Barcelona vs Manchester City team news: Bacary Sagna and Fabian Delph may miss out but Kevin De Bruyne in line for start as Pep Guardiola returns to Nou Camp
Pep Guardiola's side have an almost clean bill of health ahead of the Champions League clash
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MANCHESTER CITY travel to Spain on Wednesday night to take on the might of Barcelona.
Pep Guardiola's side have an almost clean bill of health ahead of the Champions League clash - which sees him return to the club he played and managed.
Guardiola revealed: "For the last decade, the last 50 years, Barcelona dominate football matches. I love the way they play.
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"They have three amazing players - Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar - up front. They are amazing on the counter-attack. They have a good build-up. They are a good team."
Barca are in a similarly strong position - they have no players on the injury table and will roll out the stars on Wednesday night.
Manchester City squad:
Claudio Bravo, Willy Caballero, Bacary Sagna, Vincent Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta, Aleksandar Kolarov, Gael Clichy, John Stones, Nicolas Otamendi, Fernando, Raheem Sterling, Ilkay Gundogan, Jesus Navas, Kevin De Bruyne, Fabian Delph, Leroy Sane, David Silva, Fernandinho, Nolito, Sergio Aguero, Kelechi Iheanacho
Doubtful:
Bacary Sagna , Fabian Delph
Stats:
- Barcelona and Manchester City are facing each other for the third time in the last four seasons of the Champions League.
- Barcelona have won all four of their previous encounters with Manchester City, all in the Last 16 of the Champions League (2013/14 & 2014/15).
- Liverpool are the only English team to beat Barcelona at Camp Nou in the Champions League, it was in February 2007 (2-1). In the other 19 English trips to the Catalan ground in the competition, there have been 11 Barcelona wins and eight draws.
- Pep Guardiola is facing Barcelona as manager for the second time; as Bayern Munich boss, he was knocked out by the Catalan side in the semi-finals of the 2014/15 Champions League (3-5 on aggregate), including a 3-0 defeat at Camp Nou.
- Barcelona have scored in each of their last 17 home Champions League games since September 2013 (W16 D1), netting 52 goals at an average of just over three per game.
- Man City have lost six of their last eight trips to Spain in European competition, winning 3-0 against Villarreal in November 2011 and 3-1 against Sevilla in November 2015.
- These two sides have scored 16 goals between them in their opening two group games so far this campaign, with Barcelona netting nine and Man City seven. The only other side with more than six goals is Borussia Dortmund (8).
- Since losing 2-1 to Rubin Kazan in October 2009, Barcelona are unbeaten in 20 home Champions League group games, winning 18 and drawing two.
- Neymar assisted five goals in two Champions League games this campaign, three more than any other player. Indeed, since his debut in the competition in September 2013 he has assisted more goals than any other player (12).
- Sergio Aguero has scored six goals in his three European appearances this season, both hat-tricks (v Steaua Bucharest in a Champions League qualifier and against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the group stage).
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