Aymeric Laporte and Leroy Sane both back in training
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace
Competition: F.A. Premier League
Date: 3.00pm, Saturday 18th January 2020
Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Referee: Graham Scott Assistants: N Davies, D Eaton Fourth Official: J Simpson
Odds: City 1/9, Draw 10/1, Palace 25/1
Tickets: On sale via tickets.mancity.com
TV: Match of the Day
Manchester City
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Squad (from): Bravo, Carson, Ederson, Angelino, Cancelo, Garcia, Mendy, Otamendi, Stones, Walker, Zinchenko, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Foden, Gundogan, Mahrez, Rodri, B Silva, D Silva, Sterling, Aguero, Jesus
Injured: Laporte, Sane
Doubtful: Aguero, Stones
Suspended: None
Form guide: WWWWW
Crystal Palace
Manager: Roy Hodgson
Squad (from): Hennessey, Henderson, Guaita, Tomkins, Cahill, Kelly, Woods, Riedewald, Kouyate, McArthur, Kirby. McCarthy, Ayew, Zaha, Benteke, Tosun, Wickham
Injured: Townsend, Schlupp, Ward, Dann, van Aanholt, Sakho, Meyer
Doubtful: Benteke
Suspended: Milivojevic
Form guide: DLDDW
Aymeric Laporte and Leroy Sane have both stepped up their recovery from injury, although neither will be involved against Crystal Palace. Manager Pep Guardiola reported in Friday's press conference that he has no other injury worries:
“Leroy is still not training with us but everything is going really well.
“Aymeric made another week with us training.
“Everyone else is more or less fit, yeah.”
Guardiola gave the squad two days off during the week, and hopes his players will be revitalised for the visit of Roy Hodgson's Palace side:
“We had one or two days off then we train and prepare for the game,” he said. “How to defend, how to attack them.”
City lost the last game against the Eagles at The Etihad, with Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne netting in a 3-2 defeat. Overall City have won 33 of the 62 games played against Palace, with 13 draws and 16 defeats.
Predicted line-up: Ederson, Cancelo, Otamendi, Fernandinho, Mendy, Gundogan, D Silva, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Jesus, Aguero
Score prediction: City 4 Palace 0