In the Premer League match scheduled on Saturday, Manchester City will host Norwich City at the Etihad Stadium. On the opening weekend of the 2021-22 season Citizens were defeated 1-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, while Norwich was defeated 3-0 at Carrow Road by Liverpool on their return to this level. Here is everything you need to know about Manchester City vs Norwich football prediction, team news, and lineup for the first Premier League of the season.
Team news
Manchester City
Ilkay Gundogan and Phil Foden will be on the bench. Fernandinho and Rodri could form a double pivot against Norwich with Kevin De Bruyne still not fully fit and Bernardo Silva eager to leave.
While John Stones and Kyle Walker are also vying for starts, Oleksandr Zinchenko or Joao Cancelo should take over for Benjamin Mendy at left-back.
As Manchester City waits for Harry Kane, Ferran Torres, Gabriel Jesus, and Raheem Sterling are battling to lead the line.
Norwich
For Saturday’s trip to Manchester, Norwich could be without five players, though none are expected to start.
Daniel Farke is expected to make few, if any, changes despite a 3-0 loss to Liverpool last weekend.
Manchester City vs Norwich Prediction
In the season’s opening match Manchester City was defeated 1-0 by Tottenham, while Norwich lost 3-0 to Liverpool. Norwich lost 5-0 to Man City in their most recent visit to Etihad.
This is an ideal match for Man City after two tough results. Norwich deserve respect and are certainly capable of making life difficult for the English champions, but we can’t see anything other than a routine two-goal victory for the Citizens.
Lineup
Manchester City possible starting lineup:
Ederson; Walker, Stones, Dias, Zinchenko; Gundogan, Rodri; Mahrez, Grealish, Sterling; De Bruyne
Norwich City possible starting lineup:
Krul; Aarons, Hanley, Gibson, Giannoulis; Lees-Melou, Gilmour, Rupp; Cantwell, Pukki, Rashica
Our Prediction: Manchester City 2-0 Norwich City
