Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has made a total of four changes to his starting lineup for tonight’s Premier League clash with Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Etihad Stadium.
From the team that started last weekend’s 2-0 FA Cup semi-final win over Nottingham Forest, Stefan Ortega, Rico Lewis, Savinho and Jack Grealish all revert to the substitutes’ bench as captain Kevin De Bruyne, Ederson, Ilkay Gundogan and Jeremy Doku are all recalled.
Ederson is fit and available to start in goal and will be protected by an unchanged back four of Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol and Nico O’Reilly.
In-form Mateo Kovacic will be joined in centre-midfield by Gundogan and Bernardo Silva, who will make his 400th appearance for Man City tonight.
De Bruyne is set to operate in an advanced role in the final third with Doku and Omar Marmoush, while City have been boosted by the return of top scorer Erling Haaland to the substitutes’ bench after missing six games with an ankle injury.
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Strand Larsen misses out as Bellegarde is recalled
As for Wolves, Vitor Pereira has made just the one change to the side that began the 3-0 home victory over Leicester City last weekend.
Jorgen Strand Larsen has scored six goals in his last six appearances for the Old Gold, but he is left out of the matchday squad tonight due to injury and has been replaced in the starting lineup by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
The Frenchman will link up in the final third with Marshall Munetsi and star attacker Matheus Cunha, who has scored a team-high 17 goals in all competitions this season.
Nelson Semedo and Rayan Ait-Nouri will continue as wing-backs as Joao Gomes and Andre retain their spots in centre-midfield.
Matt Doherty, Emmanuel Agbadou and Toti Gomes all start in the back three, protecting goalkeeper Jose Sa, while the likes of ex-Man City man Tommy Doyle, Pedro Lima and Goncalo Guedes all feature on the bench.
Manchester City starting lineup: Ederson; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Kovacic, Gundogan; Bernardo, De Bruyne, Doku; Marmoush
Subs: Ortega, Haaland, Grealish, Nico, Akanji, Savinho, Foden, Lewis, McAtee
Wolverhampton Wanderers starting lineup: Sa; Doherty, Agbadou, Toti; Semedo, Andre, J. Gomes, Ait-Nouri, Munetsi, Bellegarde; Cunha
Subs: Bentley, Lima, Bueno, Djiga, Doyle, R. Gomes, Sarabia, Guedes, Hwang
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