Bernardo, Kovacic, Grealish - Man City injury news and return dates ahead of Chelsea fixture

Manchester City will be targeting a 12th successive victory in all competitions when they welcome Chelsea to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday evening.

City, who are unbeaten in each of their last seven meetings with the Londoners, maintained their excellent run of recent form with a 3-1 win over FC Copenhagen in the first leg of their Champions League round-of-16 tie in midweek. Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden each scored to clinch a commanding victory.

The win, however, came at a cost as City lost Jack Grealish to a groin injury with a little over 20 minutes played and he now faces a spell on the sidelines. Elsewhere, Bernardo was withdrawn in the second half after suffering a knock and is now a doubt for the clash with Mauricio Pochettino's troops.

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With that said, MEN Sport has had a close look at the current state of play on the injury front and where Pep Guardiola's squad is at ahead of this weekend.

The Croatian missed the trip to Copenhagen, having been an unused substitute for last Saturday's 2-0 win over Everton. It was later confirmed he missed the Champions League clash because of ankle ligament damage.

Fortunately, the injury is not thought to be serious enough to rule him out for a lengthy period of time, though Guardiola is expecting to be without him for a few weeks.

The City boss, speaking earlier this week, said: "Josko [will be out] two weeks or three weeks. He has [a problem with a ligament] in his ankle."

Possible return date: Manchester United (H) - March 3

Fellow defender Gomez has trained ahead of the