Man City vs. Crystal Palace starting lineup prediction, confirmed team news, and the most recent injury to Erling Haaland

In the final stages of his recuperation from a foot injury, Erling Haaland is anticipated to return to Manchester City training today.

The Norwegian missed the victories against Luton and Crvena zvezda, and Pep Guardiola has stated that he is still doubtful to play Crystal Palace on Saturday.

In midweek, the manager stated: “I believe he will return on Thursday.” We’ll observe his reaction.

“At this moment, I’m unaware of the Palace game. I could be more specific about his requirements at the next press conference.”

In addition to trying to stay ahead of their championship rivals, fourth-place City will want to defeat Palace in order to start the Club World Cup on a positive note.

The Champions League champions will play Mexico’s Leon or Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia. It’s possible that Haaland won’t take a chance to make sure he’s healthy for City’s first-ever bid to win the world championship.

If Haaland is ruled out of the Palace match, Julian Alvarez is expected to start at forward, while youthful strikers Oscar Bobb and Micah Hamilton looked impressive when they scored on Wednesday in Belgrade.

Together with Kevin De Bruyne, who is injured, Jeremy Doku is anticipated to be sidelined.

Ederson, Walker, Stones, Akanji, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Rodri, Foden, Silva, Grealish, and Alvarez were the predicted Man City starting lineup.