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Manchester City vs Dinamo Zagreb; UEFA Champions League Group C

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Manchester City vs Dinamo Zagreb. UEFA Champions League Group C.

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Manchester City 2

  • R Sterling (66th minute)
  • P Foden (95th minute)

Dinamo Zagreb 0

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    Fernandinho could be in line for a centre-back role this autumn
    Image: Fernandinho could be in line for a centre-back role once more for Man City

    Team news, key stats and predictions ahead of Manchester City vs Dinamo Zagreb as the Champions League group stages continue.

    Team news

    Kevin De Bruyne has been ruled out of Manchester City's Champions League clash against Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday with a groin injury.

    Fernandinho and Nicolas Otamendi are expected to continue in central defence. Senior centre-backs John Stones (thigh) and Aymeric Laporte (knee) are both still sidelined, leaving manager Pep Guardiola with few other options for the Group C clash.

    Winger Leroy Sane (knee) is the only other major absentee with Guardiola reporting no fresh injuries following Saturday's hard-fought win at Everton.

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    Highlights from Manchester City's win against Everton in the Premier League.

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    This will be Manchester City's first encounter with Dinamo Zagreb in European competition and their first ever such meeting with a Croatian side.

    Dinamo Zagreb have never won away from home against English teams in all competitions in Europe, losing five of their seven trips to England (D2).

    Manchester City have won their last four Champions League home games by an aggregate score of 19-4; they've never won five in a row in the competition. Indeed, City have lost only one of their last 11 home group stage matches (W9 D1 L1).

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    Manchester City celebrate a goal in the Champions League
    Image: Manchester City celebrate a goal in their Champions League opening group game

    Dinamo Zagreb are winless in their last 15 Champions League away matches (D2 L13), losing each of the last 12. No side has ever lost 13 consecutive away games in the Champions League (Spartak Moscow also lost 12 between October 2000 and October 2006).

    Manchester City's 3-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk was Pep Guardiola's 30th managerial UEFA Champions League win by three or more goals - only Carlo Ancelotti (32 wins)
    has more by that margin in the history of the competition.

    Dinamo Zagreb ended a run of 11 consecutive Champions League losses with victory over Atalanta on MD1, only once have they won in successive games in the competition (back-to-back wins in November 1998).

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    Pep Guardiola says it will not be a disaster with Manchester City's hierarchy if he does not win the Champions League this season.

    Charlie's prediction

    We had a chuckle at the weekend about this. Pep Guardiola was resting Sergio Aguero, David Silva and Bernardo Silva, yet they still got the job done away at Everton. Aguero is his No 9 but Gabriel Jesus has found a bit of form. It was a tricky game - Manchester City never get it easy there. It was no surprise Raheem Sterling started, and he got himself on the scoresheet once again. Phil Foden needs more game-time, but the two Silvas and Aguero can come back in. He may try something defensively - Fernandinho may not be able to play three games in a week. I would not be surprised if it was a Champions League hat-trick for Aguero but Guardiola could make five or six changes and throw other people in that have something to show and prove.

    CHARLIE PREDICTS: 4-0 (7/1 with Sky Bet)

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