Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has a number of selection issues ahead of this weekend's Premier League clash against Watford.
The current Premier League champions had a number of absentees for Wednesday's fixture against Aston Villa, but still managed to secure a narrow 2-1 victory, with Ruben Dias scoring the opener and Bernardo Silva scoring the eventual winner in sublime fashion.
Kyle Walker, Ilkay Gundogan and John Stones all missed the Villa game with what has been described as 'niggles' and it is unclear at this point whether they will be passed fit for Watford.
There has been positive news for Guardiola this week as Phil Foden and Jack Grealish returned to the matchday squad against Aston Villa, though only the latter made it off the bench against his former club.
Aymeric Laporte will return against Watford after serving a suspension.
Ederson will start in goal behind a likely back four of Joao Cancelo, Ruben Dias, Aymeric Laporte and Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Fernandinho started the Villa game in midfield but he may drop out, with Phil Foden being asked to start deeper in the midfield three alongside Rodri and Bernardo Silva.
Riyad Mahrez doesn't have a goal or an assist to his name in the last four matches so he could be the man to miss out if Grealish is welcomed back into the starting XI.
Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus should retain their places.
Predicted Man City XI v Watford
