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26th Oct 2024

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City host Southampton

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City host struggling Southampton, who are still looking for their first win of the season.

It won’t be an easy task for City, last weekend they narrowly scraped a win against bottom of the table Wolves after a controversial late winner.

The Saints will take some encouragement from Wolves display against the current champions and will hope they can go one better and get something from this game.

The team currently in 19th with just one point from eight games will be missing Ryan Fraser following his red card during Saturday’s 3-2 defeat to Leicester.

Yukinari Sugawara and Ross Stewart are doubts, while Will Smallbone and Gavin Bazunu are out.

Meanwhile, City will be without Kevin De Bruyne and Kyle Walker. Rodri and Oscar Bobb are long-term absentees, while Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku will also miss the game.

Kick off is scheduled for 3pm.

Elsewhere, Aston Villa host Bouremouth while Ipswich travel to Brentford and Brighton take on Wolves.

The 5.30pm kick off sees Fulham travel to Goodison Park to take on Everton.

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