Copenhagen v City LIVE: Haaland looks to equal icons as Citizens eye next stage

The Citizens have won every group game so far and have nearly done enough.

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It is unlikely that Sevilla or Copenhagen stand a chance of catching the defending Premier League champions, but a win on Tuesday would put any doubts to bed.

Erling Haaland has scored in every group game and can match David Trezeguet, Roy Makaay and Patrick Kluivert's number of goals (29) in UEFA's premier competition in just his 23rd appearance.

Haaland scored two last week against the Danish side, so you wouldn't be surprised if he bagged again.

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City have won six games in a row in all competitions, and it's hard to see how they won't make it seven and seal their place in the next round.

Copenhagen v Man City: Date and talkSPORT coverage

This Champions League clash is set to take place on Tuesday, October 11.

Kick-off at the Parken Stadium is scheduled for 5:45pm UK time.

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talkSPORT 2 will have live commentary of the game with Alex Crook and former Republic of Ireland international Matt Holland.

talkSPORT.com will also have a live blog of the action.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

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Copenhagen v Man City: Team news

The Citizens will be without Kyle Walker and Kalvin Phillips.

John Stones is also a doubt as he continues to struggle with a hamstring problem picked up on international duty.

Guardiola might be tempted to rotate his side, meaning we could see Ilkay Gundogan and Julian Alvarez come into the XI.

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The hosts are set to be without Akinkunmi Amoo and Zeca.

Mamoudou Karamoko faces a late fitness check, but the Danish side have no other worries.

Copenhagen v Man City: What has been said?

Man City boss Pep Guardiola: "I want to finish first in the group and we have to win there.

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"We have to finish the qualification and meet the first target of this part of the season and when we come back from the World Cup we want to be there in the last 16."

Copenhagen v Man City: Match facts

FC København hosted Manchester City in the UEFA Cup in 2008-09, in a Last 32 first leg match. The game finished 2-2, with Nedum Onuoha and Stephen Ireland scoring for the visitors.

Manchester City beat FC København 5-0 last time out - their best combined record against an opponent in a single UEFA Champions League campaign is 9-0 vs Shakhtar Donetsk in 2018-19 (3-0 A, 6-0 H).

Manchester City's last visit to Denmark saw them lose 2-0 to Aalborg BK in a UEFA Cup Last 16 second leg match in 2008-09. Having won the first leg 2-0 in Manchester City, the game went to penalties, with Manchester City progressing after winning the shootout.

English teams are winless in their last two visits to Danish opponents in the UEFA Champions League, with Liverpool drawing 1-1 with FC Midtjylland in December 2020, and Leicester City drawing 0-0 with FC København in November 2016. The only instance of an English side losing away to a Danish side in this competition saw FC København defeat Manchester United during the group stages in 2006-07.

FC København have only lost one of their 13 home games in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League (W6 D6), while that lone defeat came against Real Madrid in December 2013; the team who would go on to win the tournament in that same season (2013-14).

Since the start of last season, Manchester City have lost two of their four away games in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League (0-2 v Paris Saint-Germain and 1-2 v RB Leipzig) - this is after going unbeaten in the group stages away from home between the 2018-19 and 2020-21 seasons (P9 W6 D3).

Each of FC København's last three home matches in the UEFA Champions League have finished goalless, the joint-longest run of consecutive home nil-nil's in the competition, along with FC Porto between April-November 2004.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has a record of 15 wins and one draw from 16 matches against managers aged under 40 in the UEFA Champions League, seeing his teams score 54 goals while conceding only 10.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has a record of 15 wins and one draw from 16 matches against managers aged under 40 in the UEFA Champions League, seeing his teams score 54 goals while conceding only 10.

Manchester City's Erling Haaland has 28 goals in 22 appearances in the UEFA Champions League. His next strike in the competition will see him equal the goal tallies of David Trezeguet (58 apps), Roy Makaay (61 apps) and Patrick Kluivert (71 apps).

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