Key quotes, milestones and stats for Tuesday evening's game.

When and where?

The match will be Pep Guardiola’s first Champions League group stage match in charge of City at the Etihad Stadium. Kick-off is scheduled for 19:45 BST on Tuesday 13 September.

Competitive head to head record

City wins: 2

Borussia Monchengladbach wins: 1

Draws: 1

Quotes

Pep Guardiola: 

“Borussia are a brave team, a brave coach - one of the best teams in Europe. If we let them play, they have a lot of quality. The draw was difficult for us - of course because of Barcelona but also Monchengladbach.

“They are so, so intelligent. The players in the middle - they are so, so offensive. They receive five players behind our midfield. They counter-attack like a German team and they do it well.“

Raheem Sterling:

“Last year was a good experience for me to go so far in this competition. With the manager and the players we’ve got, the Premier League and the Champions League are two competitions we should be challenging for.“

Raffael:

“City are a very strong team. We played against them last year, and it’s not easy to play against teams with such quality. Especially with Aguero and De Bruyne up front, it’s very complicated. The most complicated thing will be from their midfield going forward.

“Would a draw be a good result? Absolutely! The first game, away from home, against City ... it would be nice.”

More info...

  • New City signings Claudio Bravo, Leroy Sane and Ilkay Gundogan could all make their Champions League debuts.
  • Sergio Aguero is available for selection despite being one game into a three game domestic suspension.
  • Gladbach will be missing defenders Marvin Schulz, Mamadou Doucoure and Alvaro Dominguez, midfielder Patrick Hermann and striker Josep Drmic through injury.
  • The two sides met at this stage last season - with City coming out on top on both occasions. The Blues won 2-1 at Borussia-Park in October before a 4-2 victory at the Etihad Stadiun last December.
  • Both sides came through the play-off round to reach this stage. City beat Steaua Bucharest 6-0 on aggregate whereas Gladbach were 9-2 victors over Swiss club Young Boys.
  • Neither side has ever won the European Cup or Champions League with City’s best finish being in the semi-final last season. Gladbach were runners-up to Liverpool in 1976-77.
  • Andre Schubert’s Gladbach were one of few sides to better Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich in last season’s Bundesliga, winning 3-1 at Borussia-Park and drawing 1-1 at the Allianz Arena.