Manchester Metropolis will meet Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday in Matchday 5 of the Champions League league part on the Etihad Stadium for what can even be Pep Guardiola’s one hundredth Champions League sport in control of Manchester Metropolis, making him simply the third supervisor to supervise greater than 100 video games with an English group within the Champions League, after Alex Ferguson (190 with Manchester United) and Arsene Wenger (177 with Arsenal). The English giants are presently sitting in fourth place with 10 factors, after three wins towards Napoli, Villarreal and Borussia Dortmund and one draw towards Monaco within the opening 4 video games, whereas Leverkusen are in 21th place with solely 5 factors and one win towards Benfica. Earlier than that, they drew with Copenaghen and PSV earlier than shedding 7-2 to PSG. Erik ten Hag changed Xabi Alonso as head coach in the beginning of the 2025-26 season however was sacked after simply two Bundesliga video games. Former Denmark supervisor Kasper Hjulmand was appointed on September 8 to take over and is presently main the group. This is all you want to know forward of Tuesday’s sport.
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Viewing info
- Date: Tuesday, Nov. 25 | Time: 3 p.m. ET
- Location: Etihad Stadium — Manchester
- Stay stream: Paramount+
- Odds: Manchester Metropolis -452; Draw +581; Bayer Leverkusen +1050
Doable lineups
Manchester Metropolis XI: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Rayan Ait Nouri; Nico Gonzalez; Rayan Cherki, Tijjani Reijnders, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku; Erling Haaland.
Bayer Leverkusen XI: Mark Flekken; Jarell Quansah, Loic Bade, Jeanuel Belocian, Ernest Poku; Ibrahim Maza, Aleix Garcia, Alejandro Grimaldo, Claudio Echeverri; Malik Tillman, Christian Kofane.
Prediction
Regardless of the disappointing outcome over the weekend, Manchester Metropolis have to react and show their power towards Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday. Decide: Manchester Metropolis 3, Bayer Leverkusen1.
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Tips on how to watch
The entire motion on Matchday 5 of the UEFA Champions League will be caught on Paramount+, whereas CBS Sports activities Community and CBS Sports activities Golazo Community can have choose simultaneous protection. Every day’s protection begins with Champions League Matchday, streaming on Paramount+ and CBS Sports activities Golazo Community forward of the early video games earlier than the UEFA Champions League At the moment pre-match present begins on Paramount+ and CBS Sports activities Community. The Golazo Present on Paramount+ additionally returns for the late slate of matches, whereas the UEFA Champions League At the moment post-match present on Paramount+ and CBS Sports activities Community picks issues up on the finish of the day. The day’s protection concludes on CBS Sports activities Golazo Community with The Champions Membership (additionally streamed stay on YouTube) and Scoreline.
Matchday 5 TV schedule
All instances U.S./Japanese
TUESDAY, NOV. 25 | TIME | HOW TO WATCH |
UEFA Champions League At the moment pre-match | 12 p.m. | |
Champions League Matchday | 12 p.m. | |
Ajax vs. Benfica | 12:45 p.m. | |
Galatasaray vs. Union Saint-Gilloise | 12:45 p.m. | |
UEFA Champions League At the moment pre-match | 2:45 p.m. | |
Champions League Matchday | 2:45 p.m. | |
The Golazo Present | 3 p.m. | |
Bodo/Glimt vs. Juventus | 3 p.m. | |
Napoli vs. Qarabag | 3 p.m. | |
Marseille vs. Newcastle United | 3 p.m. | |
Borussia Dortmund vs. Villarreal | 3 p.m. | |
Chelsea vs. Barcelona | 3 p.m. | |
Manchester Metropolis vs. Bayer Leverkusen | 3 p.m. | |
Slavia Praha vs. Athletic Membership | 3 p.m. | |
UEFA Champions League At the moment post-match | 5 p.m. | |
The Champions Membership | 6 p.m. | |
Scoreline | 7 p.m. |
