Newcastle United vs Man City LIVE early team news, lineups and how to watch Carabao Cup fixture

Having won the Carabao Cup four years in a row, Manchester City have not been past the quarter-finals of the competition in the last two seasons.

Nathan Jones' Southampton ended Pep Guardiola's bid for all four trophies last season, although City fans won't have minded given what happened in Istanbul a few months later.

Newcastle will provide a tough test for a City side that is suffering from a number of injuries. Bernardo Silva, John Stones and Kevin De Bruyne remained sidelined while Rodri serves the first of his three-match suspension following his red card against Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Guardiola has confirmed that Kalvin Phillips will start while Mateo Kovacic and Jack Grealish are set to get minutes at some point. Newcastle ran City close in last month's Premier League clash, Julian Alvarez getting the winner at the Etihad.

The Magpies themselves are expected to rotate too, though, and so City will hope to have enough to dump last year's finalists out at the first hurdle.

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With Rodri suspended, we know Kalvin Phillips will start, and he has described it as the biggest week of his City career knowing there are three games coming up where he has a chance of playing.

He’s had to wait a long time for this chance, but Guardiola warned yesterday that he is not guaranteed to start at Wolves.

Mateo Kovacic should make his comeback off the bench today, so Phillips knows that he must perform in what is easily the most significant appearance for the club.

All eyes will be on how he fares, and it’s up to him to back up his summer decision not to leave on loan and fight for his place. He’ll never have a better chance