Sevilla vs Man City: team news, TV channel & match officials for Champions League clash

All the information you need to know ahead of Manchester City’s Champions League clash with Sevilla.
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Manchester City will travel to the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan to take on Sevilla in their opening Champions League group game on Tuesday evening.

The Sky Blues remain undefeated in the Premier League, winning four of their first six games and drawing two.

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Pep Guardiola will be hoping his side begin their Champions League campaign in similar style to last season, when they beat Leipzig 6-3.

As for Sevilla, they are without a win in their opening four league games, leaving them 16th in the table.

Erling Haaland is the Premier League’s top scorer with 10 goals. Credit: Getty. Erling Haaland is the Premier League’s top scorer with 10 goals. Credit: Getty.
Erling Haaland is the Premier League’s top scorer with 10 goals. Credit: Getty.

The Spanish club failed to reach the knockout stage of the competition last campaign, finishing third in their group and being eliminated from the Europa League at the round of 16 stage.

With that being said, here’s all the information you need to know ahead of City’s European clash with Sevilla.

When is Sevilla v City?

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The match will take place on Tuesday, 6 September at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, kick-off is 8pm.

Is Sevilla v City on TV?

The match will be shown live on BT Sport 2, the BT Sport website and app, with coverage of the game beginning at 7pm. A BT Sport subscription will be required to watch the clash.

Who is the referee for Sevilla v City?

Davide Massa is the man in the middle. He will be assisted by Filippo Meli & Stefano Alassio, while the fourth official for the clash is Simone Sozza.

Massimiliano Irrati will be the VAR, and will be assisted by Marco Guida.

Latest team news

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City drew 1-1 with Aston Villa on Saturday with Guardiola making one change to their starting XI from that which beat Nottingham Forest 6-0 last Wednesday, with Kevin de Bruyne replacing Julian Alvarez.

Kyle Walker was substituted late on against Villa after suffering an injury, he was replaced by Nathan Ake who was sidelined for several weeks.

Manuel Akanji has signed for Manchester City. Credit: Manchester City.Manuel Akanji has signed for Manchester City. Credit: Manchester City.
Manuel Akanji has signed for Manchester City. Credit: Manchester City.

Jack Grealish was an unused substitute on Saturday against his former club. The Englishman was also absent through injury for the past few weeks.

Aymeric Laporte remains unavailable after having surgery on his knee in the summer, while Manuel Akanji is in line for his Sky Blues debut and Kalvin Phillips

As for Sevilla, they will be without injured striker Tecatito, while Oliver Torres hasn’t been selected in their 25-man squad by Julen Lopetegui.

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