Marseille vs Manchester City UEFA Champions League Match

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Manchester City will meet Marseille for the first time in European competition.  Manchester City have only won two of their previous seven UEFA Champions League games against French teams (D2 L3). going winless in each ofthe last four (D1 L3).  

Marseille have picked up just one victory in their last 11 UEFA Champions League encounters with English teams (D2 L8), losing four of the last five matches.  

Marseille have netted just five goals in their last 12 matches against English teams in European competition and never more than once in a game in this run. They last scored more than once versus an English side back in February 2006 against Bolton Wanderers (2-1. UEFA Cup). 

Manchester City have lost just one of their last 1 0 away games in the UEFA Champions League group stage (W6 D3). going unbeaten in each of their last six such fixtures (W4 D2).  

Marseille have lost their last four home games in the UEFA Champions League, conceding exactly two goals in each defeat. The last French team to lose five consecutive home matches in the competition were Monaco in 2018 (7 losses).  

Both teams have scored in each of Manchester City's last eight UEFA Champions League fixtures, with the Citizens now on their longest wait for a clean sheet in the competition since between February 2015 8. 201 6 (9 matches).  Since Pep Guardiola took charge of Manchester City ahead of the 2016-17 season. 

Raheem Sterling has been directly involved in more goals in the UEFA Champions League than any other player at the club (26 - 17 goals and nine assists).  Marseille's Dimitri Payet is still looking for his first goal in the UEFA Champions League, having attempted 32 shots without scoring in the competition (21 for Lille and 11 for Marseille).  

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Manchester City's Sergio Agiiero (35) has moved level with Ruud van Nistelrooy (Man Utd) and Thierry Henry (Arsenal) to one behind the most goals by a player for an English side in the UEFA Champions League (Didier Drogba. Chelsea, 36).