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Wednesday 27 November 2019 07:26, UK
Team news, stats and prediction as Manchester City face Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League.
Manchester City record goalscorer Sergio Aguero will miss Tuesday's Champions League clash with Shakhtar Donetsk at the Etihad Stadium with a thigh injury.
The Argentina striker limped out of Saturday's victory over Chelsea and joins left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko, Aymeric Laporte and Leroy Sane (all knee) on the sidelines.
Spanish midfielders David Silva and Rodri are fit after suffering cramp at the weekend and veteran goalkeeper Scott Carson will be on the bench with Claudio Bravo suspended.
Manchester City will be through to the knockout stage if they avoid defeat against Shakhtar - or if Dinamo Zagreb do not beat Atalanta.
City will be confirmed in first place if they win, or if they draw and Dinamo do not win.
I feel there are still problems at the back for City. You could see that against Chelsea, but what a fabulous game of football. I kept seeing Riyad Mahrez and he was great - why did Pep Guardiola not take him off the bench at Anfield and let him run at Andy Robertson? Against Chelsea, he kept going back and back - why did he not take anyone on? He did it on one occasion and scored, taking on two players. I know Pep wants his players to pass it and go into the different sections, but Mahrez is a wide man. You don't take that out of Raheem Sterling - that's what we love about him. I don't know if he has been brainwashed into the stats and the fact that he cannot give the ball away.
The Sergio Aguero injury will concern everyone, but I think Gabriel Jesus is probably ready to come into the team anyway. They will miss the quality of Aguero, but I don't see any danger here. I have gone with 3-1 because there are still some frailties at the back. City could play Claudio Bravo as Ederson looked a tad rusty against Chelsea, so it could give him a bit more time to recover. They win this and they win the group, and then they can rest even more bodies in the last game, and that's where this is going.
CHARLIE PREDICTS: 3-1 (9/1 with Sky Bet)