Big Match Feature: Monaco v Man City.

AS Monaco FC host Manchester City FC in the second leg of their Uefa Champions League last-16 encounter.

The Ligue 1 side have a 5-3 deficit to make up after an extraordinary first game in Manchester, in which Monaco led twice before City scored three times in the final 20 minutes. Monaco's Radamel Falcao and City's Sergio Agüero both found the net twice.

Monaco reached the knockout stage as winners of Group E, while City qualified as Group C runners-up behind FC Barcelona.

Match Background

Monaco

Monaco are seeking a second Uefa Champions League quarterfinal appearance in three seasons, having last competed in the last eight in 2015 after beating Arsenal FC on away goals in the round of 16 (3-1 a, 0-2 h).

They have a strong home record in Europe this term and are unbeaten in five matches in the principality, including qualifiers against Fenerbahçe SK and Villarreal CF (W4 D1).

They have already got the better of one English side this season, having beaten Tottenham Hotspur FC twice in the group stage. After a 2-1 matchday one success at Wembley, with Bernardo Silva and Thomas Lemar scoring, they won by the same scoreline at home on 22 November through goals by Djibril Sidibé and Lemar.

Monaco's home record against English league clubs is W4 D2 L2.

ASM have won all but one of their five previous two-legged ties against teams from the English league, including Uefa Champions League triumphs over Manchester United FC (1997/98 quarterfinal), Chelsea FC (2003/04 semifinal) and Arsenal (2014/15 round of 16.)

Twenty years ago to the week of this fixture – on 18 March 1997 – Monaco overcame Newcastle United FC 3-0 to seal a 4-0 Uefa Cup quarterfinal triumph with the help of two goals from Ali Benarbia, a future City captain.

Monaco have won seven of the 20 Uefa competition ties in which they have had to recover from a first-leg away defeat – including twice already this season, in the third qualifying round against Fenerbahçe SK (1-2 away, 3-1 home) and Villarreal CF in the play-offs (1-2 away, 1-0 home).

When that first game was lost by a two-goal margin, however, they have won only one of six ties – although that sole success was a memorable one, against Real Madrid CF in the 2003/04 quarterfinals (2-4 away, 3-1 home). Monaco are unbeaten in home second legs when losing the first game by two goals; their record is W4 D2.

Monaco's penalty shoot-out record in Uefa competitions is W1 L0:

3-1 v Real Valladolid, 1989/90 European Cup Winners' Cup quarterfinal

Manchester City

City are bidding to make the quarterfinals for the second time in their history, following last term's groundbreaking run to the last four.

They are without an away victory so far in this season's competition (D2 L1).

City ousted Paris Saint-Germain in last year's quarterfinals. After a 2-2 draw in Paris, where Kevin De Bruyne andFernandinho scored, De Bruyne struck again in Manchester to secure a 1-0 second-leg victory. • City's only other brush with French opposition was a 0-0 home draw with Paris in the 2008/09 Uefa Cup group stage. Vincent Kompany and Pablo Zabaleta both played.

Josep Guardiola won all seven previous round of 16 ties as a coach with Barcelona and FC Bayern München.

City have won five of the six Uefa competition ties in which they have won the home first leg – the sole exception against Juventus in the 1976/77 Uefa Cup first round (1-0 home, 0-2 away). That also includes one tie in which they won at home by a two-goal margin – against Aalborg BK in the 2008/09 Uefa Cup round of 16; City recorded a 2-0 home win but lost by the same score in Denmark and needed penalties to progress.

City's record in penalty shoot-outs in Uefa competition is W2 L0:

4-2 v FC Midtjylland, 2008/09 Uefa Cup second qualifying round

4-3 v Aalborg BK, 2008/09 Uefa Cup round of 16

Coach and Player Links

This is Guardiola's first duel with French opponents since his Barcelona side beat Olympique Lyonnais 6-3 on aggregate in the last 16 in 2009. As a player, he was in the Barcelona side that overcame Paris 1-0 in the 1997 Uefa Cup Winners' Cup final. He had helped Barcelona to home (2-0) and away (1-0) victories over Monaco in the 1993/94

Leonardo Jardim's first encounter with English opposition came as coach of the SC Braga team that beat Birmingham City FC twice (3-1 a, 1-0 h) in the 2011/12 Uefa Europa League group stage. The next season, as Olympiacos FC coach, he faced Arsenal in the 2012/13 Uefa Champions League group stage, losing 3-1 in London but winning 2-1 at home. • Yaya Touré was a Monaco player in 2006/07, making 27 Ligue 1 appearances and claiming five goals.

Bacary Sagna faced Monaco five times with AJ Auxerre between 2004 and 2007 (W2 D2 L1).

João Moutinho was in the FC Porto side beaten 4-0 at City in the Uefa Europa League round of 32 on 22 February 2012. Fernando and Nicolás Otamendi featured for Porto too that night.

During his 2014/15 loan at Manchester United, Falcao appeared as an 83rd-minute substitute in a 4-2 home derby win over City. On loan at Chelsea in 2015/16, the Colombian was a late substitute in a 3-0 defeat at City.

Falcao struck Porto's winner in a 2-1 first-leg home success over Arsenal in the 2009/10 Uefa Champions League round of 16 (agg 2-6). He hit a hat-trick against Chelsea for Club Atlético de Madrid in the 2012 Uefa Super Cup.

