Man City vs Real Madrid: Confirmed teams and full lineups in Champions League last 16

Manchester City and Real Madrid have confirmed their starting teams for their meeting at the Etihad Stadium in the second leg of the 2025/26 Champions League round of 16.

Federico Valverde’s first-half hat-trick gave Los Blancos a 3-0 first-leg win, followed by a 4-1 home victory over Elche on Saturday for the side who are immediately behind La Liga leaders Barcelona by four points.

City had been on an 11-match unbeaten run in all competitions before that defeat as part of a damaging week, drawing 1-1 at West Ham on Saturday to leave leaders Arsenal nine points above them at the top of the Premier League.

101GreatGoals.com has the line-up news from Man City vs Madrid in the Champions League, as well as details on how to watch.

Man City confirmed starting team vs Real Madrid

Defender Josko Gvardiol (leg) is injured. Gianluigi Donnarumma, Marc Guehi, Nico O’Reilly and Savinho will incur a Champions League ban if they are booked.

Manchester City starting XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Dias, Ait-Nouri, Rodri, Bernardo (C), Reijnders, Cherki, Doku, Haaland

Man City substitutes: Trafford, Stones, Ake, Marmoush, Kovacic, Nico, Guéhi, Savinho, O’Reilly, Semenyo, Foden, Lewis

Real Madrid full line up vs Manchester City

Defenders Ferland Mendy (hamstring) and David Alaba (calf), midfielder Dani Ceballos (calf) and winger Rodrygo (knee) are injured.

Alvaro Carreras, Dean Huijsen, Aurelian Tchouameni and Vinicius Junior are each a booking away from suspensions in the competition.

Real Madrid starting XI: Courtois, Trent, Rudiger, Huijsen, Garcia, Valverde, Thiago, Tchouameni, Guler, Brahim, Vinicius Junior

Madrid substitutes: Lunin, Carvajal, Alaba, Camavinga, Mbappe, Gonzalo, Carreras, Mastantuono, Aguado, Cestero, Angel, Palacios

Where to watch Man City vs Madrid: TV channel, live online streams

Kick-off on Tuesday is at 20:00 GMT (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT). In the UK, live coverage is on Amazon Prime Video.

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Man City vs Real Madrid stats

• These teams are meeting in the knockout phase for the fifth season in a row, with the Spanish side winning the last two ties
• They have met 16 times in Europe, with Madrid recording six wins and City five for Man City
• The Premier League club have lost seven of their last 10 two-legged ties against Spanish teams but won seven of their 10 most recent home matches against Spanish opposition (D2 L1)
• The only previous occasion when City lost the away first leg of a two-legged European tie by three goals was a 3-0 defeat at Liverpool in the 2017/18 quarter-finals; they were then beaten 2-1 at home in the second leg
• Erling Haaland has 56 goals in 57 Champions League appearances and 10 in his previous 11 games against Spanish teams in the competition
• Madrid have won 13 of their last 15 Champions League last-16 ties
• They have 99 goals against English opposition in European Cup and Champions League history across all rounds and seasons
• The 15-time European champions have scored three goals in four of their last five Champions League knockout phase matches against Man City.
• Vinicius Junior (25 years and 248 days) is set to become the youngest player to reach 80 appearances in the Champions League proper, surpassing Kylian Mbappe’s mark of 26 years and 33 days
• Only Paris Saint-Germain (232) have had more attempts at goal than Madrid (198) in this season’s Champions League