Stones' chap centre-back Ruben Dias volition miss the adjacent 2 games with a muscular injury, portion Guardiola revealed astatine his pre-match property league that Manuel Akanji and Nathan Ake are “still with problems”.
Two games successful speedy succession aft returning from wounded mightiness beryllium a measurement excessively acold for Kyle Walker, and Rico Lewis is simply a much than susceptible lawman portion Josko Gvardiol continues astatine left-back.
There mightiness beryllium a alteration successful extremity arsenic Stefan Ortega has started each but 1 of City's 3 Champions League fixtures truthful far.
Midfield is wherever things get absorbing as Guardiola has confirmed helium won't beryllium rushing Kevin De Bruyne backmost aft astir 2 months out, adjacent if determination was a much affirmative update.
Kevin De Bruyne is being eased backmost into enactment for Manchester City
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Guardiola said connected Monday: "Kevin is getting amended and adding sessions with little symptom truthful we consciousness that helium feels much and much comfortable. That is fantabulous quality for him and each of us.”
As De Bruyne is apt to beryllium connected the bench, and successful the continued lack of Rodri, it could beryllium the trio of Mateo Kovacic, Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden who are tasked with gaining power of proceedings successful Portugal.
Erling Haaland volition pb the line. He could beryllium flanked connected 1 broadside by Matheus Nunes arsenic a reward for his awesome signifier of precocious and Jeremy Doku, who made his instrumentality arsenic a substitute astatine the play aft a mates of weeks out, connected the other broadside to springiness City immoderate gait and directness.
Predicted Man City XI (4-2-3-1): Ortega; Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol; Kovacic, Bernardo; Doku, Foden, Nunes; Haaland
Doubts: John Stones, Manuel Akanji, Nathan Ake
Out: Rodri (knee), Oscar Bobb (leg), Ruben Dias (muscular), Jack Grealish (fitness), Savinho (ankle)
Time and date: 8pm GMT connected Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
Venue: Estadio Jose Alvalade
TV transmission and unrecorded stream: TNT Sports