Manchester Metropolis journey to Portman Highway for the primary time since 2001 as they appear to get again to successful methods by way of a victory over Kieran McKenna’s Ipswich City.
Pep Guardiola and his gamers are sustaining an unbeaten run since simply earlier than the flip of the yr, with victories over Leicester Metropolis, West Ham United, and Salford Metropolis accompanied by attracts in opposition to Everton and Brentford within the Premier League.
The latter might have brought about additional frustration nonetheless, that Manchester Metropolis are but to emerge from their tough patch of kind after Phil Foden’s brace in opposition to Thomas Frank’s facet was cancelled out within the closing 13 minutes to share the factors in west London.
A visit to Ipswich this Sunday represents a stern check as January continues to throw loads of challenges at Manchester Metropolis, with the competition adopted up by an away journey to Paris Saint-Germain within the Champions League and a house tie in opposition to Chelsea within the Premier League.
An unbeaten run of three matches was delivered to an finish in midweek for Ipswich as they fell to a 0-2 house defeat to Brighton, following a cushty win within the FA Cup third spherical and an announcement victory over Chelsea amongst that run.
Metropolis discover themselves near full health this season, with Oscar Bobb and Rodri the one remaining stars anticipated to be fully dominated out this weekend though the previous is again in first-team coaching and requires a rise in match readiness earlier than being known as upon.
Forward of kick-off at Portman Highway, right here is how each Kieran McKenna and Pep Guardiola have lined up their respective Ipswich City and Manchester Metropolis sides in Premier League motion!
Ipswich
Beginning XI: TBC
Substitutes: TBC
Manchester Metropolis
Beginning XI: Ederson; Nunes, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol; Kovacic, Gundogan, De Bruyne (C); Foden, Haaland, Doku.
Substitutes: Ortega Moreno, Lewis, Alleyne, O’Reilly, Bernardo, McAtee, Savinho, Grealish, Mubama.
