Comments and predictions for Man City vs Sparta Prague: Man City dominate

The English champions will face the Czechs' best in Champions League action on Wednesday when Manchester City host Sparta Prague at the Etihad Stadium.

The two sides, who have never met before in European competition, have amassed four points from their first two games, with the Citizens sitting eighth in the UCL standings and the Maroons just behind in tenth.

Latest Man City vs Sparta Prague squad information

Man City still have to deal with the long-term absences of Rodri (ACL) and Oscar Bobb (broken leg), while Guardiola revealed that Kyle Walker (knee) and Kevin De Bruyne (groin) are still out and will not be brought back until they are fully fit.

After missing seven games with a muscle injury, Nathan Ake watched from the bench against Wolves and the defender could be involved in some capacity against Sparta Prague, although it remains unclear whether he will be fit to start, so Josko Gvardiol could be selected at left-back.

Guardiola may look to rotate his squad in other positions, as he did against Slovan Bratislava, with the likes of Stefan Ortega, Manuel Akanji, Matheus Nunes, James McAtee, Jack Grealish and Phil Foden all hoping to force their way into the starting line-up.

As for Sparta Prague, Imanol Garcia (knee injury) is both injured and ineligible, while Elias Cobbaut (illness) has yet to feature for the Maroons this season and is unlikely to play on Wednesday.

Martin Vitik was suspended domestically over the weekend, but he could return against Man City and could replace Asger Sorensen at centre-back, joining Filip Panak and Jaroslav Zeleny in a back three.

Haraslin, Veljko Birmancevic and Victor Olatunji have all scored six goals, leading the team so far this season, and the trio will push for starting places up front, although Albion Rrahmani could be preferred as a centre-forward in place of Olatunji.

Latest expected lineup Man City vs Sparta Prague

Manchester City:

Ederson; Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol; Gundogan, Nunes; Bernardo, Foden, Grealish; Haaland

Sparta Prague:

Vindahl; Vitik, Panak, Zeleny; Preciado, Kairinen, Laci, Wiesner; Birmancevic, Rrahmani, Haraslin

Latest Man City vs Sparta Prague football review

Man City extended their unbeaten run in all competitions in the 2024-25 season to 12 games and are the only Premier League team yet to taste defeat this season after beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 at Molineux on Sunday.

Guardiola's side, who dominated the game with almost 80 per cent possession, 22 shots and 18 corners, were forced to come from behind to claim all three points. Josko Gvardiol's stunning 20-yard strike equalised for City after Jorgen Strand Larsen's early opener, before John Stones scored the winner with a powerful header in the 95th minute.

The win saw Pep Guardiola's side make it a club-record 31-game unbeaten run (25 wins, 6 draws) in the Premier League, and they will have the chance to write their name into Champions League history in Wednesday's favourable tie against Sparta Prague.

In fact, if Man City just avoid defeat against the Maroons, they will set a new record for the longest unbeaten run in European Cup/Champions League history. The team are currently unbeaten in 25 games (W17 D8), scoring 64 goals and conceding just 18, most recently a 4-0 win over Slovan Bratislava in Slovakia three weeks ago.

The 2023 Champions League winners, if they avoid defeat on Wednesday, will surpass Real Madrid's record of 32 home games unbeaten set in 1990. They have previously faced only one Czech side in their history, beating Viktoria Plzen 3-0 away and winning 4-2 at home in the 2013-14 Champions League group stage.

Sparta Prague, who are playing in the Champions League for the first time in nearly two decades, have made an impressive but also surprising start to the group stage of this season's expanded tournament, taking four points from their first two matches.

After overcoming Shamrock Rovers, FCSB and Malmo in qualifying, the Maroons enjoyed a 3-0 home win over Red Bull Salzburg on matchday one, before drawing 1-1 with Bundesliga side Stuttgart in Germany three weeks ago.

That draw came between two defeats in the Czech league, but they returned to winning ways on Saturday when they beat Slovan Liberec 2-1 at home, thanks to goals from Tomas Wiesner and Lukas Haraslin, who came off the bench to score the winner in the 79th minute.

Lars Friis's side, who won their 35th Czech top-flight title last season, are currently second in the standings with 25 points from 11 games, three points behind leaders Slavia Prague - who have a game in hand - and one point ahead of third-placed Viktoria Plzen, who they face on Sunday.

Sparta must first test their credentials in the Champions League against Man City, who will become the ninth English side they have faced in European competition. The Maroons have won just four of their previous 22 meetings with English clubs, most recently losing 11-2 on aggregate to Liverpool in the last 16 of last season's Europa League.

Man City vs Sparta Prague score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the match Man City vs Sparta Prague :

• Sportsmole: Man City 3-1 Sparta Prague

• WhoScore: Man City 2-1 Sparta Prague
• Our prediction: Man City 3-1 Sparta Prague

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