Man City XI vs Everton: Starting lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Premier League today
Pep Guardiola has left Kevin De Bruyne on the bench as Manchester City host Everton in today’s Premier League lunchtime kick-off.
City travel to face Copenhagen in midweek when the Champions League returns, so the manager has made changes with that in mind. Matheus Nunes starts.
Erling Haaland starts for the second game running, having recently returned from injury, and lead sthe line again, but Kevin De Bruyne has been the victim of rotation having started the last two games on his own return from injury.
John Stones has not played in the League since the reverse fixture at Goodison Park in December, but he is fit again and trusted to partner Ruben Dias.
There are plenty of options for Guardiola in forward areas, with Jeremy Doku and Jack Grealish both fresh after struggling for minutes in recent weeks - and the former gets the nod.
The in-form man for City at the moment is Phil Foden, after his hat-trick against Brentford, and Guardiola has kept faith in the 23-year-old.
Confirmed team news
Man City XI: Man City: Ederson, Akanji, Dias, Stones, Ake, Rodri, Foden, Matheus Nunes, Alvarez, Doku, Haaland.
Subs: Walker, Grealish, De Bruyne, Ortega, Bernardo Silva, Gvardiol, Bobb, Wright, Lewis
Everton XI: Pickford, Godfrey, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Young, Garner, Gueye, McNeil, Harrison, Calvert-Lewin
Subs: Patterson, Keane, Onana, Virginia, Beto, Coleman, Chermiti, Hunt, Dobbin
Time and date: 12.30pm GMT on Saturday, February 10, 2024
Venue: Etihad Stadium
TV channel and live stream: TNT Sports
