Burnley vs Manchester City preview: Rodri ruled out with calf issueMidfielder substituted against Arsenal but injury not thought to be serious
Burnley vs Manchester City
Competition: F.A. Premier League
Date: 8.00pm, Wednesday 22nd April 2026
Venue: Turf Moor, Burnley
Referee: Andrew Madley Assistants: S Meredith, C Taylor Fourth Official: A Herczeg VAR: S Atwell
Odds: Burnley 14/1, Draw 7/1, City 2/13
Tickets: Sold out
TV: Sky Sports
Burnley
Manager: Scott Parker
Squad (from): Dubravka, Weiss, Hladky, Walker, Hartman, Worall, Esteve, Tuanzebe, Humphreys, Ekdal, Pires, Ugochukwu, Florentino, Ward-Prowse, Mejbri, Laurent, Larsen, Foster, Edwards, Anthony, Tchaouna, Flemming, Amdouni, Tresor, Barnes
Injured: Cullen, Roberts, Beyer
Doubtful: Mejbri, Amdouni, Tuanzebe
Suspended: None
Form guide: LLLDL
Manchester City
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Squad (from): Donnarumma, Trafford, Bettinelli, Stones, Ake, Guehi, Ait-Nouri, Khusanov, Alleyne, Lewis, Reijnders, Kovacic, Cherki, Gonzalez, Silva, Nunes, O'Reilly, Foden, Marmoush, Haaland, Doku, Savinho, Semenyo
Injured: Dias, Gvardiol, Rodri
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Form guide: WWWWL
Rodri is unlikely to feature against Burnley after sustaining a calf problem during the win against Arsenal. The injury, however, is not thought to be serious. Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol miss out once more.
The Blues have the chance to go top of the table with a win at Turf Moor, but manager Pep Guardiola isn't getting carried away by talk of the title.
“[This is ] a game to try to be the same points as them," he said at Tuesday's press conference.
“As we have with Arsenal and Liverpool in the past, both teams know we cannot drop points or lose, because it will be difficult to recover.
“The calendar is so demanding. It’s really tough.
“We go to Burnley and have to perform to the level that we have to do. We go to win the game because it’s what we need.”
City won their last game at Turn Moor 3-0, with goals from Erling Haaland (2) and Rodri. Overall City have won 58 of the 113 games played against the Clarets, with 25 draws and 30 defeats.
Predicted line-up: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Gonzalez, Silva, Cherki, Doku, Semenyo, Haaland
Score prediction: Burnley 1 City 3
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