PREDICTED STARTING LINE UP: Manchester City vs Real Madrid – 17-04-2024 Champions League – Europe

Great for fans and soccer fantasy: the possible starting line ups with the players that will play the match between Manchester City and Real Madrid on Wednesday the 17th of April.

PREDICTED STARTING LINE UP: Manchester City vs Real Madrid - 17-04-2024 Champions League - Europe

Manchester City and Real Madrid will play on Wednesday the 17th of April at 8:00 pm in the 16th week of the Champions League. The match will be played in Manchester at the Etihad Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by Daniele Orsato.

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Manchester City​

Manchester City has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (6 times or 66.67%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (6 times) and 3-2-4-1 (3 times).

Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Real Madrid with the following players: Ederson , Josko Gvardiol, Rúben Dias, John Stones, Manuel Akanji, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Jack Grealish, Kevin De Bruyne , Phil Foden and Erling Haaland.

If the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Manchester City would be 27.91.

Real Madrid​

Real Madrid has mostly adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up during the season (6 times or 66.67%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (6 times), 4-2-3-1 (once), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-2-2-2 (once).

Carlo Ancelotti is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: Andriy Lunin, Ferland Mendy, Nacho Fernández , Antonio Rüdiger, Daniel Carvajal, Toni Kroos, Eduardo Camavinga, Federico Valverde, Jude Bellingham, Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior .

If the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Real Madrid would be 27.36.

Thibaut Courtois  and David Alaba  will definitely miss the match.

Carlo Ancelotti will not be able to have the presence of Aurélien Tchouaméni who is suspended​​.