Man City vs Ipswich Town live early team news, goal and score updates
Manchester City take on newly promoted Ipswich Town this afternoon in their first home gamee of the new season.
City opened their campaign with a 2-0 win at Chelsea last time out and will be confident of making it back to back victories against Kieran McKenna's new boys.
Pep Guardiola could hand a second debut to Ilkay Gundogan after he completed a sensational return on Friday. The Blues will remain without Oscar Bobb but Savinho is in contention to feature despite being forced off at Chelsea.
Phil Foden replaced the Brazilian at Stamford Bridge and is in contention to start, with the England international back up to speed after two weeks in training. Kyle Walker and John Stones, who also had a longer break following Euro 2024, could feature having been unused subs last time out while Rodri remains a doubt having only recently returned to training.
Follow below for live updates from the Etihad Stadium.
It's the first home Premier League game of the new season and it's also Ilkay Gundogan day!
The midfielder is back at City having rejoined the club on a free transfer from Barcelona. It's a real feel-good signing for the Blues given how popular the 33-year-old was during his first trophy-laden spell.
Ipswich are the visitors this afternoon with City overwhelming favourites to claim the three points. The Tractor Boys are back in the top flight after a lenghty absence and were beaten at home by Liverpool on the opening day. City were 2-0 winners at Chelsea to get their campaign off to a perfect start.
We will bring you all the build up, match action, reaction and analysis so stay with us this afternoon.