The Manchester Derby took place on Sunday and while United gave a good account of themselves in the first half, City ended up running out comfortable winners. De Bruyne put the home side in front after 5-minutes following good work down the left-hand side. However, former City youngster, Sancho, fired Man Utd back onto level terms in the 22nd-minute and refused to celebrate against his former employers. De Bruyne added a second goal before the break and in the second half, Mahrez scored twice to warp up a 4-1 victory.
Sporting CP Predicted lineup – Adán, Coates, Esgaio, Reis, Porro, Inácio, Sarabia, Palhinha, Pote. Ugarte & Paulinho
Sporting CP returned to winning ways at the weekend when they played host to newly promoted Arouca. Algeria's Slimani scored both of the home sides' goals early in the second forty-five to keep Sporting sitting second in the Primeira Liga table behind Porto. Having lost the home leg against Man City 5-0, Sporting will be aiming to keep things respectable on Wednesday, knowing full well they have almost no chance of progressing any further in this season's Champions League.
Man City Predicted lineup – Ederson, Zinchenko, Laporte, Stones, Dias, De Bruyne, Silva, Fernandinho, Jesus, Mahrez & Sterling
Team News
Sporting CP: Matheus Nunes will miss the trip to Manchester due to suspension but Sporting have no fresh injury concerns.
Man City: Walker is suspended for the 2ng-leg, while Palmer, Dias, Ake and Steffen are all doubts through injury.
Man City already have one foot in the next round of the Champions League after they destroyed Sporting CP 5-0 in their own backyard last month. We fully expect Guardiola to make a few changes from his strongest starting eleven but still see Man City winning the 2nd leg at the Etihad with relative eas