Sidibé made his home debut for France as a replacement for Sagna during a 4-1 Fifa World Cup qualifying triumph in October 2016.

Aleksandar Kolarov scored a free-kick goal for Serbia in a 1-1 friendly draw with France in Belgrade in 2014.

Have played together:

Fernando & Radamel Falcao (FC Porto, 2009–11)

Fernando, Nicolás Otamendi & João Moutinho (FC Porto, 2010–13)

Bacary Sagna & Djibril Sidibé (France)

Fernandinho & Fabinho (Brazil)

Match Facts

Monaco

Kamil Glik is suspended, while Tiemoué Bakayoko, Falcao, Sidibé and Fabinho are a booking away from a ban.

Monaco have won all four of their games since the first leg, scoring 12 goals, and their last eight at home since a 3-1 loss to Olympique Lyonnais on 18 December.

The Ligue 1 leaders are still in contention for four trophies this season after a 4-3 extra-time win at Olympique de Marseille in the French Cup round of 16 on 1 March. Monaco will host LOSC Lille in the last eight on 5 April.

Four days before that, Monaco face Paris in the French League Cup final.

Having missed the last two matches with a groin injury, Falcao came off the bench in the 2-1 home victory against FC Girondins de Bordeaux on Saturday.

Manchester City

Fernandinho, Otamendi and Raheem Sterling are a booking away from a ban.

City are 11 games unbeaten in all competitions.

Agüero has scored six goals in his last five outings.

Guardiola's side have conceded only one goal in four matches since the first leg and on Saturday kept their sixth

successive away clean sheet as they defeated Middlesbrough FC 2-0 in the FA Cup quarterfinals.

Head coach

Leonardo Jardim

Date of birth: 1 August 1974

Nationality: Portuguese

Coaching career: AD Camacha, GD Chaves, SC Beira-Mar, SC Braga, Olympiacos FC, Sporting Clube de Portugal, AS Monaco FC

Played football at an amateur level during his youth and despite a passing interest in handball, it was always Jardim's intention to become a coach. Studied physical education at the University of Madeira, and at 24 became the youngest Portuguese coach to obtain a Uefa A licence.

Three years later, in 2001, appointed assistant coach at Madeiran club Camacha, where he impressed sufficiently to take charge of first-team duties two years later. Left to join Chaves midway through 2007/08, masterminding rise to the second division 18 months later. Also won promotion at Beira-Mar after taking charge in summer 2009 and preserved their top-flight status the following season before stepping down.

Signed a three-year contract when he succeeded Domingos Paciência at Braga in 2011 but left after only one having guided the club to a third-placed finish, helped by a record-breaking 13 successive league wins at the turn of the year, and into the Uefa Europa League round of 16.

Confirmed as the new coach of Olympiacos in June 2012, putting pen to paper on a two-year contract, but dismissed the following January despite a ten-point lead in the league. Resurfaced at Sporting, leading the club to second place in the 2013/14 Portuguese Liga.

Subsequently succeeded Claudio Ranieri at Monaco, guiding the club to the Uefa Champions League quarterfinals in 2014/15, when they finished third in Ligue 1. Jardim and Monaco were third again the following season, overcoming Villarreal CF to return to the group stage.

Josep Guardiola

Date of birth: 18 January 1971

Nationality: Spanish

Playing career: FC Barcelona, Brescia Calcio (twice), AS Roma, al-Ahly Club, Dorados de Sinola Coaching career: FC Barcelona B, FC Barcelona, FC Bayern München, Manchester City FC

Known as 'Pep', he came up through Barcelona's youth ranks to win six Spanish Liga titles, one European Champion Clubs' Cup, a Uefa Cup Winners' Cup and two Copa del Rey trophies from 1990 to 2001. Also had spells with Brescia, Roma, al-Ahly in Doha and Mexico's Dorados de Sinola before ending his playing career in 2006. Won 40 caps and Olympic footballing gold with Spain in 1992, but missed the 1998 and 2002 Fifa World Cups through injury.

Having coached Barcelona's B team, he took charge of the senior side in 2008 and won the Uefa Champions League, Spanish Liga and Copa del Rey in his first season. In the process he became the sixth man to have lifted the European Cup as player and coach.

That was just the beginning of a glorious four-season spell which yielded 14 trophies. In his second campaign, Guardiola steered Barcelona to a second Liga title as well as the Spanish and Uefa Super Cups and the Fifa Club World Cup. Even more sucess followed in 2010/11 as Barcelona completed a hat-trick of Spanish titles and, for the second time under Guardiola, got the better of Manchester United FC in the Uefa Champions League final.

In his final season, 2011/12, Guardiola's team won the Uefa Super Cup and Fifa Club World Cup once more before he signed off his reign with a second Copa del Rey triumph.

After a year's break, Guardiola took charge of Bayern in June 2013, replacing Jupp Heynckes. In his first campaign he collected the Uefa Super Cup, Fifa Club World Cup, German Cup and, with a record seven games to spare, the Bundesliga title. He secured his second successive Bundesliga title by ten points the following season, and Bayern again dominated domestically in 2015/16, but all three of Guardiola's Uefa Champions League campaigns in Bavariaended in the semifinals. Opted for a new challenge at Manchester City in summer 2016.