Manchester City and Newcastle United have confirmed their starting lineups ahead of tonight’s match

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Manchester City and Newcastle United have confirmed their starting lineups ahead of tonight’s match

Manchester City and Newcastle United have confirmed their starting lineups ahead of tonight’s Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg tie at St. James Park. Both teams will be eager to head to the Etihad on February 4 with an advantage so tonight’s match is crucial for both teams. Newcastle are a formidable proposition at home, and as holders of the Carabao Cup they’ll be keen to get on the front foot tonight. Pep Guardiola’s side will need to be at their best to contend with Eddie Howe’s side who will be up for the occasion.

Manchester City have a host of players unavailable due to injury. Josko Gvardiol, John Stones, Ruben Dias, Mateo Kovacic, Savinho and Oscar Bobb are all ruled out of tonight’s match due to injury. Omar Marmoush is also unavailable as Egypt’s AFCON bid continues.

Rayan Ait-Nouri could feature tonight after returning to Manchester City following Algeria’s elimination from AFCON.

Here are the starting lineups for tonight’s match.

Manchester City

Pep Guardiola has made five changes to the starting lineup that beat Exeter City 10-1. The biggest surprise is that Nico isn’t included in Manchester City’s matchday squad for today’s match. Whether or not Nico has sustained a fresh injury concern hasn’t been revealed at this stage.

Starting lineup: James Trafford, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Max Alleyne, Nathan Ake, Nico O’Reilly, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden, Antoine Semenyo, Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland.

Substitutes: Donnarumma, Reijnders, Cherki, Rodri, Ait-Nouri, McAidoo, Gray, Mukasa, Lewis