Monaco vs Man City Preview: Team News & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Champions League | League Phase

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Monaco need to bounce back with a performance at Stade Louis II, as they welcome the 2023 winners Manchester City to the principality in the UEFA Champions League.

Kick-off date/time: 1 October 2025 at 8:00 pm

How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised

How to watch online: UK – discovery+ / US – Paramount+

Monaco team news

Predicted XI (4-4-2): Kohn; Teze, Salisu, Dier, Vanderson; Akliouche, Coulibaly, Diatta, Minamino; Biereth, Fati

Unavailable: Bamba (Injured), Camara (Injured), Hradecky (Injured), Mawissa (Injured)

Questionable: Golovin (Fitness) Pogba (Fitness)

Man City team news

Predicted XI (4-1-4-1): Donnarumma; Ake, Gvardiol, Dias, Lewis; Rodri; Silva, Reijnders, Foden, Doku; Haaland

Unavailable: Ait-Nouri (Injured), Marmoush (Injured)

Questionable: Cherki (Injured)

Monaco vs Man City prediction

Former Borussia Monchengladbach boss Adi Hutter has made Monaco one of the most entertaining teams to watch in European football, but that can leave them susceptible at the back and that was the case in their UEFA Champions League opener as they suffered a 4-1 demolition at the hands of Club Brugge a couple of weeks ago.

They now face a Manchester City side that are not remotely to the level as to what they once were under the management of Pep Guardiola, but the Cityzens are finding their feet again this season. They did manage to ease past Napoli in this competition in their opener, albeit the Neapolitans went down to ten men in the first-half.

Monaco have an abundance of creative and attacking talent to throw at City and it should be quite a fun watch for the neutral in which both teams scoring seems likely.

Monaco vs Man City Tip: Both teams to score