Foden starts, Garnacho + Rashford out

Foden starts, Garnacho + Rashford out
Foden starts, Garnacho + Rashford out

Manchester City and Manchester United clash in Sunday’s derby at the Etihad Stadium.

Pep Guardiola’s side are currently going through an unprecedented streak of poor results, with just one win in 10 games across all competitions.

Their opponents aren’t in a great moment either, having suffered back-to-back losses against Nottingham Forest and Arsenal.

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

Pep Guardiola makes two changes to the side that started in Europe on Wednesday, as Matheus Nunes and Phil Foot come in for the suspended Rico Lewis and Jack Grealishwho drops to the bench.

In an attacking line-up, Kevin De Bruyne, Jeremy Doku and Erling Haaland also start.

The big news from United is that Alejandro Garnacho and Marcus Rashford are both absent from the matchday squad, as Ruben Amorim makes four alterations from the 2-1 win against Viktoria Plzen.

Out go Tyrell Malacia, CasemiroRashford and Joshua Zirkzee.

Harry Maguire, Manuel Ugarte, Mason Mount and Rasmus Hojlund are their replacements.

LINE-UPS

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Gvardiol, Nunes, Bernardo, Gundogan, Foden, De Bruyne, Doku, Haaland

Subs: Ortega, Stones, Kovacic, Grealish, Savinho, Simpson-Pusey, Mubama, O’Reilly, McAtee

Manchester United XI: Onana, De Ligt, Maguire, Martinez, Mazraoui, Ugarte, Fernandes, Dalot, Amad, Mount, Hojlund

Subs: Baindir, Lindelof, Malacia, Yoro, Casemiro, Eriksen, Mainoo, , Zirkzee


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