Man City and Real Madrid have eight players at risk of ban ahead of huge Champions League tie

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Manchester City take on Real Madrid in the Champions League last-16 and the Spaniards have several big names at risk of suspension

Manchester City resume their Champions League campaign tonight with a trip to Real Madrid.

The Blues make the trip to the Spanish capital buoyed by a weekend win at Newcastle United in the FA Cup which moved them into the quarter-finals. Pep Guardiola's side are still competing on four fronts and will start as favourites against a Madrid side that had to come through the play-off round to reach the last-16.

City are nearing a full-strength squad and expect to have Erling Haaland available for Wednesday's clash. Josko Gvardiol is a long-term absentee while Mateo Kovacic and Rico Lewis remain sidelined. But other than that, the Blues have plenty of options with Guardiola making ten changes for the win at Newcastle.

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City's March fixture list is a hectic one across four competitions with a Premier League trip to West Ham on Saturday to come before Madrid visit the Etihad next Tuesday for the return.

City could be without two stars for that second leg with Nico O'Reilly and Savinho one yellow card away from a ban. But it's Madrid who have more to worry about with a host of players at risk of missing the trip to Manchester, including some big names.

Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Jr, Rodrygo, Dean Huijsen and Aurelien Tchouameni are all one yellow card from picking up a suspension. Alvaro Carreras has already picked up four bookings in Europe this season and one more will see him banned.

Champions League regulations say that any player who accumulates three yellow cards - or any subsequent odd number of bookings - from the league stage onwards is suspended for the next match. An amnesty only comes into effect upon completion of the quarter-finals when all yellow card totals are wiped.