MAN CITY face Sevilla this evening at the Etihad as Pep Guardiola's looks to round off his side's Champions League group stage campaign in style.
Erling Haaland scored twice in a 4-0 win in the first match but the Norwegian striker is out of tonight's game with a foot injury.
- Start time: 8pm GMT
- TV/Live stream: BT Sport 3
- Man City XI: To follow
- Sevilla XI: To follow
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What time does Man City vs Sevilla kick off?
- Man City take on Sevilla TONIGHT – Wednesday, November 2.
- The game will kick off from 8pm UK time.
- Man City vs Sevilla will take place at the Etihad Stadium.
- Their first clash finished 4-0 to Man City.
What channel is it and can it be live streamed?
- Man City vs Sevilla will be shown live on BT Sport 3.
- You can live stream the action from the BT Sport app, both of which are available for download onto your mobile or tablet device.
Team news
Erling Haaland is not available for the game as he continues his recovery from a foot injury which kept him out of the win over Leicester at the weekend.
Kyle Walker also remains a long-term absentee for City.
Phil Foden and Ruben Dias could get starts for Guardiola's side after coming off the bench against Leicester.
Riyad Mahrez is likely to play from the off ahead of Jack Grealish.
- Tom Chambers
Manchester City starting XI
As expected, Pep Guardiola is giving an opportunity to those who don't normally start for City in the big matches.
Man City XI: Ortega, Laporte, Lewis, Dias, Sergio Gomez, Gundogan, Palmer, Foden, Mahrez, Alvarez, Grealish.
- Tom Chambers
Sevilla injury news
Sevilla winger Jesus Corona is out for the visitors as he recovers from the broken leg that will keep him out of the World Cup for Mexico.
Tanguy Nianzou and Yousseff En-Nesyri have also been ruled out with thigh and hamstring inuries, respectively.
Ex-City midfielder Fernando has been ill having gone down with a virus and could miss out on a return to his former team.
We’re expecting the official team news very shortly.
- Tom Chambers
Man City injury news
The headline news is that Erling Haaland will be missing tonight for Pep Guardiola’s team, with the City boss confirming that his striker suffered “ligament damage” to his ankle last week.
Kalvin Phillips and Kyle Walker both remain out as they attempt to recover from their respective injuries ahead of England’s first World Cup group game in 19 days’ time.
Cole Palmer faces a late fitness test to see if he is available to feature in tonight’s game.
- Tom Chambers
Welcome to the Etihad
Good evening and welcome to our live coverage of the Champions League fixture between Manchester City and Sevilla.
The Citizens have already secured top spot in group G having amassed 11 points from their five previous matches.
Pep Guardiola will be without goal-machine Erling Haaland for this evening’s game after the Norwegian suffered an ankle injury in City’s last Champions League game away at Borussia Dortmund.
It is, however, unlikely that Haaland would have been involved in any case as Guardiola would surely have taken the opportunity to rotate his squad with his team in the middle of a busy run of fixtures.
City’s opponents also come into the game knowing that they cannot change their position in the group, irrespective of tonight’s result.
Sevilla are three points behind second-placed Borussia Dortmund but are unable to overtake the German side because of their inferior head-to-head record in group G.
It’s been a season to forget for the Spanish side as a poor start to the campaign has caused them to slip into the relegation zone in La Liga, having earned just 10 points from their opening 12 games.
Jorge Sampaoli took over as Sevilla head coach in October after Julien Lopetegui was sacked, but the team has continued to struggle for consistency since the Argentine took the reins.
The group may have already been decided but we’re still going to have some fun!
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