(Carabao Cup Third Round) Confirmed starting lineups: Newcastle United vs.Manchester City.
When Manchester City plays Newcastle United on Wednesday night, they will try to overcome a number of selection issues to advance to the Carabao Cup fourth round.
The English top-flight’s defending champions in the Premier League extended their perfect record to six wins in a row on Saturday by defeating Nottingham Forest at the Etihad Stadium.
After the Blues scored twice in the first half—Phil Foden and Erling Haaland—and within 15 minutes of the second half starting, Rodri had a moment of madness that resulted in the defensive midfielder for City receiving a straight red card for fighting.
Rodri will now start a three-match suspension at St. Louis after it was determined that he raised both hands toward Forest midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White’s neck.
James’ Park, and will also skip two away trips in the Premier League next month against Wolves and Arsenal.
Pep Guardiola said before the game in the northeast that players like Kyle Walker and Ruben Dias would need a break after becoming worn out from the season’s exhausting start, while Kalvin Phillips would get the chance to start.
While Jack Grealish and Mateo Kovacic’s recovery from injuries has given the Catalan head coach encouragement, he still faces a number of fitness issues as Bernardo Silva, John Stones, and Kevin De Bruyne are all anticipated to miss the team’s trip.
Prior to the game’s start at St. The starting lineups for Manchester City vs. Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup third round have now been announced by James’ Park, Eddie Howe, and Pep Guardiola.
Newcastle United
Beginning XI: Pope, Livramento, Lascelles, Dummett, Targett, Hall, Miley, Tonali, Murphy, Joelinton, and Isak.
Supplied players include Karius, Trippier, Schar, Gordon, Ritchie, Manquillo, Almiron, Anderson, and Guimaraes.
The Manchester City.
Starting XI: Ortega Moreno, Lewis, Akanji, Ake (C), Gvardiol, Gomez, Phillips, Kovacic, Bobb, Grealish, and Alvarez.
Ederson, Carson, Walker, Dias, Haaland, Doku, Nunes, Foden, and Hamilton are the replacements.
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