AS Monaco vs Manchester City – UEFA Champions League – Preview

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Sreya

AS Monaco vs Manchester City – AS Monaco hosts Manchester City at Stade Louis II on 15th March, Wednesday in the second leg of their Round of 16 UEFA Champions League tie.

AS Monaco fell to a 5-3 defeat at the Etihad in the first leg after taking a two-goal lead, but have a realistic chance of progressing to the quarter-finals courtesy their superb form at home this season.

Manchester City, on the other hand, will look to join Leicester City as the second English club in the quarter-finals with Pep Guardiola prioritizing Europe’s premiere competition in light of City’s sketchy form in the domestic league.

Team News

Boschilia and Guido Carrillo are sidelined through injuries while Kamil Glik is suspended. The visitors will be without Gabriel Jesus and Ilkay Gundogan, both of whom are long-term injury concerns but Vincent Kompany is likely to feature.

AS Monaco Possible Starting Lineup: Danijel Subasic, Djibril Sidibe, Jemerson, Andrea Raggi, Benjamin Mendy, Bernardo Silva, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Fabinho, Thomas Lemar, Kylian Mbappe, Radamel Falcao.

Manchester City Possible Starting Lineup: Willy Caballero, Bacary Sagna, Nicolas Otamendi, John Stones, Aleksandar Kolarov, Fernandinho, Yaya Toure, Leroy Sane, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero.

“The best way [to defend] is score goals. When one team scores many goals and you think about just defending, you kill yourself. The idea is to try and attack. We scored five goals when it’s not easy to score against them. What you have to do is go to score goals.”

– Pep Guardiola, Manchester City.

Contributor’s Pick

According to AS Monaco vs Manchester City H2H Stats, Manchester City won the only previous meeting between these two clubs.

There have been over 2.5 goals scored in Monaco’s last four games in the UEFA Champions League. It should be a closely contested affair with AS Monaco winning the second leg by 2-1 being the most probable outcome, although Manchester City are the favorites to progress to the quarter-finals.