Manchester City and Crystal Palace have confirmed their starting lineups ahead of today’s massive match | OneFootball

Manchester City and Crystal Palace have confirmed their starting lineups ahead of today’s huge Premier League fixture at Selhurst Park. City enter today’s match sitting second in the Premier League table. Crystal Palace sit fifth. Both teams will be desperate to pick up three points to maintain the momentum they’ve built at this stage of the season. Pep Guardiola’s side enters today’s match off the back of four consecutive wins in all competitions and they are beginning to click into gear as the 25/26 season enters a critical phase.

Rodri, Mateo Kovacic and John Stones are unavailable for today’s match for Manchester City. Rodri is training but as of yet there is no timeline set for his return. John Stones is out due to a thigh injury. The injury isn’t believed to be too serious as revealed by Kolo Toure on Friday. Mateo Kovacic isn’t scheduled to return to action until next year due to a heel issue that required surgery to mend. Simon Bajkowski, who reports for Manchester Evening News, revealed that Jeremy Doku hadn’t travelled with the City squad for today’s match.

Here are the starting lineups for today’s crucial Premier League fixture at Selhurst Park.

Manchester City

Pep Guardiola has made one change to the starting lineup that beat Real Madrid. Jeremy Doku comes out of the starting lineup and he is replaced by Tijjani Reijnders. Doku’s absence is a blow for Manchester City given his strong performances this season.

Starting lineup: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O’Reilly, Nico, Bernardo Silva (C), Tijjani Reijnders, Phil Foden, Rayan Cherki, Erling Haaland.

Substitutes: Trafford, Ake, Marmoush, Ait-Nouri, Savinho, Khusanov, Bobb, Mukasa, Lewis.

Crystal Palace

Starting lineup: Henderson, Clyne, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Mitchell, Wharton, Kamada, Pino, Sarr, Mateta.