Sporting CP (A) - CL Last 16 - Tue 15th Feb, 20:00 - Pre-Match Thread

[MadchesterCity]

City XI: Ederson, Stones, Dias ( C ), Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Mahrez, Foden, Sterling

Subs: Carson, Slicker, Ake, Gundogan, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Kayky, Delap, Mbete, McAtee, Lavia

Strong starting 11 but somewhat inexperienced bench

 

[MCFC1993]

Gundogan for Sterling is the only realistic argument you could make in the front 6 but Raheems in good form so he's been rewarded.

Glad he went Stones over Zinchenko, prefer Cancelo on the left.

Good team.

 

[mosssideblue]

Happy with that line up, should be strong enough

 

[Shaffer92]

Absolutely love Stonesy but playing him at RB vs a team that will attack us a lot better than Brentford is a concern. Think Pep should have gone Cancelo/Zinchenko.

 

[imrebanana]

Happy.

 

[yankblue]

Other then Stones at RB that's about what I expected.

Plenty in that side to beat Sporting assuming they play to potential. Kind of a derby for the ex Benfica quartet, hopefully that sparks a little fire underneath them.

 

[kaz7]

Absolutely love Stonesy but playing him at RB vs a team that will attack us a lot better than Brentford is a concern. Think Pep should have gone Cancelo/Zinchenko.

Same here

 

[wattle]

Probably the easiest ever pep team to predict. Come on city

 

[tregyblue61]

I like that line-up.

Looks like Cancelo is going to do what ever he likes: defence, midfield and an attacking role!

 

[hobbsisablue]

Where’s Palmer at? Obviously injured but it’s been a while now hasn’t it?

Yeh and what about Kyle Walker? And where’s Gabby? Also wheres Grealish. Not to mention Dennis Tueart and Joe Royle