Manchester City will host Sparta Prague at the Etihad Stadium this Wednesday in the third matchday of the Champions League. The team led by Pep Guardiola aims to get closer to the top spots in the group after achieving one win and one draw in the previous matches.
The probable lineups for the match are as follows: Manchester City: Ederson; Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol; Gündogan; Bernardo, Nunes, Foden, Grealish; Haaland. Sparta Prague: Vindahl; Vitik, Panak, Zeleny; Preciado, Kairinen, Laci, Wiesner; Birmancevic, Rrhamani, Haraslin.
The match will be held at 4 PM Argentina time and will be broadcast live on Fox Sports and Disney+. Additionally, it will be available on platforms such as Flow, Directv Go, and Telecentro Play.
In this edition of the Champions League, UEFA introduced changes to the tournament format. Instead of 32 teams divided into eight groups, 36 teams will now participate in a league phase. Eight different matches will take place, half at home and half away.
At the end of this stage, all teams will be placed in a general table. The top eight teams will qualify directly for the round of 16, while the teams ranked ninth to twenty-fourth will compete in a playoff round to determine the last eight teams that will qualify for the next stage. Teams finishing in 25th place or lower will be eliminated with no chance to play in the Europa League.
