Phil Foden and Kyle Walker will be available for Manchester City on Saturday, with Pep Guardiola set to pick from a fully fit squad at Crystal Palace.
City are at Selhurst Park looking to keep Arsenal in their sights in the title race, with this being their final Premier League fixture before the international break. They could move to within two points of the Gunners on Saturday, with Arsenal at Fulham on Sunday, before they have the opportunity to extend their lead further next weekend when City are in FA Cup action.
Foden is in fine form, but revealed he had felt his recurring ankle issue after his goalscoring performance against Newcastle last week. However, Foden has been training all week and will be available for the trip to Palace.
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Read how our writers think City should line up vs Crystal Palace and pick your team using the interactive selector below:
Simon Bajkowski
Pep Guardiola will insist he is only thinking about Crystal Palace but the looming RB Leipzig game a few days later means he will have to think about a few fitness concerns.
John Stones or Aymeric Laporte will have to start at Selhurst if they are to play both games, and I'd pick Stones as the one to come in. If all is going well at Palace, Laporte can come on for the final half hour.
It also feels like a game for Rico Lewis to come back in. Normally such an atmosphere would be intimidating for a youngster but the 18-year-old has already shown at many grounds that he is the exception rather than the norm.
Up front, there have been some suggestions to rest Haaland for Tuesday but he is more than capable of playing in both games. The same goes for Phil Foden, although I would bring Riyad Mahrez back in to give him a chance to sharpen up ahead of the Champions League if he is to push Foden and Grealish for a place in that XI.
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Joe Bray
City ran out comfortable winners vs Palace in the home fixture, but not without a scare after falling 2-0 behind from two set piece goals. With that in mind, I'd recall Aymeric Laporte to partner Ruben Dias, with Nathan Ake as left-back. Ake was good as a traditional left-back to stop Miguel Almiron last week, and can repeat that trick against Palace's fast, skillfull wingers. Likewise, Kyle Walker will be needed on the right.
If Phil Foden has recovered from his knock, he has to play, as does City's Player of the Month Jack Grealish. It's harsh again on Riyad Mahrez, but he's in an unfortunate position where two players ahead of him are in better form, despite him also playing well.
The only real dilemma is whether to stick or twist with Kevin De Bruyne after his slight slip in standards in the last two games. Bernardo Silva has been brilliant when he's played recently, as has Ilkay Gundogan, and winning the midfield battle will be key at Selhurst Park. Maybe De Bruyne can be rested for the Champions League in the week.
Daniel Murphy
The good news is Phil Foden is available after aggravating his foot problem against Newcastle but the question remains should he be risked? The forward is City's most in-form player at the moment and it's hard to leave anyone out when on a roll like that but with the second leg against RB Leipzig coming up only a few days later it might be worth making sure he is 100 per cent fit for that.
It's not to disparage Palace, who have a better record against City than most or the importance of making ground on leaders Arsenal, but it's hardly like Riyad Mahrez is a massive drop in quality. Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland should remain in attack.
There is also a question of whether Kevin De Bruyne deserves to stay in the team given his drop of form but it's at least worth keeping him in the team to see if he can get back firing ahead of Leipzig. Ruben Dias is undroppable in defence but I would give Aymeric Laporte a run out at Selhurst Park in place of Manuel Akanji.
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