Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers have confirmed their starting lineups ahead of today’s Premier League fixture at the Etihad Stadium. It is a must-win match for Pep Guardiola’s side after a tough week. They enter today’s match off the back of consecutive disappointing defeats to Manchester United and Bodø/Glimt. They’ll face a Wolves team who are unbeaten in their past four Premier League matches. Wolves sit bottom of the Premier League, but there are signs that they are improving.
Manchester City have a host of players who are unavailable for today’s match due to injury. John Stones, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic, Nico, Savinho and Oscar Bobb are all ruled out of today’s match. Jeremy Doku and Nathan Ake also have fitness concerns which is another concern for Pep Guardiola’s side.
Bernardo Silva, Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guehi are all available for today’s match after missing City’s loss to Bodø/Glimt.
Here are the starting lineups for both teams.
Manchester City
Pep Guardiola has made five changes to the starting lineup that was beaten by Bodø/Glimt. Marc Guehi, Matheus Nunes, Bernardo Silva, Antoine Semenyo, and Omar Marmoush all start today’s match. Max Alleyne, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Rico Lewis, Phil Foden, and Erling Haaland all drop to the bench for today’s match.
Marc Guehi will make his Manchester City debut today after signing for the club from Crystal Palace. The England international will be expected to contribute straight away for Pep Guardiola’s side. Matheus Nunes returns from illness in a massive boost for Pep Guardiola’s side.
Starting lineup: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Marc Guehi, Nico O’Reilly, Rodrigo, Bernardo Silva, Tijjani Reijnders, Antoine Semenyo, Rayan Cherki, Omar Marmoush.
Substitutes: Trafford, Ake, Haaland, Doku, Ait-Nouri, Foden, Mukasa, Alleyne, Lewis.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
☝️ One change from #WOLNEW
🇨🇴 Arias returns to XI
Here’s how we line-up to take on @ManCity 📋 pic.twitter.com/klgSvwTXAT
— Wolves (@Wolves) January 24, 2026