Manchester City and Crystal Palace have confirmed their starting lineups ahead of today’s pivotal Premier League fixture at the Etihad. For Pep Guardiola’s side, today’s match is crucial in their chase to secure Champions League football for next season. It appears that the race for a top-5 finish will go down to the wire so Manchester City must pick up three points today at home.
Manchester City will enter today’s match with Erling Haaland, Rodri, Nathan Ake, Manuel Akanji and John Stones all out due to injury. Phil Foden is also in doubt for today’s match after picking up an injury during last weekend’s Manchester derby. If Foden is out of today’s match then Manchester City will be without another goal threat with Erling Haaland out of today’s match.
Here are the starting lineups for today’s match, which is a game that Manchester City simply must win.
Manchester City
Pep Guardiola has made three changes to the team that drew with Manchester United last weekend. In comes James McAtee, Nico and Rico Lewis. Bernardo Silva and Matheus Nunes drop to the bench for today’s match.
Phil Foden misses today’s match due to the injury he sustained at Old Trafford last weekend.
Oscar Bobb is on the bench for today’s match as he continues his comeback from a fractured leg.
Starting lineup: Ederson, Lewis, Ruben Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Nico, Kovacic, Gundogan, McAtee, De Bruyne, Marmoush.
Substitutes: Stefan Ortega, Grealish, Doku, Bernardo Silva, Vitor Reis, Savinho, Matheus Nunes, Khusanov, Bobb.
Crystal Palace
Taking on City in yellow 🤝#CPFC // #MCICRY
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) April 12, 2025
