Real Madrid vs. Manchester City: Latest Form Guide and Live Stream Info
Manchester City hope to produce one of the shocks of the season at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night, as they attempt to beat Real Madrid to progress to the final of the UEFA Champions League.
A score draw will be enough for Manuel Pellegrini's men, as the coach attempts to say goodbye to the Sky Blues in the best possible fashion before he hands the reins to incoming boss Pep Guardiola.
Here is how you can catch all of the action between two of the best teams in the world, including information on the sides' latest form:
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Date: Wednesday, May 4
Kick-off: 7:45 p.m. (BST)/2:45 p.m. (ET)
TV Listings: BT Sport Europe HD (UK) and Fox Sports 1 (U.S.)
Live Stream: BT Sport App (UK) and Fox Soccer 2Go (U.S.)
Form Guide
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When a top team suffers domestically, European football often becomes an all-encompassing pastime for the continent's richest sides.
This is certainly correct for City, who have stumbled through their Premier League campaign with little grace, but they now find themselves on the brink of their first Champions League final at the expense of the winners of La Decima.
Much like the Sky Blues, Los Blancos have been hit or miss in La Liga this term, but a strong run of form under new boss Zinedine Zidane inexplicably sees Real just one point behind leaders Barcelona in the home stretch of the Spanish Primera Division title race.
Madrid's form has been sumptuous in recent weeks, as they have scored 15 in their last six in all competitions, according to WhoScored.com.
Putting the ball in the net has rarely been an issue for the Galacticos during Cristiano Ronaldo's tenure in the Spanish capital, and the Portugal captain is due to return for his side after missing the first leg through injury, per Dermot Corrigan of ESPN FC.
City's form has been a roller coaster compared to their illustrious hosts: one week slotting four past Stoke City, only to concede four times against Southampton.
The Sky Blues' leaky defence will be a red rag to a bull for Ronaldo on his return to the first team, and his links to the other side from Manchester can only serve as a motivation to fire Madrid back to the promised land.
Zidane has admitted failure to dispatch City will be deemed as a catastrophe for his team, as they hope to shine in European competition.
The manager said, as quoted by Sam Marsden of Sport:
"Yes [it would be a failure].
Up until this point, we have said that we have won nothing. We are in a good moment, but the idea is to give our all tomorrow and to try to reach the final.
But it will be a really difficult game. If we don’t go through, it will be a failure because we want to go through.
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City travel to Spain safe in the knowledge that away goals could see them through after a goalless draw in the first leg in the north-west.
Sergio Aguero will add the firepower essential for the English team, and a 1-1 draw will see City knock out Real.
However, with Ronaldo back, Madrid will be expected to advance, and their overall knowledge and experience of European football should position them closest to the chequered flag.
But much as Chelsea once did, winning the Champions League after a quiet season in English football, City could replicate this feat and steamroll all the way to the final with their Argentina striker leading the way.
