Manchester Metropolis and Ipswich City have each confirmed their line-ups for Saturday’s Premier League conflict on the Etihad Stadium.
Pep Guardiola’s facet start their dwelling marketing campaign in opposition to newly-promoted Ipswich City, and want to safe back-to-back Premier League wins, after a 0-2 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge final Sunday afternoon.
Manchester Metropolis prolonged their unbeaten streak over Chelsea after objectives from Erling Haaland and former Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic, with the Blues now set to play their first match on the Etihad since clinching a fourth successive Premier League title in Could.
Metropolis and Ipswich are set to conflict for the primary time since January 2002, and the fixture may mark Ilkay Gundogan’s return to east Manchester, alongside offering Savinho with a house debut – following appearances in opposition to each Manchester United and Chelsea.
Manchester Metropolis re-signed Gundogan on a free switch from Barcelona on an preliminary one-year contract, with the previous German worldwide having beforehand loved an unbelievable seven-year keep on the Etihad Stadium between 2016 and 2023.
Saturday’s conflict may alsp present Liam Delap with the chance to return up in opposition to his former membership, after the striker accomplished a £20 million transfer to Portman Street through the summer season, though Kalvin Phillips is ineligible as a result of Premier League guidelines.
Forward of kick-off on the Etihad Stadium this afternoon, listed below are the confirmed line-ups and squad picks for Pep Guardiola and Kieran McKenna’s respective sides!
Manchester Metropolis
Beginning XI: Ederson, Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Kovacic, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Savinho, Doku, Haaland.
Substitutes: Ortega Moreno, Walker, Stones, Ake, Grealish, Gundogan, Nunes, Kabore, McAtee.
Ipswich City
Beginning XI: Muric; Johnson, Tuanzebe, Woolfenden, Greaves, Davis; Szmodics, Morsy, Luongo, Hutchinson; Delap.
Substitutes: Walton, Burgess, Townsend, Edmundson, Harness, Taylor, Cajuste, Chaplin, Al-Hamadi.