WATCHING BRIEF...

Kick-off: 8pm, Bernabeu. TV & radio: LIVE on Virgin Media 2 and BBC 5 Live from 7pm. Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy).

MANCHESTER CITY have only won three of their 12 European away matches in Spain, but did triumph 2-1 in their last trip to the Bernabeu in 2020.

4 PEP GUARDIOLA has won four Champions League matches against Real Madrid. Only Ottmar Hitzfeld (seven) has won more. Two of Guardiola’s wins have come at the Bernabeu — he could become the first boss in Champions League history to win three away games there.

2 REAL MADRID have lost their last two Champions League matches. Carlo Ancelotti has never lost three matches in a row in the competition.