Manchester City will welcome back treble-winning captain Ilkay Gundogan for their first Premier League home game of the season against Ipswich Town.
Gundogan, who joined Barcelona when his contract expired at the end of a glorious 2022/23 campaign, returned to Manchester this week to finalise his return to the club he first joined from Borussia Dortmund in 2016.
City began the defence of their title with a confident 2-0 win over Chelsea, while Ipswich began their first top-flight campaign since 2001/02 with a defeat by the same scoreline to Liverpool at Portman Road.
The last time these sides met in the Premier League, a 2-1 comeback win for Ipswich in May 2001 condemned City to relegation.
Manchester City vs Ipswich lineups, predicted starting XI and team updates
By Ilkay Gundogan The second coming at the Etihad Stadium is set to start on the bench after Rico Lewis, Mateo Kovacic and Bernardo Silva He effectively commanded the central midfield at Stamford Bridge in From rodri Absence. The Spanish star had not yet returned to training by midweek after suffering an injury during the Euro 2024 final and this weekend he is expected to return too early.
Phil Foden He was a member of the defeated England team in Berlin and the newly crowned PFA Player of the Year will return to the starting lineup. Foden replaced Savinho last weekend, but the Brazilian winger appears to have recovered from a sore knee.
Manchester City’s predicted XI (3-3-1-3 from right to left): Ederson (GK) – Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol – Lewis, Kovacic, Silva – De Bruyne – Foden, Haaland, Grealish.
Wounded: Rodri
Suspended:
Liam Delap He joined Ipswich from City this summer and is an academy graduate who starred as a striker in the same youth team as Cole Palmer. He will be eager to make a statement against familiar opposition, although the on-loan midfielder Kalvin Phillips is not eligible to face his original club.
Chelsea striker Armando Broja and the Sunderland striker Jack Clarke They are set to bolster Kieran McKenna’s attacking options but if their transfers are completed in time for the weekend they are likely to feature from the bench.
Ipswich Predicted (3-4-3, Right to Left): Walton (GK)—Tuanzebe, Woolfenden, Greaves—Johnson, Luongo, Morsey, Davis—Szmodics, Delap, Hutchinson.
Wounded:
Suspended:
Manchester City vs. Ipswich Live Stream, TV Channel
Here’s how to watch this Premier League match in selected areas across major regions around the world:
| Region | TV | Transmission |
| USA | — | FuboPeacock |
| Canada | — | Fubo |
| United Kingdom | — | — |
| Australia | — | Optus Sport |
| India | — | — |
