Haaland is back, Manchester City face Burnley with this starting lineup

This Wednesday Manchester City will return to Premier League competition after more than two weeks. They had a few days off and then played their match against Tottenham for the FA Cup round of 32, which allowed Pep Guardiola to recover some players who were with physical problems.

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Kevin De Bruyne is back after a four-month break due to surgery at the beginning of the season and is gradually getting more and more involved with the team. The same goes for Jeremy Doku, who had missed the Club World Cup due to injury. The only one missing was Erling Haaland, who played his last game at the beginning of December against Aston Villa and then suffered a foot injury. But fortunately he is now better and so this Wednesday he was called up by the coach.

For the Citizens it will be an important game, because if they get a victory they could get closer to the leaders of the Premier League standings, Liverpool. The Reds have 48 points, 5 more than Pep Guardiola's team, but they have played one more game. That is why it is key for them to beat Burnley at the Ettihad Stadium and hope that Chelsea complicate Jurgen Klopp's plans.

Manchester City's starting lineup will be: Ederson, Rico Lewis, John Stones, Nathan Ake, Josko Gvardiol; Rodrigo, Matheus Nunes, Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne, Jeremy Doku, Julian Alvarez. In addition, the substitutes will be: Stefan Ortega Moreno, Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, Mateo Kovacic, Erling Haaland, Jack Grealish, Bernardo Silva, Sergio Gomez and Oscar Bobb.

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The Clarets are in trouble

For Burnley it will be a tough challenge. They are in 19th place in the standings with only 12 points and their situation is critical: they are in relegation zone, 7 points behind Luton Town. That's why they need a good result this Wednesday against Manchester City. Coach Vincent Kompany chose this XI: James Trafford; Vitinho, Dara O'Shea, Hjalmar Ekdal, Ameen Al-Dakhil; Johann Berg Gudmundsson, Josh Brownhill, Berge, Wilson Odobert; Lyle Foster, Zeki Amdouni.