Predicted Lineups and Player Updates for Manchester City vs Galatasaray 28/01/26 - Champions League News

By Andre Moura, FootballPredictions.NET, 17:09 27/01/2026

Here are the two predicted teams plus injury/suspension updates for Wednesday’s forthcoming Champions League match.

Manchester City will be looking for another win after a 2-0 Premier League victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers. It seems likely that The Citizens will probably opt for a 4-3-3 formation this time with Gianluigi Donnarumma, Rico Lewis, Abdukodir Khusanov, Max Alleyne, Rayan Ait Nouri, Tijjani Reijnders, Phil Foden, Nico O'Reilly, Rayan Cherki, Erling Haaland and Jérémy Doku.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this game owing to a fully injury-free group available for selection. The players ineligible for this match because of suspension are Rodri, Antoine Semenyo, Marc Guéhi and Kalvin Phillips.

How Manchester City could look to play Galatasaray

Galatasaray will come into the match after a 1-3 Super Lig win against Fatih Karagümrük in their previous match. We reckon that Cimbom appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup, settling for Ugurcan Cakir, Roland Sallai, Davinson Sánchez, Abdlkerim Bardakci, Evren Eren Elmali, Mario Lemina, Lucas Torreira, Leroy Sane, Yunus Akgün, Baris Yilmaz and Victor Osimhen.

With a completely healthy squad available for selection, Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk has no fitness worries to speak of before this match. The suspended players who are serving a ban for this game are Noa Lang, Kazımcan Karataş, Gökdeniz Gürpüz and Metehan Baltacı.

Probable Galatasaray team

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