Manchester City team news — injuries, predicted line-up and fixtures
Manchester City play at home to Norwich City on Thu 17 Sep, 20:30. 2 players are currently unavailable, with our expected return date for each below.
Availability comes from our injury and suspension feeds; everything else on this page is a projection, recomputed through the day as odds, team news and line-ups land. The predicted eleven is the model's most likely starting XI, not a confirmed team sheet.
Manchester City injury news and expected return dates
2 players are currently unavailable for Manchester City. Jérémy Doku is expected back first, around Sun 20 Sep and Phil Foden is the longest absentee, around Sat 17 Oct. An expected return is an estimate and moves with the club's own updates.
| Player | Pos | Expected return |
|---|---|---|
| Jérémy Doku | MID | Sun 20 Sep |
| Phil Foden | MID | Sat 17 Oct |
Manchester City predicted line-up — home to Norwich City
Our model's most likely starting eleven for Gameweek 5, ranked by how likely each player is to start. 7 of the eleven are 90% or better to start. These are projections, not a confirmed team sheet — they move as team news and press conferences land.
| Player | Pos | Chance of starting | Projected minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | GK | 98% | 88 |
| Erling Haaland | FWD | 97% | 85 |
| Josko Gvardiol | DEF | 97% | 82 |
| Antoine Semenyo | MID | 97% | 72 |
| Elliot Anderson | MID | 97% | 68 |
| Ruben Dias | DEF | 97% | 58 |
| Marc Guehi | DEF | 91% | 53 |
| Iliman Ndiaye | MID | 86% | 50 |
| Enzo Fernández | MID | 85% | 57 |
| Matheus Nunes | DEF | 79% | 46 |
| Rayan Cherki | MID | 76% | 44 |
Manchester City fixtures and how hard they look
The next 5 matches across every competition, with what our model makes of each: the chance Manchester City win, the chance the opponent wins, the goals we expect Manchester City to score and the chance of a clean sheet. The kindest of them looks at home to Ipswich Town at 78% to win; the hardest looks at home to Paris Saint-Germain at 44%. These come from the betting market and our own team model, and they move as odds do.
| Competition | Date | Opponent | Win | Opp win | Expected goals | Clean sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EFL 3 | Thu 17 Sep, 20:30 | vs Norwich City | ||||
| PL 5 | Sun 20 Sep, 15:00 | vs Sunderland | 74% | 9% | 2.35 | 49% |
| PL 6 | Sun 11 Oct, 17:30 | at Liverpool | 44% | 31% | 1.71 | 25% |
| UCL 2 | Wed 14 Oct, 21:00 | vs Paris Saint-Germain | 44% | 32% | 1.91 | 20% |
| PL 7 | Sat 17 Oct, 16:00 | vs Ipswich Town | 78% | 8% | 2.73 | 46% |
Best Manchester City picks in FPL for Gameweek 5
Erling Haaland is Manchester City's highest projected scorer for the coming round at 7.0 points, 2.0 clear of Josko Gvardiol. Predicted points come from expected goals, expected assists, projected minutes and clean-sheet probability converted into Fantasy Premier League 2026/2027 scoring.
| Player | Pos | Price | Predicted points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erling Haaland | FWD | 15.5 | 7.0 |
| Josko Gvardiol | DEF | 5.7 | 5.0 |
| Antoine Semenyo | MID | 8.4 | 5.0 |
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | GK | 5.5 | 4.2 |
| Rayan Cherki | MID | 7.8 | 3.7 |
| Marc Guehi | DEF | 6.0 | 3.5 |
Manchester City price changes tonight
Our projection for which Manchester City players change price at the next update, from live net-transfer data. It moves through the day.
- Haaland (FWD, 15.5) — 97% chance of a price rise tonight
- Guéhi (DEF, 6.0) — 61% chance of a price rise tonight
- Rúben (DEF, 5.5) — 3% chance of a price rise tonight
- Bouaddi (MID, 5.5) — 0% chance of a price rise tonight
- Ndiaye (MID, 5.9) — 97% chance of a price fall tonight
- Foden (MID, 7.0) — 97% chance of a price fall tonight
- Rulli (GKP, 5.0) — 77% chance of a price fall tonight
- Doku (MID, 7.4) — 76% chance of a price fall tonight
- Bettinelli (GKP, 4.5) — 69% chance of a price fall tonight
Frequently asked questions
Who is injured for Manchester City?
Jérémy Doku, Phil Foden are currently unavailable. Jérémy Doku is expected back around Sun 20 Sep.
What is Manchester City's predicted line-up?
Our model's most likely XI is led by Gianluigi Donnarumma, Erling Haaland, Josko Gvardiol, Antoine Semenyo, Elliot Anderson. Every player above carries the model's own probability that he starts, which is the honest version of a predicted team sheet — it moves as team news lands.