Man City v Chelsea LIVE: Premier League team news, line-ups and more tonight as Raheem Sterling starts

Chelsea XI: Petrovic; Gusto, Disasi, Colwill, Chilwell (c); Caicedo, Enzo, Gallagher; Palmer, Sterling, Jackson.

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Walker (c), Akanji, Dias, Ake; Rodri, De Bruyne, Foden, Doku; Alvarez, Haaland

Perhaps the biggest team news is that Jack Grealish has been ruled out after coming off in midweek against Copenhagen due to a muscle problem.

Bernardo Silva is being assessed after a mild injury in the same game, while summer signing Josko Gvardiol remains sidelined. Mateo Kovacic and Sergio Gomez have both returned.

For the away side, Malo Gusto and Levi Colwill are both fit after minor issues from the Crystal Palace game, with Robert Sanchez also set to return to the match day squad after his knee injury.

Thiago Silva remains sidelined after coming off against Palace.

Betting tips and predictions

Few people will be expecting an away win at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday (5:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event) and football betting sitesinevitably agree that City are overwhelming favourites. Is there any hope for Chelsea to force a seemingly unlikely win on the road?

Pep Guardiola’s defending champions have re-established themselves as the favourites for the title, with the returns of Kevin de Bruyne and Erling Haaland aiding a winning run now 11 matches long in all competitions.

Chelsea travel north some 18 points back from their opponents, though the immediate pressure on Mauricio Pochettino appears to have been alleviated by a stoppage-time win over Crystal Palace.

The challenge will be significantly bigger against the quadruple winners, though, and Pochettino will know his side will have to be much better to emerge with a positive result.

Here’s everything you need to know. Get the latest Manchester City vs Chelsea odds and tips here.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has taken some of the blame for Palmer’s exit from City, saying it was his responsibility.

“For young players, we always want them to stay but this is normal. After two or three seasons he wanted more minutes than he had the last season. I understand completely.

“If Palmer had the minutes I gave to Phil (Foden) from the beginning, Cole Palmer would be here – but I didn’t give them to him. That is my responsibility.

“Why? Because of Bernardo (Silva), Riyad (Mahrez), Phil. In that moment, I chose the other ones.

“After one season it is nice, and the second season, but the third season it is, ‘Oh guys, I want to play, I don’t want to sit on the bench. It’s normal.”

Who is the only player to score in the Premier League, the League Cup, the Community Shield and the European Super Cup in the same season? The answer comes in the form of a man who has scored in two finals for Manchester City and cost them two points.

Having spent last season in the shadows at City – only 130 minutes of Premier League action before the title was won and none in the Champions League’s knockout stages – he has traded life as a substitute for a record-breaking team for the status of a star of a side of record-breaking cost. The £1bn project has a lone unqualified success. Once again, Palmer stands alone.

Good afternoon and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of Saturday evening’s game between Manchester City and Chelsea.

The champions host Chelsea after a convincing Champions League win in midweek, while the Blues come off the back of good wins away at Aston Villa and Crystal Palace.