Manchester City are at near full strength as they look to lay down a marker in their Champions League last 16 tie with Dynamo Kiev.
Manuel Pellegrini’s team are still without a handful of injury victims, most notably Kevin de Bruyne and Fabian Delph, but the Chilean coach has been able to name a very strong starting XI.
City make just one change from the team which lost at home to Tottenham Hotspur in their last league outing, with Bacary Sagna returning from injury to replace Pablo Zabaleta at right-back.
Fernando is the only survivor from the weakened team which lost to Chelsea in the FA Cup on Sunday.
The Ukrainians, meanwhile, include several of the players who featured in their group stage loss at Stamford Bridge.
Andriy Yarmolenko will be the main danger man for Serhiy Rebrov’s team, while Premier League target Aleksandar Dragovic has the task of keeping Sergio Aguero quiet.
City XI: Hart, Sagna, Kompany (C), Otamendi, Clichy, Fernando, Fernandinho, Toure, Silva, Sterling, Aguero #kyivvcity #mcfc
— Manchester City (@ManCity) February 24, 2016
Subs: Caballero, Demichelis, Zabaleta, Mangala, Kolarov, M.Garcia, Iheanacho #kyivvcity #mcfc
— Manchester City (@ManCity) February 24, 2016
Kyiv XI: Shovkovskiy (C), Danilo Silva, Dragovic, Vida, Khacheridi, Rybalka, Garmash, Gonzalez, Buyalskiy, Yarmolenko, Teodorczyk #kyivvcity
— Manchester City (@ManCity) February 24, 2016
