Barcelona vs Man City score and goal updates LIVE from charity match plus early team news

Manchester City are set to lock horns with Spanish giants Barcelona in a charity game at Camp Nou.

Having won the Premier League for the fourth time in five seasons, Pep Guardiola and his star-studded group have made a strong start to their latest title defence by picking up seven points from three games. City have beaten West Ham and Bournemouth as well as drawing 3-3 with Saudi-backed Newcastle on Sunday afternoon.

Following on from that six-goal thriller, Guardiola and his team jetted out to Spain for a mid-season friendly.

Barcelona welcome their former manager and household names such as Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland for a charity game staged for ex-Barcelona goalkeeper Juan Carlos Unzue who was diagnosed with incurable ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) two years ago. All proceeds will go towards ALS research.

Follow every kick from the Nou Camp with our dedicated score updates below.

Pep Guardiola has pledged that this game will be used to give minutes to players who are most in need of them, so it should be a useful exercise to see how the likes of Sergio Gomez, Kalvin Phillips and Julian Alvarez are settling into the team. As far as they are concerned, a match at the Nou Camp is no bad way to get accustomed to the side.

City's squad is small, though, and inevitably we will have to see some of the players who started at Newcastle. Avoiding injuries has to be the sporting priority for this fixture.

Just over two hours to go until the match starts;

Ferran Soriano has provided an update on Bernardo Silva amid transfer interest from Barcelona.

Barcelona have been intensely pursuing a deal to sign the 28-year-old as they look to bolster their squad before the transfer window closes next week. It's believed