Man City vs. Ipswich confirmed lineups, expected starting 11, team news: Gundogan set for second debut?

Dom Farrell

Man City vs. Ipswich confirmed lineups, expected starting 11, team news: Gundogan set for second debut? image

Manchester City are set to welcome back treble-winning captain Ilkay Gundogan for their first Premier League home match 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 a return to the club he first joined from Borussia Dortmund in 2016.

City began their title defence with an assured 2-0 win over Chelsea, while Ipswich began their first top-flight campaign since 2001/02 with 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.

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Man City vs. Ipswich lineups, predicted starting 11, team news

Ilkay Gundogan's second coming at the Etihad Stadium is set to begin on the bench after Rico LewisMateo Kovacic and Bernardo Silva commanded central midfield effectively at Stamford Bridge in Rodri's absence. The Spain star was still yet to return to training in the middle of this week after suffering an injury during the final of Euro 2024 and this weekend is set to come too soon.

Phil Foden was a member of the defeated England team in Berlin and the freshly crowned PFA Men's Player of the Year is set to return to the starting line-up. Foden replaced Savinho last weekend but the Brazil winger appears to have shaken off a knee niggle.

Man City predicted XI (3-3-1-3 right to left): Ederson (GK) — Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol — Lewis, Kovacic, Silva — De Bruyne — Foden, Haaland, Grealish.

Injured: Rodri
Suspended: 

Liam Delap 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 keen to make a statement against familiar foes, although on-loan midfielder Kalvin Phillips is ineligible to face his parent club.

Chelsea striker Armando Broja and Sunderland forward Jack Clarke are set to come in to reinforce Kieran McKenna's attacking options but if their transfers are completed in time for the weekend they are most 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.

Injured: 
Suspended: 

Man City vs. Ipswich live stream, TV channel

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Dom is the senior content producer for Sporting News UK. He previously worked as fan brands editor for Manchester City at Reach Plc. Prior to that, he built more than a decade of experience in the sports journalism industry, primarily for the Stats Perform and Press Association news agencies. Dom has covered major football events on location, including the entirety of Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup in Paris and St Petersburg respectively, along with numerous high-profile Premier League, Champions League and England international matches. Cricket and boxing are his other major sporting passions and he has covered the likes of Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Wladimir Klitschko, Gennadiy Golovkin and Vasyl Lomachenko live from ringside.