Subs: Ortega, Stones, Grealish, De Bruyne, Reis, Savinho, O’Reilly, Lewis, McAtee.
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Chelsea: Sanchez, James, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Madueke, Palmer, Sancho, Jackson.
Subs: Jorgensen, Disasi, Acheampong, Tosin, Gusto, Dewsbury-Hall, Neto, Nkunku, Guiu.
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Referee: John Brooks
\n VAR: Stuart Attwell
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Rather unexpectedly, this match is probably not going to have a huge bearing on the title race … though you never know. What we do know for sure is that it’s a repeat of the classic 1986 Full Members’ Cup final. So nostalgia fans should get stuck into this ☟☟☟☟☟☟. Kick-off this evening is at 5.30pm. It’s on!
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important events
Reading before the game.
Manchester City will give debuts to striker Omar Marmash and defender Abdukhodir Kusanov. They are two of three changes to the starting XI after the 4-2 capitulation at Paris Saint-Germain, the other player being Ilkay Gundogan. Kevin de Bruyn and Savinho, who are out of the sort, are on the bench, but Ruben Dias will be completely missed.
Chelsea also made three changes following their 3-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers. Levi Colwill, Enzo Fernández and Jadon Sancho step up. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Pedro Neto and Tosin Adarabioyo fall to the bench.
team
Manchester City: Ederson, Nunez, Kusanov, Akanji, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Gandogan, Bernardo, Marmas, Foden, Haaland.
Subs: Ortega, Stones, Grail, De Bruin, Reis, Savinho, O'Reilly, Ruiz, McAtee.
Chelsea: Sanchez, James, Shaloba, Colwill, Cucurella, Kayseko, Fernandes, Madueke, Palmer, Sancho, Jackson.
Subs: Jorgensen, Disasi, Acheampong, Tosin, Gusto, Dewsbury Hall, Neto, nkunku, Giu.
Referee: John Brooks
VAR: Stuart Atwell
preamble
Rather unexpectedly, this match is probably It won't have much of an impact on the title race…you never know. What we know for sure is that it will be a repeat of the classic 1986 full-member Cup Final. So, fans of nostalgia are sure to be stuck with this ☟☟☟☟☟☟. Kickoff tonight is at 5:30 p.m. It's on!
