Sporting CP v City: Kick-off time, team news and TV information

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·3 November 2024

Sporting CP v City: Kick-off time, team news and TV information

Find out everything you need to know ahead of Matchday Four of City's UEFA Champions League league phase campaign, facing Sporting CP.

WHEN AND WHERE

We face Sporting in Portugal at the Jose Alvalade Stadium on Tuesday 5 November with kick-off scheduled for 20:00 (UK).

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The game will be shown live in the UK on TNT Sports 1 and Discovery+. You can also keep across all of the action via the official Man City app, as well as the key moments on X/Twitter: @ManCity.

Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global TV listings, courtesy of liversoccertv.com

MAN CITY APP COVERAGE

Our official app allows you to follow all of the action from Lisbon in one place.

Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, whilst our Matchday Live show, hosted by Natalie Pike, will begin at 18:45 (UK).

City legends Nedum Onuoha and Shaun Wright-Phillips will be the special guests on the latest Matchday Live show, offering their expert insight pre-match, at half-time and in greater detail after the final whistle.

During the game you can listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Andy Morrison, whilst our text commentary continues.

Make sure to have push notifications turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action, including goals, red cards and the team news.

Highlights from the match, as well as a full-match replay [available on CITY+] will also be available from 23:00 (UK).

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PEP GUARDIOLA PREVIEW

Pep Guardiola and a player from the first team squad will be facing the media at the pre-match press conference from 19:10 (UK) on Monday, where the City boss will provide all the latest team news updates, and you can follow it live on mancity.com and our official app.

Don't worry if you are unable to watch Pep’s press conference or the player’s presser as it happens, as we'll have a written review and video recap soon after they have concluded.

PREVIOUS MEETING

Our last trip to Portugal to face Sporting was in the first leg of our Round of 16 encounter in February 2022, where Bernardo Silva’s brace, added to by goals from Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden and Raheem Sterling, secured a stellar 5-0 victory.

The return leg the following month ended 0-0, helping us progress into the quarter-finals with a 5-0 aggregate victory.

WATCH: Sporting 0-5 City: Highlights

LAST TIME OUT

Matchday Three of the league phase saw City claim a convincing 5-0 victory over Sparta Prague at the Etihad Stadium.

Erling Haaland bagged a brace, whilst John Stones, Phil Foden and Matheus Nunes also got their names on the scoresheet in a dominant display.

In league terms, we fell to defeat for the first time in 33 top-flight outings as Bournemouth secured a 2-1 victory at the Vitality Stadium.

As for Sporting, they also secured victory on matchday three with a routine 2-0 away win over SK Sturm Graz. Nuno Santos and Viktor Gyokeres got the goals on the night.

The Portuguese top-flight leaders were in league action last Friday, blowing away Estrela Amadora 5-1, with Gyokeres netting four times.

WATCH: City 5-0 Sparta Prague: Champions League highlights