Rule out through injury, vice captain Cristian Romero misses out with Ben Davies coming in to replace him – our number 33 has now started this exact fixture in each of the last five seasons. He partners Radu Dragusin at centre-half, as he did for the the majority of the second half when we defeated City in the Carabao Cup fourth round last month.

In midfield, there is an enforced change as the suspended Rodrigo Bentancur is replaced by Yves Bissouma while birthday boy James Maddison for his first Premier League started in almost a month.

After appearing in our Europa League squad for our trip to Galatasaray earlier this month, young midfielder Callum Olusesi makes his first appearance in a Premier League matchday squad, as does young centre back  Malachi Hardy

Away team lineup in full…

Starting XI: Vicario, Pedro Porro, Dragusin, Davies, Udogie; Bissouma, Sarr, Maddison, Kulusevski, Solanke, Son (c).

Substitutes: Forster, Spence, Hardy, Gray, Bergvall, Olusesi, Johnson, Werner, Lankshear.l

Home team  lineup as follows…

Starting XI: Ederson, Walker (C), Stones, Akanji, Gvardiol, Lewis, Gundogan, Bernardo, Savinho, Foden, Haaland.

Substitutes: Ortega, Ake, Grealish, De Bruyne, Nunes, Wright, Simpson-Pusey, O’Reilly, McAtee