What you need to know about Man city and Monaco

Manchester City v Monaco

This is the first encounter between Manchester City and Monaco.

Man City have never lost to French opposition in European competition before (W1 D2), with all three previous meeting scoming against PSG.

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City have never played Monaco before

However, Monaco have progressed in each of their three Champions League knockout encounters with English clubs (v Man Utd in 1997-98, Chelsea in 2003-04, Arsenal in 2014-15).

Man City have won their Champions League group only once in six participations (2015-16).

It's also the first time Pep Guardiola hasn't secured top spot in a Champions League group campaign as manager.

Monaco have topped their Champions League group four times in as many participations under the current format (2003-04, 2004-05, 2014-15, 2016-17).

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