Hello and welcome to Eurosport's live commentary of the Champions League Round of 16 clash between Basel and Manchester City. This is Ryan Bailey (@ryanjaybailey) taking you through all the action from St. Jakob-Park. Kick off is 19.45, team news to follow shortly.

Taulant Xhaka speaks: "I think Manchester City are the best team in the world at the moment. They are compact, very quick going forward. Any of their players can decide the game, like De Bruyne or Agüero, so you can't just let them keep the ball. You really have to be compact and try to disrupt their game.

"[My brother] Granit has played them several timesand he said they're pretty strong because they're always in motion. The football they play is direct with just two or three touches, and going forward they have a lot of speed. He said we have to believe in ourselves, to give our best."

There were signs that Guardiola was ready to move on from Sergio Aguero, but the Argentinean is certainly proving his worth in 2018...

Aside from Van Wolfswinkel, an other familiar name in the Basel squad is Taulant Xhaka, brother of Granit. The siblings famously faced each other at Euro 2016, with Granit represnting Switzerland and Taulant wearing the colours of Albania.

Taulant is a midfielder by trade, but it looks as if he will be employed out-of-position, on the right of a back three, tonight.

His disciplinary record seems to be similar to his brother's...

Basel manager Raphael Wicky: "I think [City have], basically, no weaknesses. They show that every three days in all the competitions they participate in.

"We don't need to talk about the quality of the players or the coach - you can see his way of football, his philosophy. We saw it at Barcelona and Bayern and we see it now at City.''

It's been a while since we last saw Vinny on the continental stage. The Belgian captains the Citizens tonight.

Basel have never progressed beyond the Round of 16, having qualified for it on two previous occasions.

They beat Bayern Munich 1-0 at St. Jakob-Park in 2012, before receiving a 7-0 pounding in Bavaria. In 2015, a draw in Switzerland against Porto couldn't prevent a 4-0 capitulation when they travelled to Portugal.

Some might say City have earned a fortunate draw in the knockout stages this season, but Basel have often been the undoing of English sides.

They have beaten Chelsea, Liverpool (twice), Manchester United (twice) and Tottenham on the continental stage. They even beat Sheffield Wednesday in the Intertoto Cup in 1995.

BASEL: Vaclík, Lacroix, Xhaka, Suchý, Lang, Riveros, Dié, Frei, Stocker, Elyounoussi, Oberlin. Subs: Salvi, Petretta, Zuffi, Van Wolfswinkel, Ajeti, Manzambi, Bua. /// MANCHESTER CITY: Ederson, Walker, Kompany, Otamendi, Delph, Fernandinho, Gündogan, De Bruyne, Sterling, Bernardo, Agüero. Subs: Bravo, Danilo, Stones, Laporte, Sané, Silva, Foden

Here's how the home side will line up tonight. Former Premier League heavy-hitter Ricky Van Wolfswinkel is Plan B for coach Raphael Wicky tonight.

Vincent Kompany and Fabian Delph earn starts for City, while Leroy Sane and David Silva are to be found on the substitutes bench.

For what it's worth, Pep Guardiola has named the correct amount of subs tonight.