Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was blunt about it- his side is going to be missing several key players on Wednesday night, for a whole host of reasons. Rodri picked up two yellows (which obviously equals one red card) in less than a minute against Bodo/Glimt last week. So Rodri is thus suspended for this week's Champions League clash, against Galatasaray. … [Read more...] about Man City Team News vs Galatasaray: Rodri, Semenyo, Guehi, Gonzalez, Savinho
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Man City Team News vs Brentford: Jeremy Doku, Omar Marmoush, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Rodri
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has a slew of unavailability concerns heading into his side's Wednesday night EFL Cup quarterfinal versus Brentford. Omar Marmoush and Rayan Ait-Nouri will soon depart for the Africa Cup of Nations, and after this game, will not be back until mid-January, at the earliest. Given that situation, and their lack of playing time recently, … [Read more...] about Man City Team News vs Brentford: Jeremy Doku, Omar Marmoush, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Rodri
Real Madrid vs Man City Team News: Kylian Mbappe, Ferland Mendy, John Stones, Rodri
Last night was pretty awful for Real Madrid, who both suffered a 2-0 home loss to Celta Vigo and saw their talisman, Kylian Mbappe, get injured. The Frenchman took an awkward fall during the first half of the defeat, sustaining a fracture to his left ring finger in the process. There is good news though- he'll be okay to face Manchester City on Wednesday night. Even before … [Read more...] about Real Madrid vs Man City Team News: Kylian Mbappe, Ferland Mendy, John Stones, Rodri
Man City at Newcastle Team News: Rodri, Anthony Gordon, Joelinton, Nick Pope
Manchester City heads to Newcastle United for a Premier League fixture that stands out above the rest of the Saturday slate. Man City comes in looking down at Newcastle in the standings, and boasting much better overall team fitness than their opponents. Rodri will be a 50/50 proposition, and will need to pass a late match fitness test in order to feature here. Mateo Kovacic … [Read more...] about Man City at Newcastle Team News: Rodri, Anthony Gordon, Joelinton, Nick Pope
Man City vs Everton Team News: Grealish, Rodri, Marmoush, Branthwaite
You can start counting down the hours to the next round of Premier League fixtures, and Saturday brings an interesting one in Everton FC at Manchester City. The most obvious, direct common thread here is Jack Grealish, the Man City winger on loan this season to Everton. While he was not a part of Pep Guardiola's plan at City, he's thriving with the Toffees. Grealish won't be … [Read more...] about Man City vs Everton Team News: Grealish, Rodri, Marmoush, Branthwaite
Manchester City Team News at AS Monaco: Rodri, Ait-Nouri, Khusanov
Having missed out on the 5-1 thrashing of Burnley over the weekend, Rodri is touch-and-go for Wednesday night's UEFA Champions League clash at AS Monaco. "I don't know right now how the pain is in his knee," City manager Pep Guardiola said on Saturday, after the match. "He said to us that he was not ready to play." … [Read more...] about Manchester City Team News at AS Monaco: Rodri, Ait-Nouri, Khusanov
Manchester City Starting XI Prediction vs Burnley
Coming off a score draw with Arsenal, Manchester City have a much easier opponent for their next Premier League fixture- Burnley FC. It comes at a good time, because City need to get their squad all healed up. City also took care of business in midweek, having faced a much weaker opponent, in Huddersfield Town AFC, in the League Cup's third round. City bested the Terriers 2-0 … [Read more...] about Manchester City Starting XI Prediction vs Burnley
Manchester City Starting XI Prediction at Arsenal
Every Champions League clash is huge, regardless of what phase we're in. Just like every matchup between Arsenal and Manchester City is massive. So there really is no chance to really rest, or do squad rotation, or anything like that here. Pep Guardiola is going to have to go full bore here, once again. He needs to go strongest team available, from the start, for this one. … [Read more...] about Manchester City Starting XI Prediction at Arsenal
Manchester City Team News at Arsenal: Rodri, Mateo Kovacic, John Stones
Rodri is truly the engine that makes Manchester City go, and we all see that every time he's absent. Rodri will be monitored for Sunday's clash at Arsenal, after coming off early in the 2-0 win over Napoli last night. City manager Pep Guardiola explained: “He was so smart [to ask to come off against Napoli]. I know the result was not over, it was 1-0 then, it is always … [Read more...] about Manchester City Team News at Arsenal: Rodri, Mateo Kovacic, John Stones
Manchester City Starting Lineup Prediction vs Manchester United
Manchester City lost two of their first three matches this season, and at The Etihad that is simply not acceptable. This is Man City, where the standards are always up in the stratosphere. So this Manchester Derby is basically now a high pressure grudge match. All Manchester derbies are high pressure rivalry clashes, but this one features two sides desperate for a … [Read more...] about Manchester City Starting Lineup Prediction vs Manchester United