying

Pep Guardiola (Man City): “It was incredible to watch the [Hoffenheim] game against Shakhtar as a spectator. They had ten men for 30 minutes and they lost.“I knew when I was in Germany about Nagelsmann and his team but it was then that I realised how tough it would be.”Julian Nagelsmann (Hoffenheim): “Even as an optimist you’d say it was difficult. We have to be on top of our game. But we don’t have a huge amount to lose. We can enjoy the game. Perhaps we can relax and play the football that got us to the Champions League.”Nagelsmann faced Guardiola in the Champions League3
Nagelsmann faced Guardiola in the Champions League

Team news

David Silva and Fernandinho are the latest additions to an injury list that includes Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne, Danilo, Benjamin Mendy and Claudio Bravo. Oleksandar Zinchenko has also been out in recent weeks. Phil Foden starts two days after signing his new six-year contract.David Silva joins City’s injury list3
David Silva joins City’s injury list

Confirmed line-ups

Man City:Ederson, Laporte, Stones, Otamendi (C), Zinchenko, Gundogan, Foden, Sane, Bernardo, Sterling, JesusSubs Muric, Walker, Kompany, Delph, Mahrez, Diaz, F. NmechaHoffenheim:Baumann; Bicakcic, Vogt, Hbner, Kaderabek; Zuber, Demirbay, Schulz; Kramaric; Belfodil, Joelinton

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