Man City vs Chelsea lineups

Edouard Mendy, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are the players who retain their places for this Carabao Cup match.

Denis Zakaria will play his second Chelsea game following his Champions League outing a week ago and 18-year-old Lewis Hall is also handed a second appearance, following on from his start in an FA Cup match at the beginning of 2022.

The attack today will be led by Armando Broja with Hakim Ziyech and Christian Pulisic in support. Kalidou Koulibaly returns to the defence.

Nineteen-year-old Omari Hutchinson is on the bench, as is Raheem Sterling against his former club.

Manchester City name England midfielder Kalvin Phillips on the bench. He has been out since mid-September. Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne are also among their subs.

Chelsea: Mendy; Chalobah, Koulibaly, Cucurella, Loftus-Cheek, Zakaria, Kovacic (c), Hall, Ziyech, Broja, Pulisic.

Subs: Bettinelli, Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Gallagher, Mount, Havertz, Hutchinson, Sterling, Aubameyang.

Man City: Ortega Moreno, Lewis, Dias, Laporte, Gomez, Rodri, Gundogan (c), Palmer, Mahrez, Grealish, Alvarez.

Subs: Ederson, Phillips, Stones, Ake, Haaland, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Akanji, Foden.

The referee is Simon Hooper.

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