Manchester Metropolis welcome Erling Haaland again onto the pitch as they go to Southampton hoping to take one other step in the direction of Champions League qualification.
Haaland has not performed since struggling an ankle damage within the FA Cup win over Bournemouth on March 30.
He was an unused substitute within the win at Wolves final day out however, after Pep Guardiola declared him match for the go to to relegated Southampton, Haaland will look to rediscover his goalscorer contact at St Mary’s.
It could be a superbly timed return to the scoresheet, as Metropolis face Crystal Palace within the FA Cup closing subsequent weekend.
Southampton workforce information
Southampton make three adjustments from the aspect that misplaced to Leicester Metropolis final week.
Welington, Tyler Dibling and James Bree come into the XI, instead of Kyle Walker-Peters, Ryan Manning and Ross Stewart.
Southampton XI: Ramsdale; Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens; Bree, Downes, Ugochukwu, Welington; Fernandes, Sulemana; Dibling
Subs: McCarthy, Manning, Sugawara, Wooden, Smallbone, Aribo, Archer, Stewart, Onuachu
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Manchester Metropolis workforce information
The query for Metropolis surrounded whether or not Haaland could be concerned from the beginning of play a cameo position off the bench.
Guardiola has elected to play him from the beginning, giving Haaland the chance so as to add to his tally of 21 Premier League targets, which trails solely Mohamed Salah (28) and Alexander Isak (23) this season.
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XI | Ederson, Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Kovacic, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, McAtee, Foden, Haaland
SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Marmoush, Grealish, Doku, Nico, Gundogan, Savinho, Nunes, O’Reilly#ManCity | @etihad pic.twitter.com/EmFKHl5DZ0
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Haaland is inlcuded as a part of 5 adjustments for Metropolis from the aspect that beat Wolves final day out.
Rico Lewis, Manuel Akanji, James McAtee and Phil Foden additionally come into the aspect, with Matheus Nunes, Nico O’Reilly, Ilkay Gundogan, Jeremy Doku and Omar Marmoush dropping out.
Manchester Metropolis XI: Ederson; Lewis, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol; Silva, Kovacic; McAtee, De Bruyne, Foden; Haaland
Subs: Ortega, Marmoush, Grealish, Doku, Gonzalez, Gundogan, Savinho, Nunes, O’Reilly
