Man City vs Borussia Dortmund: Haaland set for reunion with former side

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The Cityzens will be looking to extend their impressive unbeaten home record in the UCL when Dortmund arrive on Wednesday.

As a result of last week's passing of Queen Elizabeth II, all Premier League fixtures were suspended as the United Kingdom mourns the 96-year-old monarch. This means that Manchester City, who were set to play Tottenham in a mouth-watering tie, will come into their upcoming Champions League clash against Borussia Dortmund with a couple of extra days rest.

Pep Guardiola's side again will be mounting a challenge for the coveted continental prize after coming up short in recent times, and have kicked off proceedings in resounding fashion as they eased to a very comfortable 4-0 win over Sevilla on matchday one. New signing Erling Haaland has taken to Premier League football like a proverbial duck to water, and the Norwegian international has also opened his account in the Champions League with a brace during his team's clash against Sevilla last week. Now, for the first time, he will be facing his former team Borussia Dortmund, where he scored 86 goals in 89 appearances across all comps, and naturally, die Schwarzgelben will be doing their utmost best to stop their former colleague.

Dortmund are currently under the guidance of Edin Terzic, who was brought in as a permanent manager earlier this season. Once again, they will hope to unseat Bayern Munich as the undisputed champions of Germany. However, a 3-0 loss to RB Leipzig at the weekend has seen them tumble down the table into fifth spot. Not exactly the kind of result Terzic had wanted to see after his team easily beat Danish side Copenhagen 3-0 in their group stage opener.

Additionally, Dortmund do not have a good track record when it comes to playing English sides. The last time they were on the winning side was nearly nine years ago, when they beat Arsenal 2-1 in October 2013. Meanwhile, City's record against German sides is quite impressive, to say the least. Interestingly, the last team to beat the Cityzens on home turf was none other than Bayern Munich, who were then under the guidance of current City boss Guardiola.

Should City win on Tuesday (or at least avoid defeat), they will match Chelsea's record of 21 UCL home games unbeaten between 2006 and 2009. Will Haaland, as many expect, come back to haunt his former side? Or will Dortmund manage to put an end to their frustrating run on English soil?

Team news: Manchester City vs Borussia Dortmund

Manchester City: Both Kyle Walker and John Stones are expected to miss this game, along with fellow defender Aymeric Laporte.

Borussia Dortmund: Gregor Kobel, Sebastien Haller, Mahmoud Dahoud, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, and Mateu Morey have all been ruled out for this game, while Thorgan Hazard is a major doubt along with Donyell Malen and Karim Adeyemi.

Match facts: Manchester City vs Borussia Dortmund

City are unbeaten in their last 20 home games in the UCL (W18 D2). Should they avoid losing to Dortmund on Wednesday, they could match the record of 21 set by Chelsea from 2006 to 2009
Manchester City have won their last eight home meetings with German teams in this competition, with the last team to beat them being Bayern Munich, who defeated them 3-1 in October 2013 when under the guidance of Pep Guardiola
Borussia Dortmund have not beaten an English side in an away match in the UCL since October 2013, when they beat Arsenal 2-1
Die Schwarzgelben also have not drawn any of their last 17 away games (D7 L10) since a 1-1 draw against Cyprus side APOEL in October 2017
Guardiola will be managing his 150th match in this competition, which makes him the fifth manager to achieve this
Erling Haaland has scored 25 times in his first 20 UCL matches - the most of any player in this competition
The Norwegian could also become only the second player in competition history to score both for and against Dortmund after Lazio's Ciro Immobile