How Man City should line up vs Young Boys in Champions League fixture

Manchester City have a strong squad to choose from when they take on Young Boys in the Champions League on Wednesday.

With two wins from two, City can take a big step towards qualification for the Champions League knockout stages if they can beat Young Boys - with Pep Guardiola targeting back-to-back wins over the Swiss side to potentially seal a last-16 place next time out at the Etihad.

Before that, they must win in Bern, and Guardiola may change things up from the win against Brighton with the derby at United in mind at the weekend. Ederson, Ruben Dias, Jack Grealish and Mateo Kovacic could all be recalled after being benched at the weekend, while Manuel Akanji will be available after being sent off last week, serving his one-game ban this weekend.

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Read how our writers think City should line up below and use the interactive team selector to pick your own starting XI to take on Young Boys:

Simon Bajkowski

Guardiola will want to take this game seriously but will also feel he has to plan for United at the weekend. If he plans to use the experience of Jack Grealish, the former Aston Villa man could do with playing himself into form as quickly as possible.

Dias can come back in after being rested on Saturday and Nathan Ake can come in given Akanji will be suspended for the next match. John Stones will probably come in for the derby but City will be keen not to overload him given he has missed so much of the season through injury.

Kovacic can get a chance to impress alongside the familiar figures of Rodri and Bernardo Silva in midfield as the Croatian looks to reassert his position. Julian Alvarez showed