Bodø/Glimt v Manchester City: Champions League – live

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Erling Haaland: Having grown up in Bryne, a mere … eh, 1,948 kilometres south of Bodo, this represents something of a homecoming for the Manchester City striker. The 25-year-old has scored five goals in the Champions League this season and will be hoping to add to his tally following an extremely fallow period in which he has scored just one goal, a penalty against Brighton, in his last seven games in all competitions.

Marc Guehi: The England defender completed a £20m move to Manchester City from Crystal Palace yesterday, with Pep Guardiola describing him as a high-class defender who is the “perfect age” and will provide an immediate boost owing to injuries. Sadly, the boost won’t be as immediate as Pep would like because his new recruit is ineligible to play against Bodo/Glimt. Jamie Jackson reports from just north of the Arctic Circle …

Unlike many of his Manchester City teammates, Tijani Reindeers should feel right at home in the Arctic Circle tonight. Photograph: Elena Petrova/Alamy

The Northern Lights seen from Bodo Harbour on the morning of matchday. Photograph: Kieran McManus/Shutterstock

Tonight’s match officials

• Referee: Sven Jablonski

• Referee’s assistants: Eduard Betinger and Robert Kempter

• Fourth Official: Tobias Reichter

• VAR: Robert Schroder

German referee Sven Jablonski would be advised against using an old school metal whistle in Bodo tonight, as the Arctic conditions could lead to it becoming stuck to his lips. Photograph: Michael Regan/UEFA/Getty Images

Manchester City: Pep Guardiola makes four changes to the team that lost at Old Trafford, with Rayan Ait-Nouri in for his start since returning from international duty with Algeria at Afcon. Nico O’Reilly, Tijani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki also come into the side, with Nathan Ake, Bernardo Silva, Antoine Semenyo and Jeremy Doku making way. Phil Foden stays in the side despite breaking his hand in the game against Manchester United.

Rayan Ait-Nouri wrapped up well for yesterday’s training session at the Aspmyra Stadion. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters

Bodo/Glimt v Manchester City line-ups

Bodo/Glimt: Haikin, Sjovold, Bjortuft, Gundersen, Bjorkan, Evjen, Berg, Fet, Blomberg, Hogh, Hauge.

Subs: Lund, Nielsen, Aleesami, Auklend, Saltnes, Helmersen, Klynge, Riisnaes, Maatta, Sjong, Chooly.

Manchester City: Donnarumma, Lewis, Khusanov, Alleyne, Ait Nouri, Reijnders, Rodri, O’Reilly, Foden, Haaland, Cherki.

Subs: Bettinelli, Trafford, Ake, Marmoush, Doku, Gray, Mukasa, Mfuni, Noble, Samba.

Early team news

City are enduring something of a crisis at the back which they have attempted to alleviate by signing Marc Guehi but like his fellow new recruit, Antoine Semenyo, the former Crystal Palace defender is ineligible to play in the Champions League until the knockout stages.

With John Stones, Josko Gvardiol and Ruben Dias all ruled out, Pep Guardiola may persist with his centre-back pairing of Abdokodir Khushanov and Max Alleyne, who were outstanding against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup last week but far less impressive against Manchester United on Saturday.

Oscar Bobb, Mateo Kovacic, Nico Gonzalez and Savinho are also unavailable due to injury, while Bernardo Silva is suspended and if selected, Phil Foden will play with a protective cast on a broken hand. Omar Marmoush has travelled with the squad after returning from Afcon.

Bodo/Glimt are without centre-back Haitam Aleesemi, who is sidelined with a hamstring injury. His fellow defender Jostein Gundersen is available for selection after serving the suspension he received for being sent off in his side’s match against Monaco.

Phil Foden has travelled to Bodo despite being forced off with a broken right hand in Manchester City’s Premier League defeat at Old Trafford on Saturday. Photograph: Kieran McManus/Shutterstock

Champions League: Bodo/Glimt v Manchester City

With just three points from their six games thus far and yet to notch up a win in this season’s Champions League, Bodo/Glimt welcome Manchester City to the Aspmyra Stadion, needing all three points to keep alive any faint hopes they still have of making the knockout stages. Kjetil Knutsen’s side currently sit 32^nd in the league standings with just two games left and are playing out of season, the Norwegian Eliteserien having finished in November with Viking pipping them to the title by just one point. While their players will be fresh, they are unlikely to be match fit after playing just two friendlies in preparation for this encounter.

City come into this match on the back of last Saturday’s near humiliation at the hands of their bitter rivals Manchester United and need a win to maintain their push for the top eight finish that would see them straight into the Round of 16. No strangers to bad weather, they will be playing in sub-zero temperatures on an artificial pitch tonight, with the forecast for kick-off being -1° that will apparently feel nearer to -7°. Kick-off in Bodo is at 5.45pm (GMT) but we’ll have team news and build-up in the meantime.

Any Manchester City players sent tumbling over the Aspmyra Stadion advertising hoardings tonight are in for a cold and unpleasant surprise. Photograph: Kieran McManus/Shutterstock