Manchester City and CSKA Moscow are playing on the UEFA Champions League schedule on Tuesday and the match from Arena Khimki is on at 12 pm noon ET on TV from Fox and streaming online from the Fox Soccer 2Go website and the arena will be empty after the Russian side dealt with some incidents and that will make for an odd atmosphere in this second leg group game.
Man City comes into things after a draw against Roma and they also had a loss against Bayern Munich in the Champions League match before that. The teams last game was against the Spurs and they won that 4-1 at home and on the Premier League schedule they have some tough matches coming, including with West Ham on the road and Manchester United visiting the Etihad.
Man City has played well at home recently during this season and while they had a loss early in the year and a draw, they have bounced back with a win against the Spurs. The team won against Hull City away and now they have a trip to Moscow and coming up they have the return game and that will be in a couple weeks and will be at the Etihad. Coming up after these games, the team has Swansea City on the schedule after QPR and the team also has another match with Bayern and that one will be at home too.
Coming up after those games and leading into December is the Bayern match and then games against Southampton, Sunderland away and then against Everton at home. Man City comes into the weekend in the EPL at second on the table behind Chelsea and they are leading Southampton by one point. The team has a lead and they are up over West Ham and Liverpool, while Manchester United is sixth in the standings.
Frank Lampard will be out for Manchester city in the matchup and Samir Nasri will also miss the match and that means the team needs to keep things tight so they can get points here. Man City knows that matches like this can be tough away and with no crowd, it will be a strange atmosphere and that could also affect the players. Lampard had to leave the game against Tottenham over the weekend on a stretcher with an injury in the first half and that will keep him out.
Manuel Pellegrini said that he thinks it's wrong that the fans won't be there for their team and he said his players are experienced and should be able to keep things going despite the strangeness of the atmosphere. The Champions League tie will have Lampard out and Yaya Toure will need to get things going as well and he could be the key for the team in this match.
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