Rodri remains unavailable for Leeds, says Guardiola | OneFootball

Pep Guardiola says Rodri will not feature in Saturday’s Premier League clash with Leeds United.

Men's Team

Analysing Leeds ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash

We welcome the Yorkshiremen to the Etihad Stadium in a 15:00 (UK) start sitting third in the table, with our visitors currently 18th.

We’ll have to face Daniel Farke’s promoted side without our 2024 Ballon d’Or winner, who is continuing his recovery from a hamstring injury.

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Rodri last featured as a late substitute in the win over Bournemouth at the start of November but has not started a game since the 1 October draw at Monaco.

Asked in Friday’s press conference whether the No.16 could play on Saturday, Guardiola was unequivocal in his response.

“Not yet. Not much further,” he said.

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City v Leeds: Matchday Live the ideal destination with no UK TV coverage

We have a strong recent record against Leeds, scoring 16 goals in our last four Premier League meetings with the Elland Road side.

After a 100-point haul to top the Championship last season, they’ve started this campaign with three wins from their first 12 games.

Despite their challenges so far, Guardiola is certain of a tough challenge.

“I have an incredible opinion of Daniel [Farke],” said Pep.

“I have a really good relationship with him and I know the Premier League is always like that with good runs and results and bad results because opponents are tough and have long weeks to prepare.

“So demanding. We have to be ready.”

City v Leeds app coverage

Our official Man City app allows you to follow all of the action in one place.

Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, while our Matchday Live show will begin at around 13:45 (UK).

Shaun Goater will join Cel Spellman, with Natalie Pike, Fabian Delph and Nedum Onouha tuning in from Korea, as the former players offer their expert insight before, during and after the action.

During the game you can also listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Nicky Weaver, while our text commentary continues.

Make sure to have push notifications turned on, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action, including goals, red cards and the team news.

A quick-hit 2-minute highlights package will be available from 19:00 (UK) while you can sign-in to watch a free 8-minute edit from midnight.

Meanwhile on CITY+, from midnight there’ll be our popular full-match replay as well as our new extended highlights reel showing the best 20 minutes of action from the game.

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