Date :Tuesday 16th, March 2021
Time: 9:00pm
Stadium Puskas Arena
Referee Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Goal Scorer:
Team News
Manchester City
There was one point in the season where City's absentee list stretched into double figures, but incredibly, Guardiola has a fully-fit and fearsome contingent from which to pick from this week.
The former Barcelona boss surprisingly opted to start John Stones, Aymeric Laporte and Ruben Dias together at Craven Cottage, but with City expected to revert to a traditional four-man defence this week, Laporte may be the unlucky one to drop out after Stones demonstrated his goalscoring prowess once again at the weekend.
Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez and Ilkay Gundogan were all given a complete rest at the weekend and should return here, while Kyle Walker and Oleksandr Zinchenko will both hope to reprise their roles in the rearguard.
Manchester City possible starting lineup:
Ederson; Walker, Dias, Stones, Zinchenko; Fernandinho, Gundogan, De Bruyne; Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling
Manchester City Champions League form: WWWDWW
Manchester City form (all competitions): WWWLWW
Borussia Monchegladbach
Two Monchengladbach players who played the full 90 minutes in the first leg - Ramy Bensebaini and Christoph Kramer - both missed out against Augsburg and are not expected to feature this week.
There is more optimism over Bensebaini's fitness than Kramer's, but Rose will not be prepared to risk either player given the importance of their upcoming Bundesliga fixtures, so Oscar Wendt and Denis Zakaria - linked with Liverpool - should fill the voids in the visitors' lineup.
Valentino Lazaro's spot on the right-hand side of the attack is not secure, but other than that, Rose will stick with the majority of the side from Friday's dampening defeat to Augsburg.
Borussia Monchengladbach possible starting lineup:
Sommer; Lainer, Ginter, Elvedi, Wendt; Neuhaus, Zakaria; Hofmann, Stindl, Thuram; Plea
Borussia Monchengladbach Champions League form: DWWLLL
Borussia Monchengladbach form (all competitions): LLLLLL
Prediction: Manchester City 2-0 Borussia Monchengladbach
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