Manchester City full-back Joao Cancelo is one of six players who returns to the starting lineup for Monday night's Premier League clash away at Crystal Palace.
Pep Guardiola's men, who lost 2-0 at home to Palace earlier this season, will be looking to restore their six-point lead at the top of the table with a victory at Selhurst Park.
Cancelo missed City's goalless draw with Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League on Wednesday due to illness, but the 27-year-old returns to the first XI tonight and will start at left-back at the expense of Oleksandr Zinchenko, who drops to the bench.
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XI | Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Mahrez, Foden, Grealish
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After serving a European suspension, Kyle Walker replaces academy graduate Conrad Egan-Riley at right-back, while John Stones and Aymeric Laporte continue at centre-back, despite Nathan Ake returning to the matchday squad after recovering from injury.
In midfield, Kevin De Bruyne and Rodri replace Ilkay Gundogan and Fernandinho, but Bernardo Silva – who played the first 45 minutes in midweek – keeps his place in the first XI and will start his 25th successive Premier League game.
Riyad Mahrez and Jack Grealish both start on the flanks ahead of Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling, while Phil Foden keeps his place as the false nine in City's attacking front three.
Oliver Thomas
