Manchester Metropolis look to interrupt out of their three-game shedding run in a Premier League showdown with Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday night on the south coast.
Pep Guardiola’s facet have had a tough go of it as of late, dropping three consecutive video games for simply the third time within the Catalan’s tenure, with the latest defeat coming in disastrous style at Sporting CP within the Champions League.
Accidents have plagued the reigning Premier League champions in that stretch, lacking as much as 10 gamers at one level since shedding to Tottenham within the Carabao Cup simply over every week in the past. However they must piece collectively one thing fluid with the intention to regain kind.
Regardless of the dip in outcomes as of late, Manchester Metropolis head into the weekend’s conflict with Brighton simply two factors shy of league leaders Liverpool, and will steal their spot on the summit if outcomes go there approach.
Forward of the showdown, let’s check out how we imagine Pep Guardiola’s might set his facet as much as try to flip issues round!
Predicted XI
Ederson will retain his place in aim for Manchester Metropolis this weekend having saved Stefan Ortega out of UEFA Champions League motion for simply the second time this season while at Sporting on Tuesday evening.
Kyle Walker‘s kind has not been nice as of late, however with Brighton & Hove Albion’s tempo on the break, Pep Guardiola might revert to leaning on his veteran full-back and Manchester Metropolis membership captain.
In the meantime, the harm disaster means Manchester Metropolis have just one potential centre-back pairing barring the introduction of extra kids to the facet; Manuel Akanji and Nathan Ake, with the latter not fully-fit in keeping with his supervisor.
On the left-side of the Manchester Metropolis defence, Josko Gvardiol has been one of many lone vibrant spots in the previous few weeks and with Ake beginning within the centre, the Croatian can be assured a task within the facet.
The midfield has raised loads of query marks in Rodri’s absence to date this season, however the likeliest end result is we see Ilkay Gundogan and Mateo Kovacic collectively as soon as once more on the base of a central trio.
Forward of them, Phil Foden is simply beginning to regain a number of the scintillating kind we noticed within the 2023/24 marketing campaign.
With loads of accidents on the wing for Manchester Metropolis, we might see one thing somewhat totally different this weekend, with Jeremy Doku doubtlessly coming into the suitable facet to try to ignite the assault forward of Walker.
On the opposite flank, and sustaining his place for yet one more contest, Matheus Nunes has confirmed to be one in all Manchester Metropolis’s most constant performers since taking on his new function and is prone to maintain issues down on the Amex.
Then, after all, that leaves Erling Haaland to guide the road for Manchester Metropolis as soon as once more, after the membership’s mainstay striker missed a couple of well timed possibilities towards Sporting and will definitely be enjoying indignant this time round.
Predicted XI: Ederson; Walker, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol; Gundogan, Kovacic, Foden; Doku, Haaland, Nunes.
Substitutes: Ortega Moreno, Lewis, Simpson-Pusey, Wright, O’Reilly, Bernardo, McAtee, De Bruyne, Savinho.
