The Catalan manager has decided to give starts to a number of players who have not featured yet this season. Joe Hart, Yaya Toure and Pablo Maffeo all play for the first time this season.
TEAM NEWS | Here’s how City line-up tonight! #cityvsteaua #mcfc pic.twitter.com/tcR0gaFnNl
— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 24, 2016
And this is how Steaua line up tonight.
CITY vs STEAUA, XI Steaua Bucharest: Cojocaru, Mitrea, Tamaş, Hamroun, Tudorie, Muniru Sulley, Momčilović, Aganović, Popescu, Enache. #mcfc
— Manchester City (@ManCityMAS) August 24, 2016
Qualification for the Champions League group stages is almost a formality for Manchester City, who won the first leg of the tie 5-0 away at Bucharest.