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Torres injured - How Man City could line up against Burnley

Ferran Torres picked up a fractured foot while on international duty with Spain and will miss a period of action for Man City

Manchester City received a blow this week with the news that Ferran Torres has suffered a fracture to his foot that could see him miss around two months.

Torres was withdrawn in the 49th minute in Spain's Nations League semi-final encounter against Italy, only to be named in the start XI for the subsequent match too, the final against France, despite the injury.

He has made a bright start to the season for City with three goal contributions in four starts in the Premier League, and his absence will force Pep Guardiola into shuffling things about in attack.

The Man City manager will also be without Ederson and Gabriel Jesus, who were in the Brazil squad in Friday morning's fixture versus Uruguay.

Zack Steffen will start in goal behind a back four of Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, Aymeric Laporte and Joao Cancelo.

Both Ilkay Gundogan and Oleksandr Zinchenko returned to training on Thursday after recovering from knocks but it remains to be seen if they will play on Saturday.

If the German isn't fit, Guardiola may go with a midfield three of Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva.

Raheem Sterling told the press this week that he would be open to a move away from Man City in order to receive more game time.

But, for this one, Guardiola will probably go with Jack Grealish, Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez in attack, with Foden playing the central role.

Man City predicted XI v Burnley

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Burnley
  Average Match Rating  
7.9
  Home  
6.2
8.0
  Away  
5.5
7.9
  Total  
5.9

Match statistics

Man City
Statistics
Burnley
Games Played
20
20
 
Results
 
Wins
12
5
Draws
2
4
Losses
6
11
 
Goals Scoring
 
Goals Scored
45
23
Goals Per Game
2.25
1.15
More > 2.5 Goals
10
12
More > 3 Goals
8
7
Scored First in a Match
11
9
Scored Both Halves
8
1
Won More > 1 Goal
7
3
 
Other
 
Goals Conceded
20
32
Did Not Score
5
7
Both Teams Scored
7
11
Kept Clean Sheet
9
4
Won Without Conceding
8
3
Games Played
20
20
 
Possession
 
Touches
776
543
Possession
59
42
Passes
601
355
 
Attacking
 
Total Shots
17
13
Shots on Target
5.50
4.35
Goals out of Shots
0.14
0.09
Crosses
19
25
Offsides
2.26
2.16
Penalties
0.05
0.10
 
Defensive
 
Clean Sheets
0.45
0.20
Tackles Won
7.50
6.54
Clearances
12
19
Interceptions
8.20
12
Own Goals
0.00
0.00
Aerials Won
11
24
Total Shots Conceded
8.65
16
Shots on Target Conceded
3.44
4.55
Goals out of Shots Conceded
0.10
0.10
 
Discipline
 
Fouls
10
8.85
Yellow Cards
1.65
1.75
Red Cards
0.05
0.00

Injuries

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