Manchester City and Swansea have confirmed their starting lineups ahead of tonight’s fourth-round Carabao Cup tie at the Swansea.com Stadium. Pep Guardiola’s side enters tonight’s match off the back of a 1-nil defeat to Aston Villa last Sunday. They’ll be hoping to bounce back against a Swansea side who will be eager to put in a good performance and cause a significant upset in front of their home support. A tricky cup tie could await City tonight.
For Manchester City, they will enter tonight’s match with almost every player available for selection. Rodri is the only player who is unavailable for tonight’s match. The Spanish international has resumed training but won’t play tonight. Abdukodir Khusanov will play some part in tonight’s match as he has returned the foot injury he sustained against Arsenal. Pep Guardiola told the media yesterday that Khusanov will play some minutes tonight. The match is also an opportunity for players such as Rayan Cherki, Omar Marmoush and Rayan Ait-Nouri to get meaningful minutes into the legs after their injury lay-offs.
Here are the starting lineups ahead of tonight’s match at the Swansea.com Stadium.
Manchester City
Pep Guardiola has made ten changes to the starting lineup that was beaten by Aston Villa on Sunday. The highlights of the City starting eleven are the returns of Abdukodir Khusanov, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Rayan Cherki and Omar Marmoush to the starting lineup. Each player will be eager to make an impression now that they are fully fit.
Erling Haaland, Bernardo Silva, Ruben Dias and Tijjani Reijnders have been rested for tonight’s match.
Starting lineup: Trafford, Lewis, Khusanov, Ake, Ait-Nouri, Nico, Cherki, Mukasa, Bobb, Doku, Marmoush.
Substitutes: Bettinelli, Donnarumma, Stones, Gvardiol, Savinho, Matheus Nunes, O’Reilly, Phillips, Foden.
How we line up to face Swansea 🩵
XI | Trafford, Lewis, Khusanov, Ake (C), Ait-Nouri, Nico, Mukasa, Bobb, Cherki, Doku, Marmoush
SUBS | Bettinelli, Donnarumma, Stones, Gvardiol, Savinho, Nunes, O’Reilly, Phillips, Foden
🤝 @etihad pic.twitter.com/0mpfAVJYfh
— Manchester City (@ManCity) October 29, 2025
Swansea
Here’s how the #Swans line up for this evening’s @Carabao_Cup tie 🆚 Man City 🏆 pic.twitter.com/k5fZmYp0eX
— Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) October 29, 2025