Key quotes, milestones and stats for Thursday's encounter.
When and where?
The match will take place at Shenzhen’s Longgang Stadium, which has a capacity of just over 60,000. Kick-off is scheduled for 19:30 CST (12:30pm BST) on Thursday 28th July.
Competitive head to head record
Matches: 2
City wins: 0
Dortmund wins: 1
Draws: 1
Manager quotes
“I am trying every day to understand my players as soon as possible. Every coach has their own ideas from the beginning so I just have to keep training with them so we know what we want to do this season.”Pep Guardiola
More info...
- After the cancellation of Monday’s Manchester derby, this will be City’s first match in the International Champions Cup.
- Pep Guardiola’s second City match comes against the side that finished second behind his Bayern Munich team last season.
- Pep will be up against a familiar foe in the shape of Thomas Tuchel, who he defeated in two of their three meetings last season including success in the final of the DFB Cup.
- The sides have only met twice in a competitive scenario; in the Group Stage of the 2012/13 Champions League. After a 1-1 draw at the Etihad Stadium, City lost 1-0 inside the Westfalenstadion to a Julian Schieber strike.
- City have Sergio Aguero, David Silva, Joe Hart, Raheem Sterling, Nolito, Jason Denayer and Nicolas Otamendi all available for selection after their appearances at this summer’s international tournaments.
- Dortmund have new options available too with early summer signings Emre Mor, Ousmane Dembele and Marc Bartra all in China.