*** Official City vs PSG Chumps Lge Match Thread***
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 12:51 pm
Alongside Referee Daniele Orsato at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday will be Assistant Referees Alessandro Giallatini and Fabiano Preti.
Overseeing the proceedings from UEFA's VAR hub will be Video Assistant Referee Marco Di Bello and Assistant Video Assistant Referee Maurizio Mariani.
Fourth Official
Italian referee Luca Pairetto has been appointed as Fourth Official for Manchester City's meeting with the French heavyweights on Wednesday n.
Team news
City will check on record signing Jack Grealish before the game.
The England midfielder missed Sunday's Premier League victory over Everton with a knock sustained on international duty but is hoping to return in time to face PSG.
Kevin de Bruyne (coronavirus) is unavailable and winger Ferran Torres (foot) may be out until the new year.
Match facts - another Messi goal against City?
PSG's Lionel Messi has scored seven goals in seven Champions League appearances against Manchester City.
Manchester City's Joao Cancelo has been directly involved in five goals in his past four Champions League appearances for Manchester City (two goals and three assists), including a hat-trick of assists in his last game against Club Bruges.
Paris St-Germain have only won 20% of their meetings with Manchester City in the Champions League. Among teams they have faced at least five times in the competition, only against Real Madrid (17%) do they have a lower win percentage.
PSG are winless in their past three away games in the Champions League (D2 L1), and could go without an away victory in the group stage of the competition in a single season for the first time since 2004-05.
Overseeing the proceedings from UEFA's VAR hub will be Video Assistant Referee Marco Di Bello and Assistant Video Assistant Referee Maurizio Mariani.
Fourth Official
Italian referee Luca Pairetto has been appointed as Fourth Official for Manchester City's meeting with the French heavyweights on Wednesday n.
Team news
City will check on record signing Jack Grealish before the game.
The England midfielder missed Sunday's Premier League victory over Everton with a knock sustained on international duty but is hoping to return in time to face PSG.
Kevin de Bruyne (coronavirus) is unavailable and winger Ferran Torres (foot) may be out until the new year.
Match facts - another Messi goal against City?
PSG's Lionel Messi has scored seven goals in seven Champions League appearances against Manchester City.
Manchester City's Joao Cancelo has been directly involved in five goals in his past four Champions League appearances for Manchester City (two goals and three assists), including a hat-trick of assists in his last game against Club Bruges.
Paris St-Germain have only won 20% of their meetings with Manchester City in the Champions League. Among teams they have faced at least five times in the competition, only against Real Madrid (17%) do they have a lower win percentage.
PSG are winless in their past three away games in the Champions League (D2 L1), and could go without an away victory in the group stage of the competition in a single season for the first time since 2004-05.