Manchester City begin their UEFA Champions League campaign at the Estádio do Dragão on Tuesday night, taking on Porto in their opening league phase fixture.
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Enzo Maresca's side travel to Portugal off the back of three consecutive Premier League wins, including Saturday's hard-fought 1-0 victory over Coventry City at the Etihad Stadium.
Erling Haaland marked the Coventry win by scoring the 300th goal of his club career, and will be looking to add to his tally of 57 Champions League goals in just 58 appearances, a record that has him within touching distance of Lionel Messi's benchmark for the fastest to 60 in the competition's history.
Enzo Fernandez is in line for his first European minutes in Manchester City colours, having made his first start in sky blue at the weekend following his £125 million deadline day arrival from Chelsea. The Argentina international linked well with Rayan Cherki and grabbed a pre-assist for Haaland's opener on his debut
Allan Elias, the only summer arrival yet to feature for City, trained normally with the squad in Portugal on Monday after missing the win over Coventry due to a lack of full fitness.
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Jeremy Doku remains absent with the calf injury he suffered during the Community Shield against Arsenal and despite having returned to training, the winger is not expected to be risked against Manchester United at Old Trafford at the weekend.
Nico O'Reilly missed Monday's open training session with a back issue picked up in the warm-up leading to kick-off against Coventry, though Maresca confirmed the injury is not serious.
Matheus Nunes, who was absent from the squad against Coventry, appeared to train without issue on Monday after suffering an ankle injury in mid-August.
Porto head into the fixture in formidable domestic form, with seven consecutive competitive wins under Francesco Farioli.
The Portuguese side are without Jan Bednarek, who is suspended following a red card against Nottingham Forest in last season's UEFA Europa League, while Samu Aghehowa is a long-term absentee after rupturing his cruciate ligament in February. Victor Froholdt also misses out after being knocked unconscious in Friday's Liga Portugal fixture.
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City hold a perfect head-to-head record against Porto, winning three of four previous meetings and drawing the fourth, including a 3-1 and a 0-0 in the 2020 Champions League group stage. Porto have gone 11 years without beating an English side in the Champions League, with their last such victory a 5-0 win over Leicester City in December 2016.
Szymon Marciniak takes charge of proceedings at the Estádio do Dragão, the same referee who oversaw City's 4-1 win over Borussia Dortmund at the Etihad Stadium last season. City have lost just one of the six matches he has refereed.
Ahead of Tuesday's 20:00 UK kick-off between Porto and Manchester City, here are the confirmed line-ups from Estádio do Dragão.
FC Porto
Starting XI: D. Costa; A. Costa, Perez, Kiwior, Fernandes; Rosario, Veiga, Varela; W. Gomes, A. Silva, Pepe.
Substitutes: Ramos, J. Costa, Souza, Moura, L. Gomes, In-beom, Cunha, Teixeira, T. Silva, Gimenez, Sainz.
Manchester City
Starting XI: Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias (C), Guehi, Gvardiol; Bouaddi, Fernandez; Foden, Cherki, Semenyo; Haaland.
Substitutes: Rulli, Bettinelli, Lewis, Khusanov, Reis, Ait-Nouri, Kovacic, Anderson, McAidoo, Ndiaye, Allan.