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Man City XI vs Everton: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Premier League
@Source: standard.co.uk
Manchester City could have Phil Foden and Manuel Akanji back for Saturday’s Premier League trip to Everton, though Ederson is out.
The soon-to-be-deposed champions head to Goodison Park this weekend looking for successive wins in the race for a top-five finish and Champions League qualification for next season after following up a drab Manchester derby stalemate at Old Trafford by bouncing back from an early two-goal deficit to hit five at home to Crystal Palace.
However, they will be without first-choice goalkeeper Ederson, who limped off 20 minutes from time against Palace with a recurring groin injury.
It was reported that the Brazilian could be facing weeks out of action and he will definitely not be involved on Merseyside as No2 Stefan Ortega prepares to deputise once more.
“[He’s] not ready for tomorrow,” Guardiola said on Ederson at his pre-Everton press conference on Friday. “I don’t know [when he will be available]. For the game he is not ready.”
City, though, could have both Foden and Akanji in contention for Saturday. England attacker Foden missed the Palace game with a knock suffered against United, while Swiss centre-back Akanji has not played since the first leg of the Champions League play-off tie against Real Madrid in February having undergone surgery on a torn abductor muscle.
Both players have returned to training this week and could be included in the squad to face Everton.
“Phil came back Thursday and [will be in] today’s training session since the action at Old Trafford,” Guardiola said.
“Manu, yes, [he’s had] two or three training sessions with us. I see him moving really well.”
Guardiola said Akanji’s fellow defenders John Stones and Nathan Ake were both “getting better” but not yet ready to be considered for selection as they recover from respective thigh and foot issues that have kept both out for several weeks.
Superstar striker Erling Haaland is also not close to a return yet from the ankle injury sustained in the FA Cup quarter-final win over Bournemouth last month that was expected to keep him sidelined for up to seven weeks.
“[He’s] not training either,” Guardiola said of his top scorer. “The next games he won’t be ready.”
City’s only other absentee at present is Ballon d’Or winner Rodri, who is working his way back from the anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered in September as he targets a potential return at this summer’s Club World Cup.
Predicted Man City XI: Ortega, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Gonzalez, Gundogan, Foden, Savinho, De Bruyne, Marmoush
Injured: Haaland, Ederson, Rodri, Stones, Ake
Time and date: 3pm BST on Saturday April 19, 2025
Venue: Goodison Park
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