Manchester City, the Premier League leaders, travel to Vitality stadium to take on Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon. The Citizens suffered their first defeat of the season on Wednesday night when they lost 2-1 away against Tottenham Hotspur in the last 16 of the EFL Cup.
Here at Chambuabet we bring to you Man City’s injury news and Suspensions.
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Rodri
Man City will be without influential midfielder Rodri for the rest of the season after he suffered knee ligament damage in a 2-2 draw with Arsenal in September.
Oscar Bobb
Oscar Bobb sustained a fracture to a bone in his leg during a training session in August and Guardiola has revealed that the attacker is targeting a return between January and February of next year.
Kevin De Bruyne
Kevin De Bruyne has missed Man City’s last nine matches with a groin injury and although he is fit to train, there is currently no timeframe on his return to first-team action. Kevin De Bruyne will remain sidelined for Manchester City for several more weeks, Pep Guardiola has confirmed.
Kyle Walker
Walker has missed the last four matches after he sustained a knee injury while on international duty with England earlier this month. The right-back has “no chance” of playing in the “next games”.
Jeremy Doku
Jeremy Doku has missed Man City’s last three games with an unspecified injury and the winger is likely to be sidelined until after November’s international break.
Savinho
Summer signing Savinho has impressed during his first season at the club but may have seen his progress derailed after he was stretchered off during the defeat to Spurs. Speaking after the game, Guardiola said: “He had a knock in the 18-yard box, a potential penalty, and we’ll see tomorrow what happened… We have to see if it is just a knock or something else, because it was on the bone. Hopefully it’s nothing dangerous, but we’ll see
MANCHESTER CITY’S SUSPENSION LIST
Manchester City have no suspended players for this match.