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WHEN AND WHERE

We welcome the Czech Republic outfit to the Etihad Stadium for a 20:00 (UK) kick-off on Wednesday 23 October.

The game will be shown live in the UK on TNT Sports 2, TNT Sports Ultimate, Discovery+ and the Discovery+ app.

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And you can keep across all of the action live via the Official Man City App and mancity.com, as well as the key moments on X: @ManCity.

Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global listings, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.

MAN CITY APP COVERAGE

Our official app allows you to follow all of the action from Manchester in one place.

Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, while our Matchday Live show will begin at approximately 18:45 (UK), as the team news comes in.

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We will have special guests Steve Howey and David James on the show, offering their expert insight before, during and after the match.

During the game you can also listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann Kit Symons while our text commentary continues.

Make sure to have push notifications turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action, including goals, red cards and team news.

Highlights and a CITY+ full-match replay will be available on mancity.com and the Official Man City App later that evening.

TEAMS

CITY XI: Ortega Moreno, Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Ake, Gundogan, Bernardo (C), Nunes, Savinho, Foden, Haaland

Subs: Ederson, Carson, Dias, Kovacic, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, McAtee

SPARTA PRAGUE XI: Vindahl, Kairinen, Olatunji, Birmancevic, Preciado, Laci, Haraslin, Sorensen, Panak (C), Rynes, Vitik

Subs: Vorel, Surovcik, Suchomel, Solbakken, Ross, Pavelka, Albion Rrahmani, Danek, Sadilek, Pesek, Wiesner, Krasniqi

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LAST TIME OUT

John Stones scored his second late strike of the season as he helped City pick up a vital three points on the road.

Wolverhampton Wanderers took an early lead through Jorgen Strand Larsen inside the opening 10 minutes.

Josko Gvardiol drew City level just after the half-hour mark with a thunderous right-footed effort.

His fellow defender Stones helped Guardiola’s side snatch three points to move second after he flicked him the corner in the final attack of the game.

PREVIOUS MEETING

City have never faced Sparta Prague.

Our clash on Wednesday will be the first time we face the Czech First League champions.

After their 3-0 win over RB Salzburg and 1-1 draw with Vfb Stuttgart, Sparta Prague sit level on points with City but two spots lower with City having a more favourable goal difference.

This means a battle for extending an unbeaten run of form in the Champions League awaits for both sides.