Everything you need to know ahead of the Premier League clash at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday
Manchester City will be close to full strength when they take on Manchester United on Sunday.
Kevin De Bruyne remains on the sidelines but City’s alternative midfield options are all in contention.
Ilkay Gundogan returned to action after a two-month lay-off against Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday night.
That leaves only De Bruyne, Eliaquim Mangala – who is recovering from a long-term knee injury – and Claudio Bravo – who has a long-term Achilles injury – on the sidelines.
Neither side have any suspensions.
Pep Guardiola’s starting line-up is becoming relatively predictable these days, although with a big game on the horizon there is always the potential for him to come up with a surprise.
Working on the basis that he will stick with 4-3-3, however, we are able to have a good guess.
There are, however, questions regarding the defence, midfield and attack. Aymeric Laporte is sure to start but his partner is still to be determined. John Stones is favourite but neither Vincent Kompany or Nicolas Otamendi can be ruled out.
In midfield, Bernardo Silva has generally replaced De Bruyne but now Gundogan is back in contention he cannot be ruled out.
And in the front three it seems that Leroy Sane and Riyad Mahrez will be in competition for a spot alongside Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling.
Romelu Lukaku could return for United having missed the last two matches.
“No new injuries,” Jose Mourinho told MUTV. “So, from Juventus, we don’t bring important injuries. We have ‘touches’ but I don’t think any player that was available [midweek] will be out. We have a chance – it is Friday morning now – that Lukaku could be back.”
Right-backs Antonio Valencia and Diego Dalot are doubtful, however.
Kick off is 4:30pm GMT (11:30am ET) on Sunday, and will be shown on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. It will be shown on NBC in the United States, and on various channels around the world.