After a relatively relaxed start to the season, Manchester City's real campaign begins this week as the fixture list starts to look more familiar with the return of midweek fixtures.
Ignoring the friendly in Barcelona last week, City have had four Premier League fixtures in four weeks, giving Pep Guardiola chance to rest his players and play a full-strength side in each game, as well as getting valuable time to work on tactics on the training ground. Now, Wednesday's game against Nottingham Forest is the first of six games in 18 days before the September international break, offering a quick return to a familiar schedule of three days between games.
After the Forest game, City travel to Aston Villa on Saturday, before the Champions League returns with a trip to Sevilla. Two tough home games follow against Tottenham and Borussia Dortmund, with a testing fixture at Wolves completing the set. And Guardiola has already revealed his hand when it comes to rotation of his key players.
