Evening Standard
·23 ottobre 2024
Evening Standard
·23 ottobre 2024
Pep Guardiola’s side heavy favourites to claim second win
Pep Guardiola’s side are up and running in the new-look league phase having beaten Slovan Bratislava 4-0 last time out.
The Premier League champions are strong favourites to claim their second win of their European campaign and take a step closer to securing progression into the round of 16.
The Czech champions, however, are unbeaten themselves after thrashing RB Salzburg before drawing with Stuttgart.
Man City vs Sparta Praha is scheduled for an 8pm BST kick-off time tonight, Wednesday, October 23, 2024.
The Etihad Stadium in Manchester will host.
TV channel: The game will be broadcast on TNT Sports 2 and TNT Sports Ultimate.
Live stream: Subscribers will be able to watch on a live stream via the Discovery+ app.
LIVE coverage: Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog!
Man City XI: Ortega, Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Ake, Gundogan, Bernardo, Nunes, Savinho, Foden, Haaland
Subs: Ederson, Carson, Dias, Kovacic, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, McAtee
Sparta Prague XI: Vindahl-Jensen, Vitik, Panak, Sorensen, Preciado, Laci, Kairinen, Rynes, Birmancevic, Olatunji, Haraslin
Subs: Vorel, Surovcik, Suchomel, Solbakken, Ross Jensen, Pavelka, Rrahmani, Danek, Sadilek, Pesek, Wiesner, Krasniqi
It’s incredibly difficult to see City slipping up at home, especially against these European minnows despite their own unbeaten start to the league phase.
Man City to win, 3-0.
The two teams have never played.
Man City to win: 1/18
Draw: 9/1
Sparta Prague to win: 25/1
Odds via Betfair and subject to change.