Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund: Confirmed line-ups as Haaland is captain

Erling Haaland captains Manchester City against his former side in the Champions League.

Haaland scored 86 goals in 89 games for Dortmund before moving to the Premier League and has not slowed down in the colours of City.

John Stones also gets a start as Pep Guardiola;s side look to continue their recent form.

Jobe Bellingham – brother of Jude – is only on the bench for the visitors.

Man City team news

Manchester City have made three changes from their weekend victory over Bournemouth.

Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva, and Rayan Cherki move to the bench, while John Stones, Tijjani Reijnders, and Savinho come into the starting lineup.

Former Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland wears the captain’s armband for tonight’s match.

Man City XI: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Nico O’Reilly, Josko Gvardiol, John Stones, Matheus Nunes, Nico González, Jérémy Doku, Phil Foden, Tijjani Reijnders, Savinho, Erling Haaland

Borussia Dortmund team news

Borussia Dortmund hand a start to former Manchester United midfielder Marcel Sabitzer at the Etihad.

Jobe Bellingham, formerly of Sunderland, joins ex-Brighton midfielder Pascal Gross and former Wolves striker Fabio Silva on the bench for the Bundesliga side.

Borussia Dortmund XI: Kobel, Bensebaini, Schlotterbeck, Anton, Svensson, Sabitzer, Nmecha, Ryerson, Beier, Adeyemi, Guirassy

Subs: Ostrzinski, Meyer, Couto, Bellingham, Gross, Chukwuemeka, Silva, Can, Anselmino.

How to watch Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund: TV channel, online stream

The match will be played at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday, 5 November, with kick-off at 8pm UK time.

Live coverage will be available on TNT Sports 1, with streaming through Discovery+ and the TNT Sports app.

The stats for Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund

• Manchester City have won all 11 of their competitive home games against German opposition
• Borussia Dortmund have scored 12 goals in their three Champions League matches this season
• City are unbeaten in all home meetings with Dortmund
• Erling Haaland has scored in three of his last four appearances in Europe
• Dortmund have scored in every away game they’ve played this season across all competitions

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