Manchester City return to European action when they travel to Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League on Tuesday.
It’s been a difficult few weeks for Manchester City with the gruelling schedule starting to pick up pace and crucial players falling to injury.
Rodri is the biggest casualty and the crucial midfielder will miss the entire season after suffering an ACL and meniscus injury.
Pep Guardiola’s side will be aiming to put all that behind them on Tuesday and pick up their first win in the new-look Champions League after drawing with Inter in their opening match.
Here’s everything you need to know about the game.
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Slovan Bratislava vs Man City kick-off time
Manchester City’s match-up at Tehelne Pole in the Slovakian capital will get underway at 8 pm GMT on Tuesday, October 1.
How to watch Slovan Bratislava vs Man City in the Champions League
Every Champions League game will be televised across various platforms so there are multiple ways to watch City vs Bratislava.
TV channel
City’s match with Newcastle will be televised live on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate. Coverage gets underway at 7 pm.
Bratislava vs Man City live stream
The streaming home for TNT Sports is Discovery+.
Those with a subscription will be able to stream Tuesday’s game live on their laptops, smart TVs, smartphones and tablets via the Discovery+ app.
It will cost you £30.99 per month to subscribe to Discovery+.
Slovan Bratislava vs Manchester City team news
City will continue to be without Kevin De Bruyne, who is still struggling with a thigh issue he picked up against Inter.
Guardiola now doesn’t expect the playmaker to be back until after the October international break:
“Hopefully after the international break he [Kevin] will be back,” he said.
“Everybody is ready – we will put out the best team possible to compete and beat them.”
Meanwhile, Rodri, Oscar Bobb and Nathan Ake are all sidelined.
Man City travelling squad vs Slovan
Here is the full squad Guardiola has taken to Slovakia:
- Kyle Walker
- Ruben Dias
- John Stones
- Mateo Kovacic
- Erling Haaland
- Jack Grealish
- Jeremy Doku
- Stefan Ortega Moreno
- Ilkay Gundogan
- Bernardo Silva
- Josko Gvardiol
- Manuel Akanji
- Savinho
- Matheus Nunes
- Ederson
- Scott Carson
- Phil Foden
- Rico Lewis
- James McAtee
Referee and officials
- Referee: Davide Massa ITA
- Assistant Referee 1: Filippo Meli ITA
- Assistant Referee 2: Stefano Alassio ITA
- Fourth Official: Simone Sozza ITA
- Video Assistant Referee: Marco Di Bello ITA
- Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Valerio Marini ITA
- UEFA Referee Observer: Uno Tutk EST
- UEFA Delegate: Marcin Stefański POL
Prediction
Slovan are one of the lowest ranked sides in the Champions League and lost their opening match in the competition to 5-1 Celtic.
City might be lacking rhythm at the moment as they get used to life without Rodri but they should have little issue in dispatching the Slovakians, even if they are the away side and name a weakened XI.
However, you wouldn’t put it past the Blues to concede a goal.
Prediction: Slovan Bratislava 1-6 Manchester City
