Barcelona v City: Champions League match preview | OneFootball

All the information needed ahead of City’s final match of 2024.

WHEN AND WHERE

Gareth Taylor’s side close than calendar with a tantalising trip to Barcelona in the UEFA Women’s Champions League on Wednesday 18 December with kick-off scheduled for 17:45 (UK).

It represents our final Group D assignment and we enter the match harbouring ambitions of finishing at the table’s summit knowing we’ll win the group if we avoid a 2-0 defeat in Spain.

As ever, the official Man City app will have all bases covered and regular match updates will be published on X: @ManCityWomen.

MAN CITY APP COVERAGE

The Official Man City App will provide comprehensive coverage of our trip to Barcelona.

Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre 90 minutes before kick-off. During the game you can also listen to live audio commentary while our text commentary continues.

Make sure you have push notification turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action including goals, red cards and team news.

Highlights and a CITY+ full-match replay will be available at 23:00 (UK) on Wednesday night in the United Kingdom only before being made available the following day.

GARETH TAYLOR PREVIEW

Taylor will field questions from the media at 18:00 (UK) on Tuesday 17 December ahead of our clash with Barcelona.

He will be joined by full-back Kerstin Casparij.

Written and video recaps from the press conference will be available shortly after it concludes.

LAST TIME OUT

City suffered a narrow 2-1 defeat to Everton in our previous assignment which represented only our second loss of the season.

First-half goals from Lucy Hope and Honoka Hayashi gave the hosts a strong lead at the break before Mary Fowler’s penalty halved the deficit in the 89th minute.

PREVIOUS MEETING

Taylor’s side recorded a memorable 2-0 win over Barcelona in the reverse fixture in front of a record Joie Stadium crowd.

Naomi Layzell lit the sky blue touch paper with her first for the Club on 36 minutes when pouncing at a corner to turn the ball into the net.

After heroic defending after half-time, Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw doubled our lead with just less than 15 minutes remaining which helped us to a famous three points on the European stage.

WATCH: Highlights: City 2-0 Barcelona

TV COVERAGE

Our meeting with Barcelona will be broadcast in the United Kingdom on DAZN UK – for those outside of Great Britain learn how to tune in here – courtesy of livesoccertv.com.