Manchester City will enter his shock of the Champions League with Real Madrid with a bad record in large games during the 2024-25 campaign.
Unexpectedly, Pep Guardiola's men have had a substantial performance of this season, fifth at the Premier League table, with 12 games consisting of five draws and seven losses.
In addition, the exhibition of citizens in the group stage of the Champions League was far from the standards they have established since the arrival of Spanish, with the team closely avoiding a shock elimination in a dramatic game against the witches of the club.
On Tuesday, City will receive the current champion Madrid, they will meet for the fourth consecutive season. Last season he saw whites win a shooting at the Etihad stadium.
However, statistics reveal that the game could arrive at the worst time for the Guardiola band, considered its worst city, because they will enter the countryside with a disappointing record in large games during this campaign.
Citizens achieved only two victories in 14 clashes with great clubs, with four draws and eight losses.
Statistics reveal that Manchester City could achieve only two victories of 14 big games this season
However, on Tuesday night they will face the headlines of the Champions League to Real Madrid
They lost another game of disappearance against Arsenal with a 5-1 defeat at Emirates Stadium in February
Many of those low performance arrived in the Premier League, highlighted by his recent 5-1 defeat against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium, where the team lost control in the last 20 minutes.
Despite scoring an equalizer in the 55th minute through Erling Haaland's effort, City saw goalkeeper Stefan Ortega admitting another goal just a minute later for Thomas Party.
Several defensive errors have cost the team a significant number of points in the League, with only 41 at this time, behind Liverpool, Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Chelsea on the table.
However, it is worth remembering that everything began to go badly for Guardiola during the first game of the season, when the reigning league champions could not beat their neighbors united during the community shield, claiming a victory over the penalties despite 1-1 draw on score sheets.
In October, City lost its hopes of a triumph of the Carabao Cup after another 2-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium when Guardiola, with a team of injuries, refused to take Haaland to the field.
Many experts and fans believe that Rodri's injury significantly affected the poor season of citizens.
The 28-year-old has been out since September with an ACL injury, collected during another fogged game at his side against Arsenal with a 2-2 at the Etihad Stadium.
Guardiola's men managed to match in the last minutes of the game with an effort by the substitute John Stones after a corner.
They could only secure a place in the Play-Off stage of the Champions League in their last match against the Bruges Club
Last October, citizens were eliminated from the Carabao Cup when Tottenham hit them
To improve things at the Etihad Stadium, the Pep Guardiola band brought several players such as Omar Marmous, Nico González and Abdukodir Khusanov
Despite a minor injury that was delayed during the previous game of the city, it is understood that González is available for the confrontation against whites
To change things, they brought six players for a total rate of approximately 180 million, including Omar Marmous, Nico González, Abdukodir Khusanov, Vitor Reis, Juma Bah and Christian McFarlane.
However, only the first three were summoned for the next phase of the Champions League after debuting in recent games.
Marmush and González appeared in the initial alignment of the city against Leyton Orient on Saturday, but the Spanish was uploaded in the 22nd minute after a minor injury.
Meanwhile, Madrid will come with a defensive line affected by injuries, without Dani Carvajal, Antonio Rudiger, Eder Militao and David Alaba.