Ruben Dias comes in to captain the side, with Rayan Ait-Nouri also starting.
Stephen Mfuni and Savinho are the two players who started against Inter on Saturday to drop to the bench.
With record temperatures in Seoul, it’s expected the manager will continue to rotate his players throughout the clash with a side comprised of the best players from Korea’s top-flight.
After Saturday’s 1-1 draw in Hong Kong, this marks City’s second game of our pre-season tour of Asia and the first of two in South Korea.
The match will be shown live globally (except South Korea) on mancity.com and our official app for those with a CITY+ subscription.
Teams
CITY XI: Donnarumma, Khusanov, Dias (C), Gvardiol, Ait-Nouri, Lewis, Kovacic, Reijnders, Semenyo, Foden, Mubama
Subs: Bettinelli, Wint, Chabot, Marmoush, Nico, Reis, Savinho, Nunes, Echeverri, Monga, Braithwaite, Mukasa, Alleyne, Sangare, F. Samba, Heskey, Henderson-Hall, Mfuni, Parker
K-LEAGUE ALL STARS XI: Song Bum Keun, Kim Moon Hwan, Yazan, Eo Jeong Won, Lee Ki Hyeok, Kim Dae Won, Kim Bong Soo, Mateus, Park Tae Jun, Yago, Lee Dong Gyeong (C)
Subs: Gu Seong Yun, Kwon Kyung Won, Kim Ryun Sung, Ahn Tae Hyun, Juan Ibiza, Ki Sung Yueng, Kim Ju Chan, Moon Min Seo, Son Jeong Beom, Ha Seung Woon, Galego, Mugosa, Lee Seung Woo
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Gianluigi Donnarumma’s goal will likely be protected by central defenders Josko Gvardiol and captain Ruben Dias.
We’d expect Abdukodir Khusanov and Rayan Ait-Nouri to be the full-backs, with Rico Lewis, Mateo Kovacic and Tijjani Reijnders all in midfield.
Phil Foden and Antoine Semenyo will be the two players closest to central striker Divin Mubama.
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Back in Korea
This match marks our first in Seoul since 2023, when we faced Atletico Madrid at this very stadium in our final game of that particular tour.
Conditions were difficult that night because of intense rainfall and they’ll be tough again this evening in a wholly different way.
The whole of South Korea is experiencing record heat, with temperatures at kick-off expected to be around 34 degrees Celsius.
Phil Foden mentioned in yesterday’s press conference that City will look to control the game and move the ball slowly around the pitch to navigate that.
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