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WHEN AND WHERE

We host the Greek side for the League Phase encounter on Tuesday 20 October, with kick-off scheduled at the Etihad Stadium for 20:00 (UK).

The game will be shown live in the UK on TNT Sports 1. You can also keep across all of the action via the official Man City app, as well as the key moments on X/Twitter: @ManCity.

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

Next Fixture

All fixtures

Tue 20 Oct

Champions League

Man City

20:00

BST

AEK Athens

APP COVERAGE

As always, the official app will have all the match coverage you need from wherever you are in the world.

From two hours before kick-off to all the post-match reaction, our Matchday Centre will provide blow-by-blow updates and analysis.

For those with push notifications turned on in the app, you’ll be alerted to the key moments throughout the game as they happen, with our CITY+ commentary from Alistair Mann beginning once the game gets under way. 

Shortly after the full-time whistle, a comprehensive match report as well as reaction from Enzo Maresca and the players can also be viewed on our website and app.

Highlights - 2-minute, 8-minute as well as 20-minute via CITY+ - will follow across the evening.

There’ll also be our popular full-match replay available to view on CITY+.

MATCHDAY LIVE

The show will start approximately 90 minutes before kick-off with special guests offering their pre-match thoughts ahead of the game.

The panel will offer expert insight before, during and after the game. They will assess team news, run the rule over the first half at the break and assess the result as the final whistle blows.

As well as that, you’ll also get live text updates throughout the day from our journalists at the stadium.

Alistair Mann will guide fans through proceedings with live audio commentary on CITY+.

There’s an extended post-match show this season, with a bumper 60 minutes of analysis from our panel of experts as well as reaction from the manager and the match’s headline-makers.

TEAM NEWS

City make eight changes for Tuesday’s return to UEFA Champions League action at home to AEK Athens.

Rico Lewis, Abdukodir Khusanov, Joško Gvardiol, Elliot Anderson, Enzo Fernández, Allan, Rayan Cherki and teenager Floyd Samba all come into Enzo Maresca’s starting line-up for what is our third European league phase fixture.

From the side that beat Ipswich 3-2 last Saturday in the Premier League, Marc Guéhi, Iliman Ndiaye, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Jérémy Doku and Erling Haaland all revert to the bench.

Matheus Nunes, Nico O’Reilly and Mateo Kovačić are not in tonight’s matchday squad whilst Antoine Semenyo is unavailable for selection with Maresca having revealed at Monday’s pre-match press conference that the Ghanaian winger is facing eight weeks on the sidelines through injury.

Teams

CITY XI: Donnarumma, Lewis, Khusanov, Dias (C), Gvardiol, Anderson, Fernández, Allan, Cherki, Foden, Samba

Subs: Rulli, Bettinelli, Guéhi, Ndiaye, Haaland, Doku, Aït-Nouri, Reis, Bouaddi, McAidoo, Braithwaite

AEK ATHENS XI: Brignoli, Rota, Moukoudi (C), Relvas, Pilios, Majer, Arriaga, Marin, Joao Mario, Varga, Jovic

Subs: Balamotis, Kairinen, Gacinovic, Zubkov, Koita, Mantalos, Vida, Lykogiannis, Vitalis, Zini

OPPOSING MANAGER - MARKO NIKOLIC

The experienced Serbian has an impressive list of honours following managerial spells with the likes of Partizan Belgrade, Lokomotiv Moscow, Shabab Al Ahli and CSKA Moscow.

He secured a domestic double with Partizan, before winning the Russian Cup twice, once with Lokomotiv and once with CSKA, whilst also winning the UAE Super Cup with Al Ahli.

And his first season in charge of AEK was one to remember, beating Olympiacos to the league title with just two defeats in 32 matches and reaching the quarter-finals of the UEFA Conference League. 

They’ve won one and lost one so far in this season’s Champions League.

PREVIOUS MEETING

We’ve never faced the Greek side before, but we have faced their rivals Olympiacos twice previously, with the Blues winning on both occasions without conceding a goal.