Early team news: A line-up revealed to Manchester City vs Real Madrid (UEFA Champions League Last-16 Play-off First Ben)

Manchester City welcomes Real Madrid in the first leg at the two-page meetings of a UEFA Champions League Last-16 Play-off slip this month.

Both Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti will be desperate after avoiding an early exit from the competition in its new format after embarking on the play-off round from the League and the city scraping through in the 22nd position.

City enters the Midweek competition after strengthening their persecution of household garts this season by coming from behind to defeat League One Side Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road on Saturday afternoon thanks to goals from Abdukodir Khusanov and Kevin de Bruyne.

As for Los Blancos, they have made the trip to Etihad Stadium from the back of a Derby Day-Udeliged in the hands of Atletico Madrid with Kylian Mbappe, who responded to Julian Alvarez’s first half penalty to secure a 1-1 draw in La Liga .

Manchester City was left sweat after the weekend’s action over the suitability of Nico Gonzalez, after the Spanish was replaced with a hip problem within the opening 25 minutes of the competition, but returned to training immediately before Tuesday evening’s affair.

Rodri and Oscar Bobb remain the only players sidelined through recovery processes, with the latter suffering from a setback in his recovery after rolling his ankle in a recent training session after returning to City Football Academy tasks in early January .

At the forefront of the confirmed team news from the Manchester City side of things at Etihad Stadium tonight, Real Madrid has confirmed their full line-up and substitutes of the clash over an hour before the Premier League Champions.

Real Madrid’s starting lineup: Courtois, Valverde, Tchouameni, Aencio, Mendy, Camavinga, Ceballos, Bellingham, Rodrygo, Vini Jr, Mbappe.

Substituts: Lunin, Modric, Arda carrots, Endrick, Vallejo, Fran Garcia, Brahim, Gonzalo, Jacobo Ramon, Chema, Lorenzo Aguado.

Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti are expected to confirm their respective Manchester City and Real Madrid startups around 18:45 (UK) Tuesday night.

Update for updates.