Real Madrid test, Kompany reunion, battle of Britain - best and worst Man City Champions League scenarios

Manchester City have a job to do on the pitch on Wednesday night before they can think about what comes next in the Champions League.

The Blues must beat Club Brugge at the Etihad to secure a top 24 place in the expanded Champions League and with it a spot in the play off round. City's European form has been poor this season with just two wins in seven matches.

It's left Pep Guardiola's side battling to progress in a competition many would have fancied City to win at the outset. Three points against Brugge will secure a two-legged tie against a side who finish between ninth and 16th in the table.

That seeded spot is beyond City, who will finish no higher than 19th, and as things stand the permutations for who Guardiola's men could come up against are vast. But some are more likely than others and here's the best and worst case scenario for City next month should they overcame the Belgians this week.

There are some European heavyweights struggling to secure automatic qualification to the last 16. Liverpool and Barcelona have done enough while Arsenal and Inter Milan need only a draw to be certain of a top eight place. Atletico Madrid and AC Milan are overwhelming favourites to qualify directly while Bayer Leverkusen's kind final matchday fixture at home to Sparta Prague leaves them well placed.

Atalanta are perhaps the most vulnerable of the current top eight given they travel to Barcelona on Wednesday but the Italian outfit would represent a stern test for City. They are reigning Europa League holders so well versed in knockout football while they sit third in Serie A with just four domestic defeats.

Below that and City would like to avoid a meeting with Spanish giants Real Madrid. The two have plenty of recent