Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola could welcome back Ruben Dias to his starting XI for Saturday's Premier League fixture against Southampton.
The Portuguese defender was a surprising omission from City's line up for the crunch Premier League game against Chelsea last week, but he wasn't needed anyway as the defending champions kept a clean sheet with John Stones and Aymeric Laporte at the back.
Dias remains a key player, though, and will likely return at the expense of one of the above duo.
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Oleksandr Zinchenko and Cole Palmer missed the Chelsea game and remain absent for this one, while Riyad Mahrez is unavailable due to Africa Cup of Nations duties with Algeria.
Ederson will start in goal behind a likely defence of Kyle Walker, Dias, Laporte and Joao Cancelo.
Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne and Rodri have been in fabulous form together recently, and although Ilkay Gundogan is pushing to start, that trio could continue against Southampton.
There may be some rotation in the final third, though, with Gabriel Jesus given a start, potentially in place of Jack Grealish, with Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden retaining their spots.
Predicted Man City XI v Southampton
