Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers have confirmed their starting lineups head of today’s crucial Premier League fixture at the Etihad Stadium. Another crucial fixture awaits for Pep Guardiola’s side. They will be eager to pick up three points to keep their Premier League title destiny in their own hands. City needs four more wins to create history and win a fourth consecutive Premier League title.
There was positive news on the injury front for Manchester City before today’s game. Pep Guardiola told the media yesterday that he has a full squad available for today’s match. Phil Foden and Ruben Dias have recovered from illness to take their place in the match day squad today. The other player in doubt was Ederson. City’s number one keeper was substituted at half-time of City’s win over Nottingham Forest last weekend with a shoulder injury. But the Brazilian keeper has overcome the injury to be available for today’s critical match.
Here are the starting lineups ahead of today’s massive match at the Etihad Stadium.
Manchester City
Pep Guardiola has made three changes to the team that beat Nottingham Forest 2-nil at the City Ground. In comes Mateo Kovacic, Phil Foden, and Erling Haaland. Out goes Jeremy Doku, Jack Grealish, and Julian Alvarez who all drop to the bench for today’s game.
Starting lineup: Ederson, Walker (C), Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol, Rodri, Kovacic, De Bruyne, Foden, Bernardo Silva, Haaland.
Substitutes: Stefan Ortega, Dias, Stones, Grealish, Doku, Alvarez, Gomez, Nunes, Lewis.