Manchester City are looking to win three successive away league games against Chelsea for the first time.
Manchester City injury concern Aymeric Laporte (back) and Ruben Dias (hamstring), but the former will be assessed and could be in with a chance of earning some minutes here.
The Spanish international defender missed the disappointing draw with Everton over the weekend due to a back problem.
That could mean Rico Lewis and Nathan Ake dropping out of Pep Guardiola’s starting XI with Riyad Mahrez and Jack Grealish also at risk of being dropped.
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Julian Alvarez returned off the bench against Everton and should be one of several players in contention for recalls to the first XI alongside
Kyle Walker, Joao Cancelo, Phil Foden and Ilkay Gundogan, with Guardiola holding off on the changes until the 87th minute of Saturday’s match.
Only Portuguese defender Ruben Dias is set to miss the trip to Stamford Bridge this evening with a hamstring injury.
Elsewhere, Phil Foden and Joao Cancelo could come back into the side, with City needing to put the pressure on League leaders Arsenal after they were held by Newcastle on Tuesday.
Predicted Man City XI (4-3-3):
Ederson;
Walker, Stones, Laporte, Cancelo;
De Bruyne, Rodri, Gundogan;
Silva, Haaland, Foden.
