As it happened: Manchester City 2-0 Preston North End

Preston North End travel to the Academy Stadium for their first of two high profile friendlies this week against Manchester clubs, with Manchester City first up.
Andrew Hughes rises ahead of Riyad Mahrez.Andrew Hughes rises ahead of Riyad Mahrez.
Andrew Hughes rises ahead of Riyad Mahrez.

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LIVE: Man City vs PNE

The start of a big week...

Pep Guardiola’s men are the first test for PNE this week, before Wigan Athletic and Manchester United later on in the week,

Tests don’t come much tougher than the reigning Premier League champions and Champions League runners up, but they’ve never played Ryan Ledson...

Just Man City, no big deal...

PNE Starting XI: PNE: Ripley, Storey, Lindsay, Hughes, van den Berg, Ledson, Whiteman, Potts, Earl, Barkhuizen, Evans.

PNE subs: Hudson, Bauer, Rafferty, Cunningham, Bayliss, Browne, Leigh, Harrop, Sinclair, Thomas, Walker, Maguire, Riis.

Man City do have a number of first team players in tonight’s starting XI, including star from last season Ruben Dias, Joao Cancelo, club captain Fernandinho, Riyad Mahrez and world champion Benjamin Mendy.

Kick off coming up...

The players are in place ready for tonight’s game!

We’re underway at the Academy Stadium!