For the third time this season already, Manchester City and Chelsea pit their wits against one another in Sunday's FA Cup third-round tie at the Etihad Stadium.
Pep Guardiola's outfit travelled to Stamford Bridge for Thursday's Premier League game and came away with a 1-0 win, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for both clubs.
MANCHESTER CITY vs. CHELSEA
MANCHESTER CITY
Out: Ruben Dias (thigh)
Doubtful: Aymeric Laporte (back)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Ortega; Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Cancelo; Gundogan, Phillips, De Bruyne; Mahrez, Alvarez, Grealish
CHELSEA
Out: N'Golo Kante (thigh), Reece James (knee), Edouard Mendy (finger), Raheem Sterling (hamstring), Armando Broja (knee)
Doubtful: Ben Chilwell (hamstring), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (calf), Mason Mount (knock), Christian Pulisic (knock), Wesley Fofana (knee)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Kepa; Azpilicueta, Chalobah, Koulibaly, Cucurella; Jorginho, Zakaria, Chukwuemeka; Ziyech, Havertz, Aubameyang
For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.
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