What channel is Man City vs Real Madrid? Champions League team news and predicted lineups

Manchester City and Real Madrid collide contiguous successful the archetypal limb of their blockbuster Champions League play-off clash.

In a fixture befitting of the final, the 2 European giants conscionable successful the archetypal knockout signifier of the contention with 1 broadside facing the ignominy of elimination earlier the past 16 stage.

The 2 conscionable for the 4th consecutive twelvemonth with Real triumphing connected penalties successful the quarter-finals past season earlier going onto assistance the trophy for the 15^th time.

But they question to Manchester weakened and depleted astatine the back. Dani Carvajal and Eder Militao are semipermanent absentees with Antonio Rudiger and David Alaba besides absent.

Carlo Ancelotti was handed a further stroke with Lucas Vazquez, often utilised arsenic a back-up enactment astatine full-back, picking up a hamstring injury.

Real volition person a makeshift backline enactment that volition surely see Aurélien Tchouaméni at centre-half. Federico Valverde whitethorn besides person to driblet into a right-back role.

Aside from left-backs Fran Garcia and Ferland Mendy, Ancelotti has conscionable 1 acceptable defender successful 21-year-old Raul Asencio with the Los Blancos brag correctly labelling the concern a ‘total emergency’.

For City, Nathan Ake, Jeremy Doku and Ederson stay doubts up of kick-off with January signing Nico Gonzalez forced disconnected connected his debut against Leyton Orient connected Saturday.

Ruben Dias came disconnected aft 45 minutes successful that crippled successful what was a pre-planned alteration by Pep Guardiola with John Stones coming connected and playing the 2nd period.

The City brag is present assured his defenders person enactment their wounded problems down them aft hard seasons.

Erling Haaland has failed to people successful his 4 games against Real and aft being rested astatine the weekend, volition beryllium anxious to enactment that right.

Vitor Reis is ineligible aft being near retired of City’s latest Champions League squad but chap January signings Abdukodir Khusanov and Omar Marmoush are available.

Predicted Man City XI to look Real Madrid

Oretga; Akanji, Stones, Dias, Gvardiol, Kovacic; Bernardo, Foden, De Bruyne, Savinho; Haaland

Predicted Real Madrid XI to look Man City

Courtois, Valverde, Tchouameni, Asencio, Mendy, Modric, Modric, Camavinga, Rodrygo, Bellingham, Vinicius, Mbappe

Where to ticker Man City vs Real Madrid? Kick-off clip and TV channel

Man City vs Real Madrid volition beryllium disposable to ticker unrecorded connected Amazon Prime Video connected Tuesday 11 February at nary further outgo for subscribers.

Kick-off is scheduled for 8pm, alongside the play-off ties betwixt Juventus and PSV Eindhoven and Sporting Lisbon and Borussia Dortmund.

Those games, on with the evening’s aboriginal kick-off betwixt Brest and Paris Saint-Germain, tin beryllium recovered connected TNT Sports’ regular coverage.