Man City vs Southampton: Starting XIs for 2024/2025 EPL clash

Pep Guardiola names only five outfield substitutes as he wrestles with a growing injury list.

With Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku ruled out, Guardiola makes four changes to the team that beat Sparta Prague in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Brazilian Ederson returns in goal, while Mateo Kovacic, Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol are all included.

Phil Foden starts only his second Premier League game of the season.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Dias, Kovacic, Haaland, Bernardo, Gvardiol, Akanji, Savinho, Nunes, Foden, Lewis.

Subs: Ortega, Carson, Stones, Ake, Gundogan, O’Reilly, McAtee.

Veteran midfielder Adam Lallana starts his first game in over a month as Southampton manager Russell Martin makes one change to the side beaten at home by Leicester last week.

Japan international Yukinari Sagawara drops to the bench. Ryan Fraser is suspended after being sent off against Leicester

Southampton XI: Ramsdale, Walker-Peters, Manning, Downes, Stephens, Harwood-Bellis, Lallana, Fernandes, Archer, Dibling, Bednarek.

Subs:McCarthy, Aribo, Armstrong, Bree, Sugawara, Sulemana, Cornet, Ugochukwu, Onuachu.




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