Manchester City vs Real Madrid: Injury Updates, Match Facts & Possible Eleven

Manchester City welcome Real Madrid to Etihad Stadium for the second leg of their Champions League semi-final on Wednesday night. The Premier League leaders come from behind to play out a 1-1 scored draw in the first leg at Santiago Bernabeu eight days ago with a thunderbolt from Kevin De Bruyne cancelled out an equally sumptuous strike from Vinicius Junior at the Spanish capital. Injury Updates Manchester City manager Pep  Guardiola will be without the form defeder Nathan Ake, who has now sat out the Cityzens last two matches with a hamstring injury sustained against Leeds United earlier this month. Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is sweating for the fitness of Eduardo Camavinga who limped off in the closing stages of their win over Getafe at the weekend. However, the former Chelsea boss has immediately played down fears of a serious injury for Camavinga, who should be good to go at the Etihad. Match Fact  Manchester City have won their last three home matches against Real Madrid in all competitions and have seen over 2.5 goals in their last same number of home fixtures against Los Blancos in all competitions. Manchester City have scored at least two goals in their last three home matches against Real Madrid in all competitions The Champions League is Real Madrid’s bread-and-butter competition despite been inconsistent of late, winning only three of their last six, though one of those saw them lift the Copa Del Rey earlier this month. Los Blancos did see rivals Barcelona lift La Liga on Sunday night, so they’ll look to secure Champions League glory once more to ease the pain of seeing their rivals win silverware. Recent Form Manchester City come into this semi-final second leg in fantastic form with 22 unbeaten run (W18 D4), last tasting defeat on 5 February in a 1-0 away loss to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. They’ve lost just one of their last 16 UEFA Champions League games (W9 D7) and remain unbeaten in 11 since losing 3-1 to Real Madrid at this stage last season. Real Madrid laboured to a 1-0 home win against Getafe in La Liga at the weekend but Los Blancos are unbeaten in their last seven knockout games in the UEFA Champions League including finals – winning six and drawing one. Manchester City Possible Starting Eleven: Ederson; Walker, Dias, Akanji; Stones, Rodri; Silva, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Grealish; Haaland Real Madrid Possible Starting Eleven: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Rudiger, Alaba; Kroos, Camavinga, Modric; Valverde, Benzema, Vinicius Jr Prediction: Manchester City 3-2 Real Madrid