Champions League 2018/19: Anatomy of the groups - Part 2

Group F

Sergio Aguero is the spearhead of Manchester City attack

Teams: Hoffenheim, Manchester City, Olympique Lyonnais and Shakhtar Donetsk

Manchester City has not been in the best of the forms in the Premier League but is still in the top three in the table.

However, there would be no award to guess that Injury to Kevin de Bruyne may affect their proceedings in the group stages.

Shakhtar Donetsk would love to repeat their efforts from last campaign where they became the first team to beat Manchester City.

In the current campaign, Shakhtar has not the same team and might find it difficult to spoil Cityzen's party. They have lost some key members in the summer transfer window, notably, Fred, Bernard and Ferreyra.

Lyon's plan of reinforcing the squad has been spoiled in the French domestic league and are up against a daunting task to see off the premier league outfit, Manchester City in the Curtain raiser.

This group could become tricky for the second place. Lyon and Shakhtar should be battling it out for the spot unless we have some surprises.