Defending English Premier League champions Manchester City travel to face Sheffield United on Tuesday evening. The Champions drew 2-2 with Crystal Palace at the Etihad on Saturday while Sheffield played out a 1-1 draw with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
With the title all but gone at this stage of the season, Manchester City is playing for pride bt most importantly the race to finish in the top four this season.
City has been shaky this season especially in defense where they lost their best center back Aymeric Laporte. Meanwhile, for Sheffield, this has been a dream debut season for them as they sit in 7th in the table, just five points off the top four.
The Blades have been very strong especially at home where they have lost just one league match in the last five they have played in.
Team News
John Stones has endured a difficult time of things of late and appeared to injure his knee against Palace, meaning he could drop out of the side.
Aymeric Laporte is not expected to return to action until the FA Cup fourth-round tie with Fulham next weekend, despite being back in training, so Guardiola could turn to Nicolas Otamendi.
Guardiola’s only other injury concern is Leroy Sane, who is also closing in on a return to first-team action, though is likely to have to wait until next month before making a matchday squad.
Gabriel Jesus dropped down to the bench against Palace, while Riyad Mahrez and Rodri were also second-half substitutes, with all three pushing for inclusion for the trip to Yorkshire.
Should Jesus return to the XI he is most likely to replace Aguero, who has scored five goals in two Premier League appearances in January – one more than he managed in 11 outings across September, October, November and December (four goals).
As for the hosts, David McGoldrick is carrying a foot injury that kept him out of the draw at the Emirates Stadium.
Lys Mousset was paired with Oli McBurnie up top and that is likely to remain the case in midweek unless McGoldrick can recover in time.
Betting Tip
Both teams to score @1.81