Manchester City are hoping history will not
repeat itself when they host Barcelona in the
Champions League on Tuesday.

The fixture is a repeat of the tie at the same stage of
the competition last season, when the Catalan giants
came out on top with a 4-1 victory on aggregate.
Martin Demichelis will be hoping to get the chance to
make amends for last season, when he was sent off
in the first-leg for bringing down Lionel Messi in the
area. The Barca player converted the resulting spot-
kick before Dani Alves struck to put the tie beyond
doubt before the return leg.

It was a mixed weekend for the two sides heading
into the midweek fixture. Manuel Pellegrini’s side
thumped Newcastle 5-0 on Saturday to close the gap
on Premier League leaders Chelsea to five points.
Barcelona saw an 11-game winning run come to an
abrupt end after being beaten by Malaga at home, a
result which saw them fall four points behind Real
Madrid at the top of La Liga.


Team news

Wilfried Bony could make his first start for
Manchester City after coming off the bench during
their victory over Newcastle on Saturday.
Yaya Toure will serve his final game of suspension
after being sent off against CSKA Moscow in the
group stage.

Luis Suarez is in line to play his first Champions
League match since departing Liverpool for
Barcelona at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
Luis Enrique has nearly a full squad of players to pick
from against Manchester City, but Thomas Vermaelen
is still missing through injury.


Opta stats

Last season was the first time Manchester City and
Barcelona ever met in European competition.
Manchester City have only kept one clean sheet in 13
home Champions League games (2-0 v Bayern
Munich, December 2011).
Barcelona have made it to the knockout stages of the
Champions League for the 11th consecutive
campaign. They have made it to at least to the
quarter finals in the last seven seasons.
In the last seven Champions League knockout
encounters with English clubs, Barcelona have
prevailed six times, the only exception being the
semi-final against Chelsea in 2011/12 when they lost
3-2 on aggregate.
Barcelona have completed 90% of their passes, the
highest ratio in the Champions League this season.
Lionel Messi has netted in each of his last five games.
He’s never managed it six games running.


Betting

Barcelona are well-fancied to progress through to the
last eight, with Sky Bet making them 4/11 favourites
to win the tie compared to 2/1 on Manchester City.
And Barca are favourites on the night at the Etihad
too, although the odds on the first-leg result are
much tighter at 11/10 on an away win and 9/4 for a
home win, while a draw is 13/5.
Lionel Messi scored in each game when these sides
met last season and he’s 6/4 to score in another
Barcelona win. Meanwhile, City are 16/1 to win the
competition for the first time, while Barcelona are
5/1 to lift the trophy for the fifth time.

I don't know why I am seeing 0-4 in this match

Man City go chop am

man shitty 3 vs parker 1

Now or never 4 city......but no yaya means palava for the citizens....